UK Bravia TV on 110v

[petegaunt71]

I am looking to buy a Sony Bravia tv in the UK, which I will then be shipping out with me to South America. An issue is that I will be moving from 220/240v to 110/120v. When I have raised this in-store I have received no satisfying suggestions from the salesmen that I have spoken to.

Are you aware if there are any transformers that Sony recommend, which will not invalidate my product warranty if there is a problem with the set and it comes to light that I was running it through same?

I would rather purchase a set from the UK (or another country which sells PAL sets) as I have a fairly large collection of region 2 dvds.

Of course, if there is another solution to this issue then I will be happy to hear it.

Regards

Pete Gaunt

[55440550]

Hi Pete,

I've just posted the same question !!

I put voltage convertors into google and this is what I found!

http://www.beststuff.co.uk/store/Step-Up-Voltage-Converters-Using-UK-Appliances-in-the-US/

This looks like the answer we're looking for! I hope someone who's done this already gives us their feed back soon! I'm taking my TV to Mexico soon!!

[StartTheCar · Accepted solution]

I replied to your other thread regarding this.  The power supply is only part of the problem.  Large screen LCD's do not travel well.

If you can avoid the risk I would, maybe look to sell on this TV before you go and invest in a new product once you get there?  You will then have a product dedicated for the countries power and broadcast supply.

Regards
Lee

[petegaunt71]

Hi Lee, thanks a lot for taking the time to reply

I hear what you are saying about the risk of transportation, but, if I take your advice, I'm probably going to pay a fair bit more cash for a set that is likely to be set up to work with the NTSC signal. That being so, I am told that such a tv may well have trouble playing Region 2 DVDs.

Do you have any useful opinion, information pertaining to this aspect of my dilemma?

Pete

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