brackley

is it worth shipping our tv over? do they work ok over there or is it bes to buy a new one on arrival?

Fireman Al

If it's new then ship it over and either buy a cheap video recorder to get the channels through or cable, the tv's can be expensive over there...

Al

brackley

thanks al, what about dvd's and video recorders, do we bring those over with us or do we have to get nz ones

Fireman Al

Not sure on that one , would like to know for myself really, but definately if the tv is a decent new one then take it with you.....

Where abouts are you heading to ?..do you have job's sorted ?

Al

brackley

we are headingting to wellington. no jobs sorted i am a nurse so will do bank work until after the kids summer hols and my husband is a carpenter, who will job when he gets there, biddy recons no probs for him, loads of work

cypherpunk

DVDs will work fine but the disks in the shops in NZ are Region 4 (UK is region 2) so to play new or rental DVDs you will need a multi-region player.

Video recorders (and TVs) need to work with the PAL B/G standard (UK is PAL I). If the manual mentions PAL B/G or there is an option to set the country to Italy, Germany or the Netherlands then you should be OK.

Our TV didn't support PAL B/G so we treated ourselves to MySky, a hard disk personal video recorder from Sky that's a pricey $600 to sign up for, but no extra monthly charge on the Sky subscription. It's worth it to be able to easily record programs or entire series and watch them when you want to, skipping the ads. Also it has two SCART sockets so it hooks up easily to UK gear.

brackley

thanks everyone for the info, come to the conclusion that we will buy when we get out and sell ours here