Will U.S> TV's,VCR's & DVD's work in Italy.

[Tom Knowles]

I have a grandson in the navy, He and his family are being
transfered to Italy. Will the above itelms fuknction properly on their
power?
Will appreciate any replies.
Tom

 

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"Tom Knowles" <tomnruth@webtv.net> wrote in message
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I have a grandson in the navy, He and his family are being
transfered to Italy. Will the above itelms fuknction properly on their
power?
Will appreciate any replies.
Tom

I think they use 220 volts in Italy, but converters will fix that. The big

problem is they use a different video format. We use NTSC and I think the
Italians use PAL. The VCR & DVD should play things that were recorded in the
U.S. the TV won't receive PAL signals correctly. They would probably be
better off buying those things once they got stationed. They shouldn't have
any problems selling them once they were transferred out of Italy.

 

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Tom Knowles wrote:

I have a grandson in the navy, He and his family are being
transfered to Italy. Will the above itelms fuknction properly on their
power?
Will appreciate any replies.
Tom

no, they use PAL norm there, have 50HZ power, 220 or 230V AC, etc

 

[LASERandDVDfan]

I have a grandson in the navy, He and his family are being
transfered to Italy. Will the above itelms fuknction properly on their
power?

No.

Voltage and oscillation are totally different. As mentioned, Italy operates
around 220-230 volts AC at 50 Hz oscillation. North America operates at
110-120 volts AC at 60 Hz oscillation. A step-down rig to step down the
voltage to 120 volts with the capability of increasing the power line frequency
to 60 Hz will be needed.

Furthermore, Italy uses the PAL video system. North America uses the NTSC
video system.

PAL recorded VHS cassettes will not work with NTSC VHS equipment. A DVD
purchased in Italy may not have the proper region coding, so a disc meant for
the European market may not play on a North American DVD player. However,
American released DVDs may be available for sale at a Naval commissary or an
AAFES (Army Air Force Exchange Service) in the region.

Also, local television broadcasts in Italy will be in PAL format, so an NTSC
television will not properly receive the broadcasts. However, it is possible
that the AFRTS (Armed Forces Radio and Television Service) in that region may
broadcast programming in the NTSC format, but only that one channel may be
available for use with an NTSC TV set in Italy.

What may be recommended is that your grandson purchase a multi-mode VCR from a
Naval commissary or, if a person from the Navy is able to, purchase the item
from an AAFES. He might be able to use the VCR as a tuner for his NTSC spec TV
set. As for DVDs, as mentioned before, he may still be able to buy new DVDs in
Italy and still play them. He just has to make sure that the DVDs he will buy
there are either "region 1" or "region free". A way to ensure this is to buy
DVDs only from a U.S. Naval commisary or from an AAFES.

Hope this helps. - Reinhart