Using a US Flat screen in Europe
 

Hi,
Moving back to Europe, the folks are loading up a container with furniture and all sort of household items. Of course, the LCD/Plasma TVs are way cheaper here than in the old country and we would like to pack some up.

With the CRTs, the obvious problem was the NTSC/PAL differences in systems. However, I was under the impression if the internal tuner is bypassed via component, DVI, or HDMI input, that the TV should only act as a monitor?

But in the old country cable is analog, and we would need a PAL modulator that would convert a signal to input format acceptable to the TV.

Does anyone have experience trying to get something like this to work? I know that Panny sells professional plasmas/tvs, but they are kind of big for Europe.

Thanks!

I would first check your TV spec. Most likely it already supports all formats and voltage. Electronics components are pretty much standardized now across the globe. I brought my Toshiba over with no problems.

I guess it would be helpful to have a list of models that support dual PAL/NTSC system then. Here is what I came up with on Amazon:

Sony KLH-W26
Sony KLV-26S200A
SONY KLV32S200A
Sony KLV-37U300A
Sony KLV40V200A
Sony KLV-46V300A

Hitachi C21-F800S
Hitachi C25 TF751S
Hitachi 37LD9000
Hitachi 42PD9500
Hitachi L32A01A

Toshiba 42A3500
Toshiba TO26A3000

If anyone can add other models to this list it would be good.

Thanks!

You should find this discussion useful.

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