TV reception
 

Hello, we are emigrating shortly to Southern Alberta and were wondering, can we take our tv's that show the voltage as 110 - 250. And would we have to get an aerial or dish to hook it up to? And, most importantly, would we get a picture?
I know we maybe should have this sort of query sorted, but, as usual, there is always something that gets forgotton or "put on the back burner" and suddenly at the last minute...................oooh crikey did we sort that????? :huh:

Thanks ever so much.

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We brought the only one of our Uk TVs that covered the two power levels, and have used it with no problems.

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Thank you for that. Excellent. That's another couple of cubic feet taken up in the container then. We are only 50 odd cubic feet over now:eek:
Lets hope the removal rep did "overestimate" then.....................

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For cable or satellite it probably isn't going to be a problem if the TV has say, HDMI input because you can still plug the TV into the STB.

However with OTA signals, you'd need to check if the TV has an ATSC tuner, I'm assuming most TVs sold outside N America don't have one. Even then you can get around it by buying a TiVo or use a PC with a TV tuner card, etc. and plug that into the TV.

In Alberta there are only four OTA channels, Global, CBC, CTV and CityTV. Nearly everyone has cable or satellite as a result, Shaw cable being the most common, the other two being Bell Canada (satellite) or TELUS Optik. There used to be Star Choice which is satellite but they were taken over by Shaw, and it's called Shaw Direct but there's no point to it if you can get cable.

Because of CRTC rules, providers have limits put on their contract terms, as I recall they can't sign you up for more than a year. Because of this they usually (not always) require you to get the STB separately (because they can't absorb the cost) which can be a bit of a shock, Shaw does this, they are quite pricey. The advantage being however you can terminate your contract with them at any point. But you won't after forking out for the STB: http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/produ...febfad17e3en02

It's only dual tuner (i.e. record two channels at the same time) and the software is crap.

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Also if you buy a Canadian OTA aerial ($50) the connectors are different to the UK - screws on instead of just pushing on. Buy a co-axial aerial plug in the UK and then cut off the Canadian one and replace it with the UK one.

As said above the OTA channels are not worth the hassle. I've cable TV points all over the house and Telus charge me $5 a month for a normal cable box and $10 for a 3 channel PVR - lots and lots of channels (but still nothing worth watching!)

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Thank you for that. What if we just stick to Netflix and/or play dvd's?

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You'll still need an HDMI port on the TV.

TVs are not ridiculously expensive here: unless the one you have is almost brand new and was pricey, I'd just flog it and buy a new one.

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Oh, ok then, thank you. :unsure:

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It doesn't have to have HDMI, but it helps. There are other ways of connecting TVs to things other than HDMI or coax, but SCART is purely a European thing.

Surely if it's a flat screen it has HDMI? It's been around for ages, first time I saw it was around 2005. Your TV must have one otherwise it must be ancient.

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How old is the TV and what size screen?

It may not be wroth bringing.

Unless it's brand new and big, I wouldn't bother especially if you are over-volume.

50-55" 2013 models are available for $500-$600 if you don't want a 'Smart TV' spec.

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Thank you for that. We'll stick 'em on Gumtree then.