televisions!!!!!
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televisions!!!!!
we have a man here who is giving us a quote to take our furniture over, who insists that our television (new flat screen Samsung) wont work in Canada! Does any body know if it will? He says that a transformer makes a constant noise
we are moving in June
we are moving in June
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Re: televisions!!!!!
This may help - http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Compat...f_Goods-Canada
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ours works but its to do with the voltage on the back, if its 110 - 220 then its fine and you wont need a transformer. I have heard transformers are horribly noisy but dont have personal experience of them
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another point to consider is the tuner will not work, so your only option will be to connect it to a cable/satellite/pc....which I'm guessing most ppl do anyway :-)
good luck!
good luck!
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We use our samsung without the transformer and it works ok, we also have 2 step up/down converters and make no noise at all
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yeah, our Lucky Goldstar plasma works fine too.....but it's multi voltage :-)
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thanks peeps, all a great help x
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I am asking, because I truly don't understand......If I just buy a Canadian television in a shop and plug it in - without a cable, or satellite or (digibox - do they have them?) what channels will I get? What does the Canadian tuner that's in the television get automatically?
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Re: televisions!!!!!
I am not sure about NB but in Vancouver there are a few (CBC English, CBC French, Global, CTV and ? other) channels that broadcast over the air. You usually need a rabbit ears or similar aerial to pick them up.
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If you plug your UK TV into a Canadian cable or satellite service it should work fine. Our UK TV still chugs along in the kids' playroom. We run a UK stereo off a transformer. I have never heard a peep out of it in terms of hum. If it's not nailed down - bring it!
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Re: televisions!!!!!
Is there any thing that you left behind that you wish you had brought with you? Any advice is greatly appreciated
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Re: televisions!!!!!
This may help - http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Compat...f_Goods-Canada
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The aerial input on your UK TV will be useless over here.
All the other inputs, Composite, RGB, S-video, YPbr, HDMI will work
If you have SCART you'll need to get adpaters in the UK or buy on-line as they are not easily available here..
All the other inputs, Composite, RGB, S-video, YPbr, HDMI will work
If you have SCART you'll need to get adpaters in the UK or buy on-line as they are not easily available here..