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Old Nov 9th 2009 | 10:26 pm
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My shipment finally arrived from the US, now what to do. I have my big screen TV and DVD players. I have checked a few places like Media World and Euronics and they don't have them in stock. I am in the Lucca area and I don't know where to go to buy it. I found them at Best Buy in the US but for a $15 dollar item with international shipping they cost almost double. Does anyone know where I can get a power converter to step down 220V to 110V.
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Old Nov 9th 2009 | 10:45 pm
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Originally Posted by Giovanni
My shipment finally arrived from the US, now what to do. I have my big screen TV and DVD players. I have checked a few places like Media World and Euronics and they don't have them in stock. I am in the Lucca area and I don't know where to go to buy it. I found them at Best Buy in the US but for a $15 dollar item with international shipping they cost almost double. Does anyone know where I can get a power converter to step down 220V to 110V.
Thanks for any help.
I don't know if you'll find one in the shops but there are plenty of them to buy online.
Just type "convertitore 220 a 110" into google and you'll find loads of online stores with speedy delivery.

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Old Nov 10th 2009 | 2:57 am
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Originally Posted by Giovanni
My shipment finally arrived from the US, now what to do. I have my big screen TV and DVD players. I have checked a few places like Media World and Euronics and they don't have them in stock. I am in the Lucca area and I don't know where to go to buy it. I found them at Best Buy in the US but for a $15 dollar item with international shipping they cost almost double. Does anyone know where I can get a power converter to step down 220V to 110V.
Thanks for any help.
Wow $15 is damn cheap for a transformer! Maybe if you have visitors coming from the states they could bring some over.
 
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Wow $15 is damn cheap for a transformer! Maybe if you have visitors coming from the states they could bring some over.
The ones I saw were around 8 or 9 euro.
 
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Originally Posted by Giovanni
My shipment finally arrived from the US, now what to do. I have my big screen TV and DVD players. I have checked a few places like Media World and Euronics and they don't have them in stock. I am in the Lucca area and I don't know where to go to buy it. I found them at Best Buy in the US but for a $15 dollar item with international shipping they cost almost double. Does anyone know where I can get a power converter to step down 220V to 110V..
Have you checked the power requirements for your TV and DVD player? Step down transformers provide a maximum load, and for the cheap ones, you can draw less than an Amp. Fine for an mp3 player or something, but not a TV.

Here's a site with some info:
http://www.voltage-converter-transformers.com/faq.html
For a TV it recommended an 800W transformer. Pretty sure you can't get one of those for $15.

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I thought most big screen TVs are now multi systems: 100-240V~50/60Hz? NTSC and PAL/PAL Secam??
 
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Originally Posted by duffer
I thought most big screen TVs are now multi systems: 100-240V~50/60Hz? NTSC and PAL/PAL Secam??
I bought a 42" LCD a couple of months ago and it's 220-240V only. 200W
 
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I bought a 42" LCD a couple of months ago and it's 220-240V only. 200W
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