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Will a UK TV set work in France ?

cornerstone13
cornerstone13 Posts: 280 Forumite
in Overseas holidays & travel planning
Not sure if this is the right place to post.

We are shortly off to France and we want to be able to watch French TV while we are there, but no TV is provided in the holiday home. We are considering purchasing a small flat screen TV with freeview to take with us but no one in Comet or Currys is able to tell us whether a TV purchased in the UK would work in France.

We are not expecting to be able to watch UK programmes; we are quite happy with French programmes, but does anyone have any experience to know whether a modern UK TV will work in France.

Thanks for any help

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  • phatbear
    phatbear Posts: 4,061 Forumite
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    As long as your tv can receive/process seecam input, brits broadcast in PAL and yanks in NCTS, then you will be fine and funky, by the by most modern lcd/plasmas are multi input so it may not be a problem but before you buy anything google it to make sure.
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  • Nobjocki
    Nobjocki Posts: 947 Forumite
    cornerstone13 wrote: »
    Not sure if this is the right place to post.

    We are shortly off to France and we want to be able to watch French TV while we are there, but no TV is provided in the holiday home. We are considering purchasing a small flat screen TV with freeview to take with us but no one in Comet or Currys is able to tell us whether a TV purchased in the UK would work in France.

    We are not expecting to be able to watch UK programmes; we are quite happy with French programmes, but does anyone have any experience to know whether a modern UK TV will work in France.

    Thanks for any help


    The answer is yes.
    It's why the instruction manual that comes with a TV set is in a number of different languages.
  • omen666
    omen666 Posts: 2,206 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Nobjocki wrote: »
    The answer is yes.
    It's why the instruction manual that comes with a TV set is in a number of different languages.
    No that is not the reason.
  • Inactive
    Inactive Posts: 14,509 Forumite
    A " modern " TV will work as long as it has Freeview built in and is connected to an aerial that is capable of giving an adequate signal.
  • nico26
    nico26 Posts: 823 Forumite
    My sons got our wee tv from our bedroom in his bedroom in spain and it hasn't got freeview and it work fine.
  • Inactive
    Inactive Posts: 14,509 Forumite
    nico26 wrote: »
    My sons got our wee tv from our bedroom in his bedroom in spain and it hasn't got freeview and it work fine.

    Spain isn't France, different system, the OP asked about France.:rolleyes:
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