North American TVs in Ireland

dunshrb · 2009-07-30 19:46:59

I'm moving back from Canada and trying to understand if I should bring the TVs with me, I have a couple of lcd tvs - Samsung and a Sharp. Anyone know if they will work in Ireland, would I need something to convert power / signal?

30-07-2009 08:46PM

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I'm moving back from Canada and trying to understand if I should bring the TVs with me, I have a couple of lcd tvs - Samsung and a Sharp.

Anyone know if they will work in Ireland, would I need something to convert power / signal?

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#2 30-07-2009 09:46PM

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dunshrb wrote: »

I'm moving back from Canada and trying to understand if I should bring the TVs with me, I have a couple of lcd tvs - Samsung and a Sharp.

Anyone know if they will work in Ireland, would I need something to convert power / signal?

Simple answer no as u are on NTSC and we here are on PAL

The votage /cycles per sec also different u are 100v/60 hz
we are 220v/50hz

The power units may be multi-region but the NTSC will be an issue: if u have any NTSC home video stuff u may want to bring one screen for it

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Check the manual. Some units may be capable of switching between PAL/SECAM/NTSC. Some even auto-detect.

Consider posting on Tech>Home Entertainment>Video Displays & Projectors.

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thanks for the info guys, I'll check the manuals. I do understand I can get around the power issue easily enough with a small transformer.

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#5 12-08-2009 10:38PM

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Just a thought but if your TVs are HD Ready and you intend to use them for Sky+HD or with European DVD players then you should check that the TVs can handle the 50Hz frame rate. Most US TVs can handle 720p/60Hz but Sky+HD uses 720p/50Hz which suit European TVs. It's something that I've come across recently with an old plasma display and is worth bearing in mind.

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