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Default TVs compatible, from one continent to the next??

Did they make digital TVs compatible from
the US to Europe to Asia to Australia, etc?


The following gives an indirect answer...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital...ial_television

....which appears to be "no". There is no law of nature that prohibits a
multi-voltage, multi-standard receiver, but there is a law of economics --
there's little or no demand for one, as it would be useful only to people
who travelled a lot.

As for a single-inventory non-portable "universal" receiver... It would cost
more than a set that received only the local standard, so, again, you have
economics working against a multi-standard receiver.