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Default Will a HD plasma TV biought in Canada work in UK??

sorry if this question is OT for this group but thought I'd give it a
go. I am returning to UK and have a relatively new ( 6 months old) HD
plasma TV I want to bring back if poss. - I know 'normal' TV's won't
work but are plasma any different? ( bear with me I'm not techie-just
press the button and hope it works sort of person). i ve heard you can
buy a plug in to transform the tv from NTSC to PAL -i would be using a
cable or sattelite system if that changes anything. thanks

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As a monitor, it will work when connected to an HD disk player.

As a TV, it probably will not work. The broadcast frequencies are likely to
be different, and I don't know whether the UK has HD broadcasts, or if they
use the same formats as the US.


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BLOGGZPOT wrote:
sorry if this question is OT for this group but thought I'd give it a
go. I am returning to UK and have a relatively new ( 6 months old) HD
plasma TV I want to bring back if poss. - I know 'normal' TV's won't
work but are plasma any different? ( bear with me I'm not techie-just
press the button and hope it works sort of person). i ve heard you can
buy a plug in to transform the tv from NTSC to PAL -i would be using a
cable or sattelite system if that changes anything. thanks

Clare

I think what you save on "shipping" will make up the "Loss" on selling
locally and buying something "Newer" in England ! I know its hard to let
go of something that you bought with Hard-earned money, but in this
technology driven world, Newer is often cheaper than New !

Yukio YANO
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Yukio YANO wrote:
BLOGGZPOT wrote:
sorry if this question is OT for this group but thought I'd give it a
go. I am returning to UK and have a relatively new ( 6 months old) HD
plasma TV I want to bring back if poss. - I know 'normal' TV's won't
work but are plasma any different? ( bear with me I'm not techie-just
press the button and hope it works sort of person). i ve heard you can
buy a plug in to transform the tv from NTSC to PAL -i would be using a
cable or sattelite system if that changes anything. thanks

Clare

I think what you save on "shipping" will make up the "Loss" on selling
locally and buying something "Newer" in England ! I know its hard to let
go of something that you bought with Hard-earned money, but in this
technology driven world, Newer is often cheaper than New !

Yukio YANO

OH ! and I forgot, Your warranty is no longer valid, and they use 220
Volt power in England
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On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:01:20 -0800, William Sommerwerck wrote:


As a monitor, it will work when connected to an HD disk player.


As a TV, it probably will not work. The broadcast frequencies are likely

to
be different, and I don't know whether the UK has HD broadcasts, or if

they
use the same formats as the US.


The UK uses PAL don't they?


Not for HD broadcasts!




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On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:01:20 -0800, William Sommerwerck wrote:
As a monitor, it will work when connected to an HD disk player.
As a TV, it probably will not work. The broadcast frequencies are likely

to
be different, and I don't know whether the UK has HD broadcasts, or if

they
use the same formats as the US.

The UK uses PAL don't they?


Not for HD broadcasts!


Too right. They use DVB over there.
ATSC is going to work on that how?
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BLOGGZPOT wrote:
sorry if this question is OT for this group but thought I'd give it a
go. I am returning to UK and have a relatively new ( 6 months old) HD
plasma TV I want to bring back if poss. - I know 'normal' TV's won't
work but are plasma any different? ( bear with me I'm not techie-just
press the button and hope it works sort of person). i ve heard you can
buy a plug in to transform the tv from NTSC to PAL -i would be using a
cable or sattelite system if that changes anything. thanks


First, is it capable of running on 240 volts? The UK is nominally 230 but
in practice still 240.

SCART connectors are the norm in the UK and a FreeView STB that gives all
the free UK TV services will probably be fine fed RGB. Same with cable and
satellite. Composite video of course probably won't work. Most UK TVs will
display a composite NTSC signal, but I don't think the reverse is true.

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Yukio YANO wrote:
BLOGGZPOT wrote:
sorry if this question is OT for this group but thought I'd give it a
go. I am returning to UK and have a relatively new ( 6 months old) HD
plasma TV I want to bring back if poss. - I know 'normal' TV's won't
work but are plasma any different? ( bear with me I'm not techie-just
press the button and hope it works sort of person). i ve heard you can
buy a plug in to transform the tv from NTSC to PAL -i would be using a
cable or sattelite system if that changes anything. thanks

Clare

I think what you save on "shipping" will make up the "Loss" on selling
locally and buying something "Newer" in England ! I know its hard to let
go of something that you bought with Hard-earned money, but in this
technology driven world, Newer is often cheaper than New !

Yukio YANO

OH ! and I forgot, Your warranty is no longer valid, and they use 220 Volt
power in England


Actually, nominally 230v 50Hz, and often as not, it's still at the original
240v level that we had before we started 'aligning' with those the other
side of our English Channel (that's a stretch of water, not a TV channel !!)

