I live in Japan and will move to the USA. Will my TV work when I ship it to the...

mikie · 12-26-2007, 12:17 AM

...USA-can I connect it to cable? The television, a Sony Trinitron Wega KV-21DA55, is a Japanese model. It's only 3 years old and I would like to keep it (costs no more to send) if possible and if it's going to function. I know that both countries use NTSC, but they use a different range of the frequency spectrum (the upper FM dial in the USA is the lower TV-end of the spectrum in Japan).

Someone told me that this didn't matter though if I plugged it into cable TV and didn't use the free-to-air.

Some clarification would be great!
I'm more concerned with the frequency (megahertz) of the transmission, not plugs or electricity as this is easily solved.

Both countries use NTSC, but on a slightly different part of the spectrum.

Will it work simply by plugging it in to cable television?

Has anyone brought a TV set from Japan to the USA before when they've moved from Japan?

As for DVDs, we have a multiregion (0-6), multisystem (NTSC, PAL) DVD player -- that's not problem.

Nick N · 12-26-2007, 06:58 AM

Your safest bet is to use an set top box when you subscribe to cable, because the s-video/composite video connections are definitely the same.

12-26-2007, 12:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
mikie Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1	I live in Japan and will move to the USA. Will my TV work when I ship it to the... ...USA-can I connect it to cable? The television, a Sony Trinitron Wega KV-21DA55, is a Japanese model. It's only 3 years old and I would like to keep it (costs no more to send) if possible and if it's going to function. I know that both countries use NTSC, but they use a different range of the frequency spectrum (the upper FM dial in the USA is the lower TV-end of the spectrum in Japan). Someone told me that this didn't matter though if I plugged it into cable TV and didn't use the free-to-air. Some clarification would be great! I'm more concerned with the frequency (megahertz) of the transmission, not plugs or electricity as this is easily solved. Both countries use NTSC, but on a slightly different part of the spectrum. Will it work simply by plugging it in to cable television? Has anyone brought a TV set from Japan to the USA before when they've moved from Japan? As for DVDs, we have a multiregion (0-6), multisystem (NTSC, PAL) DVD player -- that's not problem.

12-26-2007, 06:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
Nick N Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1	Your safest bet is to use an set top box when you subscribe to cable, because the s-video/composite video connections are definitely the same.