television

[ken1sub]

Hi,

First time does anybody know if UK televisions are compatable in Spain as we are moving over october

[jojo]

most are! If its a multi standard then its fine, but if its a uk standard then no! Also if you're planning to use a sky box it doesnt matter what it is, it'll work!

Jo xx

[ken1sub]

ken,

What is multi standard

[jojo]

Originally Posted by ken1sub

ken,

What is multi standard

What make and model is your TV, My OH is a bit of a TV expert and will tell you if yours is ok, although dont forget if you're going to be using a sky box it doesnt matter!

Jo xxx

[ken1sub]

Originally Posted by jojo

What make and model is your TV, My OH is a bit of a TV expert and will tell you if yours is ok, although dont forget if you're going to be using a sky box it doesnt matter!

Jo xxx

ken

No sky box and have not bought tv yet we are looking for a 37ins or 24ins what would your your OH suggest

[jojo]

Originally Posted by ken1sub

ken

No sky box and have not bought tv yet we are looking for a 37ins or 24ins what would your your OH suggest

Samsung maybe ??? There are many of recommendations depending on your budget. He says your best option would be to go to Curries or a good TV store and ask for a multi standard that will work in Spain, they should know.

Jo xxx

[sat]

These day MOST Tvs bought in the UK will work in Spain and vice versa.

The issue used to be with the old analogue TV systems, where Spain and the UK used different sound "settings" so a UK TV using a TV aerial for Spanish ANALOGUE channels would get a picture but no sound, due to the different sound settings. Some TVs were "multistandard" meaning you could go into the settings and alter the audio and video settings for the country you were in - France used SECAM video settings, which if viewed on a nonSECAM TV the picture would be in black and white!

Now that terrestrial TV is now digital (Spain swicthed off all analogue signals and went totally digital easter 2011, the UK is dithering around and doing it region by regions and may just about finish this time next year - Yorks and Lincs are next in line this month!) this is pretty much a universal standard. So a UK TV plugged into a Spanish TV aerial will (or should!) get the Spanish digital TV channels and sound with no problems. You may have to change the country settings, but pretty much any TV bought in Europe is compatiable with most digial TV systems in EU countries.

Similarly any external device you use and plug in via SCART or HDMI or components will also work OK, as again thay are all standard.

The only issue is sometimes Spain power supply may not be up to scratch. Most electrical itmes like to run on 240 volts. In Spain thats 220volts. Now if you or neighbours turn on thnsg that use a lot of jouce, like aircons, pool pumps, electric ovens, irons, and microwaves, then your powe will drop and thats when you experience "brown outs" - as the light will dont and go "brown" - an indication that your items are not getting enough electricity to keep them operating at optimum. In many cases it is low power than can cause as much problems as too much power. Thats when thisngs like UPS uninterruptiable power supplies or Sais are good, as they have a battery built in and the unit can use this battery power to help gkeep a power supply to a TV or Sky box at a reasonable level.

One thing these day, when buying a new TV is "what will you use it for". I download a few movies and programmes to watch. I put them on a memoery stick and pop it into the TV and it plays, saves having to burn things to DVDs all the time! I went around several shops with a USB stick with 4 movies of different formats like (AVI, MVK and MPeG) and went throguh the TVs that played the most. Samsung played the most, Surprising Sony TVs played the least! Did a few checks and reviews of the set online and Samsung it was.

Also, BIG difference between HD TV and HD Ready TV. A HD TV has a built in HD tuner to allow the reception of HD channel via a TV aerial. A HD Ready TV means you have to have a HD souce (like a HD digital terrestrial set top box) if you want Spanish HD TVs channesl via a TV aerial. As long as the TVs have HDMI or HD component cable, then they will work with most HD satellite receivers or DVD players

Hope this helps.

[ken1sub]

Originally Posted by jojo

Samsung maybe ??? There are many of recommendations depending on your budget. He says your best option would be to go to Curries or a good TV store and ask for a multi standard that will work in Spain, they should know.

Jo xxx

Went to Currys and a few more they said that there TVs are not compatable but i didnt ask about multi standard, a Samsung would be OK we are after a 37ins or 42ins at thee moment we are with Torreset and how would we get a Sky box

Ken

[jojo]

Originally Posted by ken1sub

Went to Currys and a few more they said that there TVs are not compatable but i didnt ask about multi standard, a Samsung would be OK we are after a 37ins or 42ins at thee moment we are with Torreset and how would we get a Sky box

Ken

Do they train these people?????? "Sat" on here is your man, theres nothing he doesnt know about the system here and about sky etc!!!!!

Jo xxx

[ken1sub]

Originally Posted by sat

These day MOST Tvs bought in the UK will work in Spain and vice versa.

The issue used to be with the old analogue TV systems, where Spain and the UK used different sound "settings" so a UK TV using a TV aerial for Spanish ANALOGUE channels would get a picture but no sound, due to the different sound settings. Some TVs were "multistandard" meaning you could go into the settings and alter the audio and video settings for the country you were in - France used SECAM video settings, which if viewed on a nonSECAM TV the picture would be in black and white!

Now that terrestrial TV is now digital (Spain swicthed off all analogue signals and went totally digital easter 2011, the UK is dithering around and doing it region by regions and may just about finish this time next year - Yorks and Lincs are next in line this month!) this is pretty much a universal standard. So a UK TV plugged into a Spanish TV aerial will (or should!) get the Spanish digital TV channels and sound with no problems. You may have to change the country settings, but pretty much any TV bought in Europe is compatiable with most digial TV systems in EU countries.

Similarly any external device you use and plug in via SCART or HDMI or components will also work OK, as again thay are all standard.

The only issue is sometimes Spain power supply may not be up to scratch. Most electrical itmes like to run on 240 volts. In Spain thats 220volts. Now if you or neighbours turn on thnsg that use a lot of jouce, like aircons, pool pumps, electric ovens, irons, and microwaves, then your powe will drop and thats when you experience "brown outs" - as the light will dont and go "brown" - an indication that your items are not getting enough electricity to keep them operating at optimum. In many cases it is low power than can cause as much problems as too much power. Thats when thisngs like UPS uninterruptiable power supplies or Sais are good, as they have a battery built in and the unit can use this battery power to help gkeep a power supply to a TV or Sky box at a reasonable level.

One thing these day, when buying a new TV is "what will you use it for". I download a few movies and programmes to watch. I put them on a memoery stick and pop it into the TV and it plays, saves having to burn things to DVDs all the time! I went around several shops with a USB stick with 4 movies of different formats like (AVI, MVK and MPeG) and went throguh the TVs that played the most. Samsung played the most, Surprising Sony TVs played the least! Did a few checks and reviews of the set online and Samsung it was.

Also, BIG difference between HD TV and HD Ready TV. A HD TV has a built in HD tuner to allow the reception of HD channel via a TV aerial. A HD Ready TV means you have to have a HD souce (like a HD digital terrestrial set top box) if you want Spanish HD TVs channesl via a TV aerial. As long as the TVs have HDMI or HD component cable, then they will work with most HD satellite receivers or DVD players

Hope this helps.

Cheers that was great, a lot of it a bit complicated for me but will get my mate to explain he is a bit off a boffin on these type of things, thanks

Ken