HD channels here are pretty much limited to the Sky TV satellite service,
and some cable operators. On Sky, you need a different STB, and you have to
pay an extra subscription. There are only a few channels in HD format.
Digital terrestrial TV is lacking in space to accommodate HD, and it was
expected that when the analogue service finally ceases totally, more space
would be allocated out of the remains of the UHF band. However, there are
currently rumblings from Ofcom, who are now little more than a government
mouthpiece for spectrum planning and awarding, that this will not be the
case, and a different compression scheme will have to be used to accommodate
HD transmissions within the currently allocated bandwidth. This has not
pleased the manufacturers, because it makes a mockery of TVs labelled "HD
Ready". Don't you just love governments ... The whole digital thing has been
less to do with providing an improved service, than it has about freeing up
UHF spectrum for ultimate auctioning to the highest bidder in the cellphone
business, with the express purpose of making the government squillions.

I would suggest to the OP that he does as someone else suggested, and leave
his current set in Canada. Then, when he gets back here, he can nip to his
nearest electrical barn, and pick up a UK compatible plasma or LCD, complete
with a shiny new 2 year or more warranty. Some manufacturers are now
offering a 5 year warranty, including the panel. Even Tesco are now selling
flat panel TVs, and they have dropped in price so much over the last 12
months, that it would not be worth bringing his existing set, on shipping
cost grounds alone.

Arfa


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The frequencies for the tuner section will not match. If the model of TV
that you have can work with the PAL system that they use in the UK, then the
TV will work as a monitor.

If you want to watch TV on your set and it is PAL compatible, you can
connect your cable or satellite box to it.

As for HDTV, I believe the system in the UK is different. Your set may not
work in the HD mode.

All things considering, I would leave your TV set behind and get a new
Plasma set over in the UK. This way, you save on the shipping cost, and your
are guaranteed that it should work properly.

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"BLOGGZPOT" wrote in message
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sorry if this question is OT for this group but thought I'd give it a
go. I am returning to UK and have a relatively new ( 6 months old) HD
plasma TV I want to bring back if poss. - I know 'normal' TV's won't
work but are plasma any different? ( bear with me I'm not techie-just
press the button and hope it works sort of person). i ve heard you can
buy a plug in to transform the tv from NTSC to PAL -i would be using a
cable or sattelite system if that changes anything. thanks

Clare



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The frequencies for the tuner section will not match. If the model of TV
that you have can work with the PAL system that they use in the UK, then
the TV will work as a monitor.


When using a STB it's best to feed RGB and that doesn't involve PAL or
NTSC etc. Of course the UK standard is 625/50 - but most modern TVs should
lock to that.

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BLOGGZPOT wrote:
sorry if this question is OT for this group but thought I'd give it a
go. I am returning to UK and have a relatively new ( 6 months old) HD
plasma TV I want to bring back if poss. - I know 'normal' TV's won't
work but are plasma any different? ( bear with me I'm not techie-just
press the button and hope it works sort of person). i ve heard you can
buy a plug in to transform the tv from NTSC to PAL -i would be using a
cable or sattelite system if that changes anything. thanks


First, is it capable of running on 240 volts? The UK is nominally 230 but
in practice still 240.


Most of the LCD power supplies I see, are 'universal' and run from 90 to
240v. Some have some really clever front end converters that ensure that the
380v main rail is established no matter what. One in particular that I do, I
can repair with just 30v AC going in ...

It won't actually run the set with that low an input, but it will fully
start up in an 'offline' condition.

Arfa


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On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:48:45 -0800, William Sommerwerck wrote:

"Meat Plow" wrote in message
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On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:01:20 -0800, William Sommerwerck wrote:


As a monitor, it will work when connected to an HD disk player.


As a TV, it probably will not work. The broadcast frequencies are

likely
to
be different, and I don't know whether the UK has HD broadcasts, or if

they
use the same formats as the US.


The UK uses PAL don't they?


Not for HD broadcasts!


Wasn't referring to HD broadcasts!


I was. See above.


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On Feb 16, 10:06*am, Meat Plow wrote:
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:41:43 -0800, William Sommerwerck wrote:
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On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:48:45 -0800, William Sommerwerck wrote:


"Meat Plow" wrote in message
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On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:01:20 -0800, William Sommerwerck wrote:


As a monitor, it will work when connected to an HD disk player.


As a TV, it probably will not work. The broadcast frequencies are

likely
to
be different, and I don't know whether the UK has HD broadcasts, or if
they
use the same formats as the US.


The UK uses PAL don't they?


Not for HD broadcasts!


Wasn't referring to HD broadcasts!


I was. See above.


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On Feb 15, 1:55*pm, BLOGGZPOT wrote:
sorry if this question is OT for this group but thought I'd give it a
go. I am returning to UK and have a relatively new ( 6 months old) HD
plasma TV I want to bring back if poss. - I know 'normal' TV's won't
work but are plasma any different? ( bear with me I'm not techie-just
press the button and hope it works sort of person). i ve heard you can
buy a plug in to transform the tv from NTSC to PAL -i would be using a
cable or sattelite system if that changes anything. thanks

Clare


I don't think your dtv standard will be the same. I think you will
have DVB over in Europe, whereas we have 8VSB.
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