NTSC to PAL converter

I will be moving to Australia this summer. I understand that my television in Canada uses the NTSC encoding system, but Australia uses the PAL encoding system. Is it possible to buy a converter that will convert the PAL signal to NTSC format? If anyone has purchased one, did they do it in Canada or in Australia? And finally, approximately how much did the converter cost?

Thanks.

Your TV might already work with PAL, have a look at the instructions. Depends also on the input, as cable boxes have all kinds of outputs nowadays. Used to be PAL had an RF input and NTSC had those stupid wires but I've seen cable boxes with firewire, HDMI, etc. outputs. If your TV supports HDMI input and the cable/satellite box has got the output, most likely your TV works there anyway.

Probably a good idea to figure out which service you plan on using there and looking up the spec. of the box.

Been quite awhile frankly since I've seen a good quality TV that didn't support NTSC and PAL, only the crappy Chinese-made ones don't usually. The only real problem is if you plan on using an antenna.

hi can anyone tell help me, i have to fairly new plasme tv's which i am bringing from ireland they work on Pal 1 can i convert them to Ntsc herein canada
peter

For the high cost of shipping, the fact that you'll have far bigger issues with power voltage conversion than you would with NTSC/PAL, and because the prices of TVs in Canada have dropped a LOT in the past year, don't even bother bringing it over.

hi thanks for that but i got free hipping anyway and have 200 volts in our house so do you think i would be better off getting a converter

If you say it's a fairly new plasma and if it has an HDMI input, then it should be able to accept and display whatever a digital cable or satellite box sends to it via HDMI, and you wouldn't even need a converter (which generally doesn't work well anyways, always results in a more grainy picture).

You need to look at the TV's specifications to see what it accepts via the HDMI input.

If you were going to use it for OTA or analog signals, then you're probably SOL.

You have 220V in your house in Ontario? Are you sure? Where have you been buying all of your appliances? That doesn't sound quite right.

All recent Australian TV's and DVD players can play both NTSC and PAL format. It is rare to find a Cdn TV/DVD that will play PAL. Almost all TV's are designed for single voltage, either North American or Australian, rarely both.