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

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.

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

The UK uses PAL don't they?

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 and I forgot, Your warranty is no longer valid, and they use 220 Volt power in England

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Not for HD broadcasts!

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Too right. They use DVB over there. ATSC is going to work on that how?

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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    Dave Plowman        dave@davenoise.co.uk           London SW
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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

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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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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    Dave Plowman        dave@davenoise.co.uk           London SW
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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

Wasn't referring to HD broadcasts!

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I was. See above.

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I wouldn't trust the moving company to not damage it... Combined with the voltage difference, and the signal differences, selling it is the easiest option. (Try Kijiji.. it's free)

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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