GowHow

Ok - getting excited now as we have 2 viewings on our house tonight!!

One thing I have been looking into is the cost of TV's, home cinema etc. My current setup is a projector and cinema kit.

We don't own a conventional TV and I was planning on buying a new one (LCD) and chucking it in the container. My cinema sound kit is also on the way out.

A bit of searching on google.co.nz has left me thinking that I would better off taking my sterling to NZ and buying goods there instead.

Anyone looked into this? (assume exchange rate is £1=$3 for ease of conversion)

Cheers

Jack The Lad

I am the man you really need to talk to

jueinnz

Whatever the cost saving either end I would just say....

Have you thought about warrentys?
If I was buying a high price item, I want to know its garenteed for a few years, how would that work if you bought it in UK then brought it over???
Even if they say its a internation garentee wouldn't it be easier to buy here?

Jack The Lad

Maybe.

If you are buying a Japanese product, Pioneer ect. then you tend to find that the warranty is global. Something like Arcam (which I have) then maybe not.

However I do have a very good friend who owns a few large AV chains in the Uk and I can get stuff very cheap. This may offset the risk. For me anyway

Kerry & Dirk

Tell me more ..... discount??

Am after 42" plasma tv within next month, stuff will be put in storage beginning of Dec!

PM or email me

Dirk

Jack The Lad

Personally I wouldnt touch plasma. The technology as too many flaws. IMHO LCD is the better of the 2 technologies (SED will be out in a few years). But horses for courses

PM on its way

lmw999

Hi Jack,
I will also be in the market for a plasma / LCD tv. i was holding back on buying one here because i was told that no uk TVs will work in NZ without connection through a NZ video?
Is this true if not i may be interested in your friend
PS Had visions of my tv on the wall with a video beneath :scared: , so was holding out to buy in NZ
cheers Lee

Jack The Lad

Most if not all modern TV's will be mutli format ie PAL, SECAM or NTSC with all sound formats included ie PAL-I (UK), PAL (J) ect.

P2L

So glad you said that!!! We've just bought a new one & I told kev it'd work in NZ without knowing for sure!!! Owe you one

Jack The Lad

If you give me the make and model number I can double check if you want

P2L

Its one of those Japanese things that you don't rate!!! although we did go for the LCD so that must get a few brownie points

Jack The Lad

No the Japanese LCD's are great, its the Plasma's I dont

Hell I have a Japanese LCD myself. Lovely looking oriental thing she is to. Very angular, straight line, but alas no curves

P2L

Does MRs D. know?!!!!

Jack The Lad

Well I've hung her on my living room wall

Would'nt fit on my bedroom ceiling

lardyl

mmm - our 72kg CRT would pull the whole house down if strapped to the ceiling.....but then the picture is *lush* off the Denon 2900...............with Mark Grant cabling (cracking value)...../stop me before I get onto hifi/