Taking Electrical Gear From Uk To Thailand

[LuckyLucas]

Hello, Can I take my tv and laptop over to thailand without any problems? one in nad luggage and one in the hold...?

[nidge]

Yes you can. Your laptop will work no problems and the TV will be fine. (although in a previous thread somone corrected me and said there are some issues with HD or something).

[sumrit]

Your laptop will be fine, your TV will work if you connect the signal via the AV imput but won't work via the RF/aerial, the system's different.

[LuckyLucas]

thanks a bunch chaps

[Crossy]

Whilst it will certainly work (subject to the above constraints) I doubt that bringing the TV is actually worth the trouble particularly if you're going to be paying excess baggage.

[geoffphuket]

Your laptop will be fine, your TV will work if you connect the signal via the AV imput but won't work via the RF/aerial, the system's different.

Thai TV system is NTSC with 6.0 Mhz sound carrier and most channels are on the VHF band. The UK uses PAL, a 5.5 Mhz sound carrier + Nicam and operates on the UHF bands

You would (probably) get picture and sound if it's connected to a Thai DVD player but don't expect anything else. As 'Crossy' says it's not worth the trouble. A new 21'' can be bought for around 3,000 Baht.

The laptop should work without any issues - apart from not having a Thai Keyboard

geoffphuket

Edited July 4, 2007 by geoffphuket

[Thanyaburi Mac]

Your laptop will be fine, your TV will work if you connect the signal via the AV imput but won't work via the RF/aerial, the system's different.

Thai TV system is NTSC with 6.0 Mhz sound carrier and most channels are on the VHF band. The UK uses PAL, a 5.5 Mhz sound carrier + Nicam and operates on the UHF bands

You would (probably) get picture and sound if it's connected to a Thai DVD player but don't expect anything else. As 'Crossy' says it's not worth the trouble. A new 21'' can be bought for around 3,000 Baht.

The laptop should work without any issues - apart from not having a Thai Keyboard

geoffphuket

Plus you might get hit with Thai Customs duties on the TV while a hand carried laptop PC will breeze right through for free.

Mac

[Crossy]

Thai TV system is NTSC with 6.0 Mhz sound carrier and most channels are on the VHF band. The UK uses PAL, a 5.5 Mhz sound carrier + Nicam and operates on the UHF bands

You would (probably) get picture and sound if it's connected to a Thai DVD player but don't expect anything else. As 'Crossy' says it's not worth the trouble. A new 21'' can be bought for around 3,000 Baht.

Actually Thailand is PAL (but most of the TVs available are multi-standard anyway)!! But you're correct on the sound subcarrier being different as well as much of the broadcast programming being on VHF no Nicam.

Definately not worth the bother unless it's a high end LCD / Plasma and then you'll run into issues with customs and in-transit damage.

Edited July 5, 2007 by Crossy

[sumrit]

Your laptop will be fine, your TV will work if you connect the signal via the AV imput but won't work via the RF/aerial, the system's different.

Thai TV system is NTSC with 6.0 Mhz sound carrier and most channels are on the VHF band. The UK uses PAL, a 5.5 Mhz sound carrier + Nicam and operates on the UHF bands

You would (probably) get picture and sound if it's connected to a Thai DVD player but don't expect anything else. As 'Crossy' says it's not worth the trouble. A new 21'' can be bought for around 3,000 Baht.

The laptop should work without any issues - apart from not having a Thai Keyboard

geoffphuket

The Thai system IS NOT NTSC and DOES NOT USE A 6MHz SOUND CARRIER. The Thai system is PAL with a 5.5 MHz sound carrier and is transmitted using the VHF(L), VHF(H) and UHF carrier frequencies. The UK system is PAL with a 6.0MHz sound carrier and is only transmitted in the UHF waveband. So if you use a UK standard set in Thailand you will only be able to tune in to channels transmitted in UHF, you would get a perfect picture but no sound. The sound problem could probably be rectified with just a software upgrade but the tuning problem would need a change/addition of tuner and various other components that would be expensive and not cost effective, especially as sets in Thailand are as cheaper than in the UK. As I said in a previous post if you connect to the TV via the AV inputs (satelite receiver, DVD, etc) then the set will work here.

Edited July 5, 2007 by sumrit

[lopburi3]

As stated Thailand changed from NTSC to PAL when they started color broadcasting some 30 years ago. But the original TV system here was indeed NTSC which is why multi systems TV's have always been normal.

[BboyRusty]

Hi all I was wondering would a can amp be allowed to be taken as hand luggage size is around 21cm but it does house its own battery inside would this be a problem any ideas? thanks