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American tv conversion...

  • 07-01-2014 1:39pm
    #1
    Jimbob33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭


    Can anyone advise as to how I could get a Samsung LCD tv that I bought in USA while I was living there to work in Ireland...I can power it up but no sound or picture....is there a converter box needed or something else? Thanks in advance


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  • #2
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,852 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    A Saorview set-top connected to an aerial and to the TV should get you the Irish Saorview channels

    What is the model # of the TV?
    What connectors are available on the TV?

    http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/1397578/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CHome+entertainment+and+sat+nav%7C14419512/c_2/3%7Ccat_19780832%7CDigital+boxes+and+services%7C14419633.htm

    The Alba STB linked to above has scart and HDMI outputs.

    Sky and UPC will provide you with the necessary box if you subscribe to their services.


  • #3
    Jimbob33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭Jimbob33


    The Cush wrote: »
    A Saorview set-top connected to an aerial and to the TV should get you the Irish Saorview channels

    What is the model # of the TV?
    What connectors are available on the TV?

    http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/1397578/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CHome+entertainment+and+sat+nav%7C14419512/c_2/3%7Ccat_19780832%7CDigital+boxes+and+services%7C14419633.htm

    The Alba STB linked to above has scart and HDMI outputs.

    Sky and UPC will provide you with the necessary box if you subscribe to their services.
    I have sky hd and HDMI cable but still no luck....very frustrating thanks for your help


  • #4
    ei9go
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,035 ✭✭✭ei9go


    There is an issue because US tv's normally do not have the correct chipset for European TV standard's which while they are now digital , they are still based on different framerates and line standards, a hangover from the analogue days.

    Conversely, European TV's are likely to work in the USA.


  • #5
    Jimbob33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭Jimbob33


    ei9go wrote: »
    There is an issue because US tv's normally do not have the correct chipset for European TV standard's which while they are now digital , they are still based on different framerates and line standards, a hangover from the analogue days.

    Conversely, European TV's are likely to work in the USA.

    Is there anything I can do to get around this?


  • #6
    ei9go
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,035 ✭✭✭ei9go


    Jimbob33 wrote: »
    Is there anything I can do to get around this?

    Unfortunately while HDMI has the appearance of a world standard, thats where it ends.

    I suppose you could get a US DVD or Blueray player and US games console but is it really worth the effort?

    A quick google suggests that there is no digital converter box out there.

    Other than that get a PAL to NTSC converter and convert the scart output from your sky box to NTSC analogue.

    With TV's so cheap here, I be inclined to just buy a new one.


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  • #7
    Antenna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,360 ✭✭✭Antenna


    ei9go wrote: »

    I suppose you could get a US DVD or Blueray player and US games console but is it really worth the effort?

    Most non-Saorview approved (and Non-Freeview/freeSat) Terrestial/Satellite boxes for sale here can actually be set to output 60Hz HDMI standards (with 525-line NTSC on SCART)

    The common (in this country) Ferguson combo Satellite/Terrestrial boxes certainly can.

    The conversion results in some noticeable 'judder' effects with moving objects


    However in the OP's other thread about this here:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057119153
    he says that he cannot see the TV's OWN menus. That suggests other trouble.


  • #8
    snaps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,138 ✭✭✭snaps


    Antenna wrote: »
    Most non-Saorview approved (and Non-Freeview/freeSat) Terrestial/Satellite boxes for sale here can actually be set to output 60Hz HDMI standards (with 525-line NTSC on SCART)

    The common (in this country) Ferguson combo Satellite/Terrestrial boxes certainly can.

    The conversion results in some noticeable 'judder' effects with moving objects


    However in the OP's other thread about this here:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057119153
    he says that he cannot see the TV's OWN menus. That suggests other trouble.

    How about voltage? Don't the Americans use 110v? Compared to our 220v?


  • #9
    Antenna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,360 ✭✭✭Antenna


    snaps wrote: »
    How about voltage? Don't the Americans use 110v? Compared to our 220v?

    Yes, the OP says he has a transformer in the other thread (in >Cable...) about this. (There were two threads created about this).

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057119153


    Any update from the OP?
    The Cush wrote: »
    What is the model # of the TV?

    The OP should indeed post that info as it may be of some help in the thread if others can look up specs online.


  • #10
    martin12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 162 ✭✭martin12


    @Jimbob33

    Here's what you need


    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Orei-XD-1090-Premium-Converter-Technology/dp/B00A7B0YZI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1390147756&sr=8-1&keywords=pal+ntsc+converter


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