Moving to USA - Will my Grundig Digital TV Work?

[afur]

I have an Australian Model Grundig Cinaro Widescreen Digital TV (MFW 82-5310/8 SDTV).

I am being moved by my company to Houston, USA.

If I take my TV with me, will it work in the USA if I run it through a step-up transformer to 240v. The manual claims that the unit supports NTSC signals.

If the TV won't work natively on the US system, is there a cheap workaround (eg, running it through an american VCR?). I only bought the TV 6 months ago and it seems a waste to sell it off if I don't have to.

Any ideas?

[Louis Solomon [SteelBytes]]

my guess ... yes.
but ask Grundig Australia (or a retailer or distributer of Grundig)

--
Louis Solomon
www.steelbytes.com

"afur" <afur.111wgz@no-mx.forums.eyo.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> I have an Australian Model Grundig Cinaro Widescreen Digital TV (MFW
> 82-5310/8 SDTV).
>
> I am being moved by my company to Houston, USA.
>
> If I take my TV with me, will it work in the USA if I run it through a
> step-up transformer to 240v. The manual claims that the unit supports
> NTSC signals.
>
> If the TV won't work natively on the US system, is there a cheap
> workaround (eg, running it through an american VCR?). I only bought the
> TV 6 months ago and it seems a waste to sell it off if I don't have
> to.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> --
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[Mike]

afur wrote:
> I have an Australian Model Grundig Cinaro Widescreen Digital TV (MFW
> 82-5310/8 SDTV).

The digital tuner will not work in the USA.
The analog might. Maybe.

> If the TV won't work natively on the US system, is there a cheap
> workaround (eg, running it through an american VCR?). I only bought the

Sure, if it takes NTSC, the VCR will work fine.
But don't they all have cable over there? A cable box with composite
output should do the job.

[GB]

don't forget you could have problems with the display due to a change in the
hemisphere you are in. I'm not sure if it is still a problem, or if the
electronic counters for it now, but you used to have Northern Hemisphere
sets, and southern sets.

The earths magnetic differences in both hemispheres effects CRTs and so
could screw up your image taking a southy to the north.


"afur" <afur.111wgz@no-mx.forums.eyo.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> I have an Australian Model Grundig Cinaro Widescreen Digital TV (MFW
> 82-5310/8 SDTV).
>
> I am being moved by my company to Houston, USA.
>
> If I take my TV with me, will it work in the USA if I run it through a
> step-up transformer to 240v. The manual claims that the unit supports
> NTSC signals.
>
> If the TV won't work natively on the US system, is there a cheap
> workaround (eg, running it through an american VCR?). I only bought the
> TV 6 months ago and it seems a waste to sell it off if I don't have
> to.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> --
> afur
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> afur's Profile:
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[mddawson]

The following link, although a bit old, has some useful info about the differences between OZ and US digital transmissions:
http://www.coolstf.com/mpeg/HDTV/

[gl]

If you're not going to live in the US indefinately, don't bother taking the
grundig - you can buy a very cheap (but nice) telly to use while you're
there. Having been in a similiar position to you in the past, next time I
would only take a small bag of clothes, my laptop and then buy anything else
I wanted to have locally in america. If your company is providing
accommodation, it will be fully kitted out with stuff too.
I brought back a couple of tv's back from america to australia, and found
they had severe magnetic distortion/discolouration. Several treatments with
a degaussing wand almost fixed the problem, but they've never been quite the
same.
Have fun on your travels!

fyi - to get the usa tellies to work here, we had to get step-down
transformers (much cheaper to buy in the us), and then we had to get around
the problem of the tv tuner, and ntsc only playback. The cheapest solution
was a rather expensive Samsung SV-5000w vcr, which does true signal
conversion and has a worldwide tuner. The picture via the vcr is average. I
have wondered if any australian digital set top boxes can output in ntsc?
Maybe that would be a better solution.


"afur" <afur.111wgz@no-mx.forums.eyo.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> I have an Australian Model Grundig Cinaro Widescreen Digital TV (MFW
> 82-5310/8 SDTV).
>
> I am being moved by my company to Houston, USA.
>
> If I take my TV with me, will it work in the USA if I run it through a
> step-up transformer to 240v. The manual claims that the unit supports
> NTSC signals.
>
> If the TV won't work natively on the US system, is there a cheap
> workaround (eg, running it through an american VCR?). I only bought the
> TV 6 months ago and it seems a waste to sell it off if I don't have
> to.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> --
> afur
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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[Geoff]

In article <4020bbc2$0$1754$5a62ac22@freenews.iinet.net.au>,
guy@dilithiumNO_SPAM.com.au says...
> don't forget you could have problems with the display due to a change in the
> hemisphere you are in. I'm not sure if it is still a problem, or if the
> electronic counters for it now, but you used to have Northern Hemisphere
> sets, and southern sets.
>
> The earths magnetic differences in both hemispheres effects CRTs and so
> could screw up your image taking a southy to the north.
>

I have two monitors that I brought back from the US several years ago.
Neither have suffered any ill-effects from being "upside down" in the
southern hemisphere's magnetic field.

I would see the problem in terms of receiving a TV signal from the local
stations. If you can connect from a cable-box to the TV then that will
solve the problem for you.

That having been said, I am always surprised how cheap TV sets are in
the US.

Regards,
Geoff

[yipee yahoo]

FRICK !!!!! ;-)

Just Thank your lucky stars, Man !!!!!

Anyone would give their right testicle (or titty) to move there ;-)

yes siree yes indeedle-ly do ;-)

Sell the Grundig !!!!....It ain't much use here coz the TV programs here
mostly suck !!!!

It's such a small price to pay -- and U have your whole life in front of

U !!!!

Best..........

