English TV's
 

Can they be used in Canada?:confused:

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Do yourself a favour and read the wonderful wiki;)

http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Compatability_of_Goods

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Check the Wiki and all questions shall be answered...............well, most of them anyway!

http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Compat...f_Goods-Canada

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Ooops sorry, seems Iaink and I had the same thought!

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Great minds and all that...

I was about to post the same link until I saw yours and Iain's posts when I previewed. :)

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Wiki vultures ;)

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We had to replace our tv not long before we moved to Canada and made sure we bought one that was dual voltage and NTSC/PAL. Works perfectly over here. :)

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I think an English TV will work if it has a NTSC video input and you connect to a satellite or cable box, computer or DVD player ... and you use a transformer, but I understand that TVs surge when plugged in so you need to have a powerful transformer.

In other words you are using a TV as a monitor rather than a receiver.

Better to check with your manufacturer. I am checking this out myself as I have a relatively new TV and hoping I can at least use it to start with when in Canada.

Mind you, given the state of the housing market, it could be a relatively old TV by the time I move!!!!

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If by 'can they be used' you mean, can I bring it to Canada and use it with my UK VCR, DVD player then should be no problem assuming you have a powerful enough 110V-240V up transformer.

If you mean, can I use it to watch Canadian TV well that's another story. Short answer is unless your TV is multi-system with an NTSC-M tuner then off-air reception is no-go.

One other option is to connect your UK TV to a Canadian external cable TV box via SCART/composite/S-Video. Effectively using your TV as a monitor. To do this successfully, your TV must support NTSC 3.58. Although 99% of european TVs will handle a 60Hz NTSC signal, not all decode the colour. One way to check this beforehand is to connect your TV to DVD player that outputs a pure NTSC 3.58 and see if it display in colour. If it does not then you'll only get black and white.

I think most North American non-HD TVs will not handle a PAL 50Hz signal so if you plan to watch european DVDs and videos this could be a reason to bring your TV, DVD, VCR over.