my wife is preparing to send another cubic metre of concrete to the philippines. by that i mean a balik box. shes intending to cram a 42" flat tv in it. not new--we have 3 of them--plus another 3 portables. i dont think the 42" tv will go in..what do they cost over there ? my most recent 49" job cost me about 270 quid early this year. also--her son wants a music centre--a stack i suppose. price comparisons ? shes stripped our local poundland of tinned spam,-- corned beef-- hamburgers chocolates, instant coffee. the box will cost her 100 quid to send...is it really worth it ?
Sending TV's to Pinas is a waste of time, money and space as our PAL system (SECAM in Europe) is not compatible with the american NTSC as used in the Philippines. As my wife suggested, do send the money instead. If it gets used for that purpose all the good, but you know how it will end up...LOL... We bought a 42" Samsung in January 2019, and we paid about 17 k PHP as it was on offer, from a store in the SM Seaside Mall on the coastal road in Talisay, Cebu.
there must be some tv's that have both systems..my wife is adamant she bought a new tv here a few years ago and sent it over--and it works fine.
Looks like that there are some multisystem TV's about. https://sites.google.com/site/malal...tv-for-asia-europe-africa-uk-110-220-pal-ntsc
They are the same price as here pretty much, I've bought a lot of stuff over the years from Abenson stores in various parts of the Phils this link is representative: https://www.abenson.com/samsung-43n5003.html a 43" Samsung for 200 quid. https://www.abenson.com/tv-entertainment/46-to-50-inch.html here are some more. Skyworth is locally manufactured in the Philippines and they look ok to me in the shops, TCL are better (Chinese) and I bought a 55" for the kids last Christmas its been great. A 42" screen is at real risk of getting broken in a Balikbayan box never mind getting it through customs, I would not worry about NTSC vs PAL as that does not apply to flat screen monitors these days, however I would worry about voltage differences and supply frequency differences.
British TV will work in the Philippines, at least mine does and that's a 2007 model. Might not work on their terrestrial net work but cable/sat and internet work.
It's the same broadcast standard, I would expect it would work either way but I suppose the frequency range supported by the device might not match Philippine over the air broadcast range.
UK is PAL, Philippines is NTSC. However, most TV's these days are multi standard so shouldn't be a problem. Also the power will not be a problem either as the TV will be 110-220v, 50/60Hz. Whether there is anything worth watching on the terrestrial network is another matter. Cignal TV is popular here, many English language programs, movies, news, documentary, sports etc. That's available via cable or satellite. Cost is approximately P400 a month, depending on the channel package you choose. I agree that Lazada is a good place to check prices for TV's.
I was saying that over the air in the Philippines is the same broadcast standard as cable, namely NTSC. Older sets from the UK might not be as flexible in power standards don't know, some equipment I took over had issues with power supply but it wasn't anything as complex as a TV.
A little off topic, There's a TV program on Netflix called "Still Game" it was on Scottish TV before. So funny, It's about a group of pensioners living in Glasgow. It had me in stitches. Just looked it's you-tube
The whole cast were perfect, but I really liked Isa and also Navid they often got great lines, and Winston and Tam It was up there with the same standard of comedy as Rab C Nesbit.
