A few general questions

[LynnandAhmed 0]

Just to throw it in, i have a flat screen television that i bought here in the uk, im wondering if it will work in the US and have it shipped over? It has freeview built in, im curious if it would work, thanks alot

the power in america runs differently to the uk. they run on 110v we run on 230/240v. unless your tv says it can run on 110v then it won't work, it's pretty unlikely that it would run on both but you can check on the back, it'll probably say somewhere. to solve this you can't just get a converter plug like you can for europe, it is totally different. i know you can get a transformer that converts the voltage but i don't think it'd be worth it, they're pretty big and expensive. american tv is also ntsc whereas europe uses pal, your tv may be able to display both, you'd have to read the manual on that one. i'm not sure about the freeview either.

You can't use those converters you get at Radio Shack? I bring the adapter and converter to any country

that I go and it works fine with all appliances.

Edited December 29, 2008 by LynnandAhmed

[VisaJourneyLady 33]

Just to throw it in, i have a flat screen television that i bought here in the uk, im wondering if it will work in the US and have it shipped over? It has freeview built in, im curious if it would work, thanks alot

the power in america runs differently to the uk. they run on 110v we run on 230/240v. unless your tv says it can run on 110v then it won't work, it's pretty unlikely that it would run on both but you can check on the back, it'll probably say somewhere. to solve this you can't just get a converter plug like you can for europe, it is totally different. i know you can get a transformer that converts the voltage but i don't think it'd be worth it, they're pretty big and expensive. american tv is also ntsc whereas europe uses pal, your tv may be able to display both, you'd have to read the manual on that one. i'm not sure about the freeview either.

You can't use those converters you get at Radio Shack? I bring the adapter and converter to any country

that I go and it works fine with all appliances.

I think rocks has already addressed why the problem is not simply the plug. Most converters are not also transformers, and they most certainly won't convert NTSC to PAL.

[paulinespens 3]

Just to throw it in, i have a flat screen television that i bought here in the uk, im wondering if it will work in the US and have it shipped over? It has freeview built in, im curious if it would work, thanks alot

the power in america runs differently to the uk. they run on 110v we run on 230/240v. unless your tv says it can run on 110v then it won't work, it's pretty unlikely that it would run on both but you can check on the back, it'll probably say somewhere. to solve this you can't just get a converter plug like you can for europe, it is totally different. i know you can get a transformer that converts the voltage but i don't think it'd be worth it, they're pretty big and expensive. american tv is also ntsc whereas europe uses pal, your tv may be able to display both, you'd have to read the manual on that one. i'm not sure about the freeview either.

You can't use those converters you get at Radio Shack? I bring the adapter and converter to any country

that I go and it works fine with all appliances.

I think rocks has already addressed why the problem is not simply the plug. Most converters are not also transformers, and they most certainly won't convert NTSC to PAL.

UK uses different tv frequencies to the US. The PAL NTSC issue has been mentioned. Some TVs and DVD's will be able to output in NTSC. My multiregional Toshibia $25 DVD player from KMart has a pal and ntsc output. I play my UK dvds fine.

[LorriQ 0]

Just to throw it in, i have a flat screen television that i bought here in the uk, im wondering if it will work in the US and have it shipped over? It has freeview built in, im curious if it would work, thanks alot

the power in america runs differently to the uk. they run on 110v we run on 230/240v. unless your tv says it can run on 110v then it won't work, it's pretty unlikely that it would run on both but you can check on the back, it'll probably say somewhere. to solve this you can't just get a converter plug like you can for europe, it is totally different. i know you can get a transformer that converts the voltage but i don't think it'd be worth it, they're pretty big and expensive. american tv is also ntsc whereas europe uses pal, your tv may be able to display both, you'd have to read the manual on that one. i'm not sure about the freeview either.

You can't use those converters you get at Radio Shack? I bring the adapter and converter to any country

that I go and it works fine with all appliances.

I think rocks has already addressed why the problem is not simply the plug. Most converters are not also transformers, and they most certainly won't convert NTSC to PAL.

UK uses different tv frequencies to the US. The PAL NTSC issue has been mentioned. Some TVs and DVD's will be able to output in NTSC. My multiregional Toshibia $25 DVD player from KMart has a pal and ntsc output. I play my UK dvds fine.

Will US DVD's play on UK equipment? Friend over there has asked for a show - but they do NOT say PAL on the jacket. Was just wondering...

[Laura+Tom 2]

US DVDs are Region 1 and UK DVDs are Region 2. Unless you have a multi-region DVD player or can crack your US player, they won't work.

[LorriQ 0]

Well then I guess she'll just have to suffer with few and far between reruns of Little House! LOL! Thanks!

[paulinespens 3]

Just to throw it in, i have a flat screen television that i bought here in the uk, im wondering if it will work in the US and have it shipped over? It has freeview built in, im curious if it would work, thanks alot

the power in america runs differently to the uk. they run on 110v we run on 230/240v. unless your tv says it can run on 110v then it won't work, it's pretty unlikely that it would run on both but you can check on the back, it'll probably say somewhere. to solve this you can't just get a converter plug like you can for europe, it is totally different. i know you can get a transformer that converts the voltage but i don't think it'd be worth it, they're pretty big and expensive. american tv is also ntsc whereas europe uses pal, your tv may be able to display both, you'd have to read the manual on that one. i'm not sure about the freeview either.

You can't use those converters you get at Radio Shack? I bring the adapter and converter to any country

that I go and it works fine with all appliances.

I think rocks has already addressed why the problem is not simply the plug. Most converters are not also transformers, and they most certainly won't convert NTSC to PAL.

UK uses different tv frequencies to the US. The PAL NTSC issue has been mentioned. Some TVs and DVD's will be able to output in NTSC. My multiregional Toshibia $25 DVD player from KMart has a pal and ntsc output. I play my UK dvds fine.

Will US DVD's play on UK equipment? Friend over there has asked for a show - but they do NOT say PAL on the jacket. Was just wondering...

US dvds will work on UK equipment if the DVD player is multiregional and the tv or DVD player has an NTSC input and can output the signal into PAL.

[LorriQ 0]

Just to throw it in, i have a flat screen television that i bought here in the uk, im wondering if it will work in the US and have it shipped over? It has freeview built in, im curious if it would work, thanks alot

the power in america runs differently to the uk. they run on 110v we run on 230/240v. unless your tv says it can run on 110v then it won't work, it's pretty unlikely that it would run on both but you can check on the back, it'll probably say somewhere. to solve this you can't just get a converter plug like you can for europe, it is totally different. i know you can get a transformer that converts the voltage but i don't think it'd be worth it, they're pretty big and expensive. american tv is also ntsc whereas europe uses pal, your tv may be able to display both, you'd have to read the manual on that one. i'm not sure about the freeview either.

You can't use those converters you get at Radio Shack? I bring the adapter and converter to any country

that I go and it works fine with all appliances.

I think rocks has already addressed why the problem is not simply the plug. Most converters are not also transformers, and they most certainly won't convert NTSC to PAL.

UK uses different tv frequencies to the US. The PAL NTSC issue has been mentioned. Some TVs and DVD's will be able to output in NTSC. My multiregional Toshibia $25 DVD player from KMart has a pal and ntsc output. I play my UK dvds fine.

Will US DVD's play on UK equipment? Friend over there has asked for a show - but they do NOT say PAL on the jacket. Was just wondering...

US dvds will work on UK equipment if the DVD player is multiregional and the tv or DVD player has an NTSC input and can output the signal into PAL.

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