I have bought a TV in the UK and wondered if it will work in Australia. Both use PAL rather than NTSC so I cannot see why not however someone told me they are different versions of PAL. Is this correct?
2006-06-19 01:32:30 · 5 answers · asked by Answer King 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
If Australia's PAL version is different and I therefore could not pick up the right sound with the receiver built in - would it make a difference if I had cable TV and therefore the TV used the cable box for the transmission rather than the in built receiver or if I bought a digital TV box to use with it. I assume then whatever comes through the Scart/RCA points will work?
2006-06-19 11:53:00 · update #1
yes indeed there are diferences...first thing uk system has pal i,and Australia pal b.
the diference is in sound carrier, 6 for pal i , 5,5 for pal b.But...99,9999% of tvs are multistandard, meaning they'll work on all pal sytems.if not...it can be adjusted with a quick visit to a tv repairsman , there are sound converters available for something like 2$.the chanell problem is even less significant, all the modern tvs have continous bands so it does not matter the tv norm.
Conclusion:there are 95% chances your tv will work in australia too.
2006-06-20 01:24:49 · answer #1 · answered by Rhade 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most people now tend to get UK, & US TV channels for that matter working abroad via a computer or internet enabled device/TV and unblock the regional restrictions using a VPN installed. Pretty simple to set up and unblocks all website so you can start streaming TV and on demand, also hides torrent downloads which is increasingly needed nowadays.
2014-02-25 17:00:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are several variants of PAL.
The U.K. uses PAL-I.
Australia uses PAL-B and G.
The main difference is the sound-carrier offset which is 6MHz in the I variant and 5.5 in the I.
This means that a receiver built for one variant won't receive the sound of the other.
2006-06-19 04:49:40 · answer #3 · answered by dmb06851 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should. PAL has one or two versions. But apart from NTSC (never twice same color) It is a std now adopted almost all over.
2006-06-19 02:30:01 · answer #4 · answered by chandrashekharhangekar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only problem you may encounter are different wattage and voltage limitations, which can be solved with a transformer.
2006-06-19 02:39:16 · answer #5 · answered by the_dude 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