MV5555

will my uk tv work in new zealand?

planty

Hi, from what I've read on other threads, yes the TV will work if you have the SKY package in NZ, no it won't work if you plug it directly into the antenna, something to do with different frequencies. However lots of family's have taken their TV's for the kids to play games consoles and video's etc....

MV5555

thanx for the reply.....can someone give me info in the sky package ...what it contains .i have heard its quite expensive ect.

planty

Here's the link...

http://www.skytv.co.nz/

planty

I'm sure I read somewhere as well that you can get a telephone company to do the three, sky, telephone line rental and broadband which is expensive but sounds as though could be essential. So either start reading back some of the old threads or wait and see if someone can post the name of the company.

I new I should have made a note of it when I saw it.

dlummis

I contacted a company in NZ and they said if your tele is new it will be fitted with a world tuner so it will work fine but older teles will only receive sky as NZ programmes use VHF and UHF and our teles only programmed for UHF.

St George Six

Not quite the case, new UK TV's you can get the picture but no sound as it is this which is on a different frequency. Correct you can use the tv's if you put them through a Sky box or Saturn cable or you send the signal via infa red from one TV 2 another. Some of our UK tv's are just used 4 Xbox etc due to sound problem and no sky in that room.

Hope that helps

gruffbrown

Whatever you do, you still won't get UK Channel 5

debnjohn

If your TV is fairly new it 'may' decode the audio for you.
A cheaper option than having your TV retrofitted would be to buy a cheap ($99) video recorder and route the signal thru that (provided your TV has a Scart socket).
John

SteveNZ

All of the above are correct..... NZ uses both UHF and VHF frequencies for TV (UK only uses UHF). It is possible - but RARE to get multi tuner TV's in the UK.

Sky Digital (Satellite) is $99 to install (including dish, lnb, stb, cabling etc) about $45 per month for the basic package - add another $15 for sports or $24 if you want the rugby channel too - and $19 if you want the movies.

There are a few other option - PPV movies are on there and there are the usual 'extra' 'special interest' late night channels.

Sky also feed the standard analogue channels (TV1, TV2, TV3, Prime, C4 (music) through the sat too - which is good because standard reception can be patchy - even in built up areas of Auckland)

Only problem with Sky Digi - is that it hooks off an Australian satellite (Austar I think) which is very low on the horizon - making the signal susceptable to failure in very heavy rain etc.

Electrically your Tv will be fine. It will also work fine if you use the SCART or AV ports as the TV system is the same (PAL). In addition, PS2's XBoxes etc will also work fine on NZ TVs

Steve

Dave and Lyns

I think that we will be taking our TV over as at least the PS2 and DVD will work on it and if we get Sky then as previously said it's PAL anyway so the SCART connection will give the signal we need.

However, how much is the cost of a 32" TV anyway in NZ?

Joshlin

Try these:
www.dse.co.nz - dick smith electronics, 32" flat w'screen $1698
www.noelleeming.co.nz - philips 32" widescreen $999.99

sunshine_and_rain

get depressed....TV is SHOCKING here......Thank GOD for SKY TV

SarahB

Certainly is shocking.....but I'm getting used to it already!! lol

popkid

I have looked into this quite a lot - basically both UK and NZ are PAL systems but the audio component of the signal is on a slightly different carrier frequency. I understand all the answers regarding using SCART/component inputs etc but I have a further question:

what about the recording aspect of multi-region DVD player/recorders.
No-one seems to know exactly - the one I'm shipping lets you choose between NTSC and PAL but just that choice ie. it doesnt mention different versions of PAL. Anyone know about this?