Bouncy Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Hi all, this is probably a silly question but hey ho! Our TV has just died, so was wondering if we get a lovely shiny one with free view and all the bells and whistles, Will it still work in Australia or do we get a bog standard one to tide us over til we make the move? Thanks for any advice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verystormy Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 It should work here. Though they can be cheaper here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annjean Posted September 21, 2014 Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 I would buy one to tide you over as they are very cheap here as verystormy has said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted September 21, 2014 Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 It will work, but in all likelihood, to receive the digital free to air stations, you'd have to buy a cheap external set top box (eg: https://www.jbhifi.com.au/tv-home-entertainment/players-recorders/teac/teac-hdb850-hd-set-top-box/87484/) Although digital free to air channels in the UK are called 'freeview' and they're collectively called 'freeview' in Australia, the two systems aren't compatible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE P Posted September 21, 2014 Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 We brought ours & is still okay, freeview box was around $20 from Dick Smiths, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 It will work, but in all likelihood, to receive the digital free to air stations, you'd have to buy a cheap external set top box (eg: https://www.jbhifi.com.au/tv-home-entertainment/players-recorders/teac/teac-hdb850-hd-set-top-box/87484/) Although digital free to air channels in the UK are called 'freeview' and they're collectively called 'freeview' in Australia, the two systems aren't compatible. We brought 3 TV's over, a Toshiba, a Sony and my Sons Disney Cars Truck TV and all 3 have digital Freeview tuners and work perfectly well with Freeview here, in fact the Toshiba picks up 3 times as many channels as the Samsung we bought here! Stef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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