Will British TV's work in Canada?
Oct 27th 2012, 2:46 pm
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Re: Will British TV's work in Canada?
sell it and buy a new TV here....
whats the point in taking up space/cost to ship something you can buy over here anyway, that will definitely work?
whats the point in taking up space/cost to ship something you can buy over here anyway, that will definitely work?
Oct 27th 2012, 2:47 pm
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Re: Will British TV's work in Canada?
From what I can gather, SpikeyD66 is simply asking if they can plug the TV in and tune it into Canadian TV channels. I didn't see any reference to him asking about BBC iPlayer, how good Canadian TV programs are, cheese or wine but sadly still no answer to the original question it seems.
I'd be interested to hear from anyone that has taken a UK/EU type TV over to Canada and plugged it in (though a 220-110 transformer most likely, although I am aware that a lot of modern kit will automatically select the correct input voltage) and then tried to tune it on to local terrestrial TV.
Can you tune it in?
Or, will the TV be reduced to 'Dumb Monitor/display' type status to be hooked up to a DVD player and display those old British bought DVD's for the remainder of it's natural life?
I'd be interested to hear from anyone that has taken a UK/EU type TV over to Canada and plugged it in (though a 220-110 transformer most likely, although I am aware that a lot of modern kit will automatically select the correct input voltage) and then tried to tune it on to local terrestrial TV.
Can you tune it in?
Or, will the TV be reduced to 'Dumb Monitor/display' type status to be hooked up to a DVD player and display those old British bought DVD's for the remainder of it's natural life?
Oct 27th 2012, 2:53 pm
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Re: Will British TV's work in Canada?
We're shipping a 20ft container with a Jeep in it = Space is no problem + Cost of shipping is no more. Plug in a Shaw box ... cheap TV. That'll do for a start.
Oct 27th 2012, 3:04 pm
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Re: Will British TV's work in Canada?
If the TV says it takes 110V on the back then you can just plug it in, otherwise it will need a voltage converter - these aren't very expensive.
Also, if the TV has HDMI sockets then it's going to be usable here. The NTSC/PAL issue doesn't matter so much any more as analogue over the air no longer exists in Canada.
Oct 27th 2012, 4:05 pm
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Re: Will British TV's work in Canada?
When we moved across, we took our laptops and iron with us and have no problem just using them (with an adaptor). I suggest contacting the TV manufacturer and asking them if there would be any problems; that would be done easily enough online.... oh right, you have an answer!
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Oct 27th 2012, 4:39 pm
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Re: Will British TV's work in Canada?
IF fitted with a voltage converter no problem but if anything electrical you bring over does not have a CSA (i think thats it) sticker on it and it causes a fire or other ,,the house insurance may not cover you.
Oct 27th 2012, 5:50 pm
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Re: Will British TV's work in Canada?
Sign up for daily tv torrents or thebox.bz and you can get a load of british tv programmes including the soaps a few hours after they are shown in the uk
Oct 27th 2012, 6:30 pm
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Re: Will British TV's work in Canada?
The orignial poster mentioned they wanted to watch Corrie when moving to Canada. Just to let you know Corrie is now only a week or so behind England so catching up would be no issue.
Another poster here said they use http://tunir.net which allowed them to watch all the iplayer and catch up services from the UK. I tried it and it is great. You just change the dns settings on your network card (change them back when not using the service) It takes about 30 seconds to do each time. Plug in an hdmi cable to your pc to tv and you can watch it on your big screen tv.
You could also buy a vpn serivce like someone else mentioned. I was looking into geting StrongVPN but will use the other for now.
Another poster here said they use http://tunir.net which allowed them to watch all the iplayer and catch up services from the UK. I tried it and it is great. You just change the dns settings on your network card (change them back when not using the service) It takes about 30 seconds to do each time. Plug in an hdmi cable to your pc to tv and you can watch it on your big screen tv.
You could also buy a vpn serivce like someone else mentioned. I was looking into geting StrongVPN but will use the other for now.
Oct 27th 2012, 8:20 pm
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Oct 27th 2012, 8:45 pm
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Re: Will British TV's work in Canada?
how decent do you need it to be?
3 HDMI inputs, 1x RGB input, 1x PrPbY input, 1x VGA input, USB input, decent speakers, 42" screen
what else does a TV need?
3 HDMI inputs, 1x RGB input, 1x PrPbY input, 1x VGA input, USB input, decent speakers, 42" screen
what else does a TV need?
Oct 27th 2012, 8:50 pm
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Re: Will British TV's work in Canada?
I agree hagis88. I have a 42 inch LG TV. 3 hdmi outlets. Fantastic picture. Great sound. $599
I have friends who are really into tv specs. They compete against each other over the picture quality. The blacks, the yellows etc plasma, led or lcd etc. When it comes down to it if you like the picture you are looking at then that is all that matters to me. People always are amazed at the quality of my tv.
With technology improving and changing so quickly I am not going to spend $1000 plus on a tv that will be outdated in a year or less.
I have friends who are really into tv specs. They compete against each other over the picture quality. The blacks, the yellows etc plasma, led or lcd etc. When it comes down to it if you like the picture you are looking at then that is all that matters to me. People always are amazed at the quality of my tv.
With technology improving and changing so quickly I am not going to spend $1000 plus on a tv that will be outdated in a year or less.
Oct 27th 2012, 11:34 pm
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Re: Will British TV's work in Canada?
This post has nothing to do with TV's but its about plug sockets, my mum and dad when they moved to canada 20 years ago took 3 pin plug sockets and got an electrician to fit these in their canadian house, so my mums mixer, microwave and other electrical appliances from the UK were able to be pluged straight into the socket without an adapter of any kind, so anyone moving over, get some 3 pin plug sockets from B&Q and get them wired in when they arrive in Canada, hope this helps.
Regards
Andrew
Regards
Andrew
Oct 28th 2012, 12:13 am
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Re: Will British TV's work in Canada?
A decent picture? Fair enough if you don't care about this or can't tell the difference, but I've seen a $600 42" LG and it's not good enough for me.
Last edited by Alan2005; Oct 28th 2012 at 12:15 am.