Uncle Wally (who would give anything to move O?S ;-)

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[Jace the Ace]

yipee yahoo wrote:

> FRICK !!!!! ;-)
>
> Just Thank your lucky stars, Man !!!!!
>
> Anyone would give their right testicle (or titty) to move there ;-)
>

Speak for yourself. Some of us prefer to live in the free world.

[Jeßus]

In news: d52f86ab.0402042344.df09d0a@posting.google.com, someone let
yipee yahoo <yipeeeyahooo@hotmail.com> loose on on a computer... and the
unfortunate result was:

: Anyone would give their right testicle (or titty) to move there ;-)

Anyone? I think NOT. Speak for yourself...

: Uncle Wally (who would give anything to move O?S ;-)

So whats really stopping you?

--
Jeßus

[Tourette's]

"yipee yahoo" <yipeeeyahooo@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> FRICK !!!!! ;-)
> Just Thank your lucky stars, Man !!!!!
> Anyone would give their right testicle (or titty) to move there ;-)

Erm, not Jack Virginer! And not Tourette's either.

---
Tourette's

[Axel VK]

"yipee yahoo" <yipeeeyahooo@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> FRICK !!!!! ;-)
>
> Just Thank your lucky stars, Man !!!!!
>
> Anyone would give their right testicle (or titty) to move there ;-)

Anyone??????
Speak for yourself, wanker!!!!
I lived in the US for 2 years and could have stayed longer if I wanted to
but I couldn't wait to get back here/

[Jack Verginner]

yipeeeyahooo@hotmail.com (yipee yahoo) wrote in message news:<d52f86ab.0402042344.df09d0a@posting.google.com>...
> FRICK !!!!! ;-)
>
> Just Thank your lucky stars, Man !!!!!
>
> Anyone would give their right testicle (or titty) to move there ;-)

WTF FUCK??? Thats bullshit. I spupose your one of those idiots who
thinks America has the highest imigration rate in the world? ha more
like the lowest.

[ET]

"Jack Verginner" <jack_verginner@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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> yipeeeyahooo@hotmail.com (yipee yahoo) wrote in message
news:<d52f86ab.0402042344.df09d0a@posting.google.com>...
> > FRICK !!!!! ;-)
> >
> > Just Thank your lucky stars, Man !!!!!
> >
> > Anyone would give their right testicle (or titty) to move there ;-)
>
> WTF FUCK??? Thats bullshit. I spupose your one of those idiots who
> thinks America has the highest imigration rate in the world? ha more
> like the lowest.

Don't lie Jack. I've seen the Stars and Stripes flying on the flagpole out
the front of your house.

[Astro]

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 21:14:11 +1100, "Tourette's"
<emily_patt@notthathotmail.com> wrote:

>
>"yipee yahoo" <yipeeeyahooo@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:d52f86ab.0402042344.df09d0a@posting.google.co m...
>> FRICK !!!!! ;-)
>> Just Thank your lucky stars, Man !!!!!
>> Anyone would give their right testicle (or titty) to move there ;-)
>
>Erm, not Jack Virginer! And not Tourette's either.
>
>---
>Tourette's
>

Put me on that list.

[Rod Speed]

Jeßus <wayne.@iiDOTnet> wrote in message
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> yipee yahoo <yipeeeyahooo@hotmail.com> wrote

>> Anyone would give their right testicle (or titty) to move there ;-)

Bet it hasnt got either.

> Anyone? I think NOT. Speak for yourself...

>> Uncle Wally (who would give anything to move O?S ;-)

> So whats really stopping you?

Unaccompanied children get told to go home.

[Victor]

"ET" <myaddress@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> "Jack Verginner" <jack_verginner@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:f938975d.0402050300.61b4f8db@posting.google.c om...
> > yipeeeyahooo@hotmail.com (yipee yahoo) wrote in message
> news:<d52f86ab.0402042344.df09d0a@posting.google.com>...
> > > FRICK !!!!! ;-)
> > >
> > > Just Thank your lucky stars, Man !!!!!
> > >
> > > Anyone would give their right testicle (or titty) to move there ;-)
> >
> > WTF FUCK??? Thats bullshit. I spupose your one of those idiots who
> > thinks America has the highest imigration rate in the world? ha more
> > like the lowest.
>
> Don't lie Jack. I've seen the Stars and Stripes flying on the flagpole out
> the front of your house.


I had stars and stripes floating around in my toilet bowl last night.
Guess I should see a doctor.

[Victor]

"Jace the Ace" <jason@kaput.com> wrote in message
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> yipee yahoo wrote:
>
> > FRICK !!!!! ;-)
> >
> > Just Thank your lucky stars, Man !!!!!
> >
> > Anyone would give their right testicle (or titty) to move there ;-)
> >
>
> Speak for yourself. Some of us prefer to live in the free world.


Which country are we talking about now? I got lost.

[Alonzo]

Cuba!!


" Victor" <victor@dove.net.au> wrote in message
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>
> Which country are we talking about now? I got lost.
>
>

[AW]

Take the TV with you so you can watch Australian programs
AW

"yipee yahoo" <yipeeeyahooo@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:d52f86ab.0402042344.df09d0a@posting.google.co m...
> FRICK !!!!! ;-)
>
> Just Thank your lucky stars, Man !!!!!
>
> Anyone would give their right testicle (or titty) to move there ;-)
>
> yes siree yes indeedle-ly do ;-)
>
> Sell the Grundig !!!!....It ain't much use here coz the TV programs here
> mostly suck !!!!
>
> It's such a small price to pay -- and U have your whole life in front of
>
> U !!!!
>
> Best..........
>
> Uncle Wally (who would give anything to move O?S ;-)
>
> ================================================== =================