I do not recommend using your TV set in Japan unless that has passed checks by a certain professional. When all the problems driving from differences in power supplies are settled, if your TV set has audio and video input lines with jacks common in Japan, maybe you can use it as a monitor connected to a Japan-spec digital TV tuner kit.Īnyway, the first principle is to use Japan-spec appliances in Japan, U.S.A-spec appliances in U.S.A. That's a question to be answered by the manufacturer or the vendor who officially offers technical supports in U.S.A. When NZ went digital, some older UK set top boxes wouldnt work in NZ as they used mpeg2 compression, and NZ was. Whether frequency difference (60 Hz in U.S.A., 50 Hz in Tokyo) pose a problem depends on models. The most likely frustration (if any) might be the connector - if the STB uses HDMI and the TV supports SCART, but there are converters, and some tvs may support both. There may well be cases where the difference is causing a trouble, while the user doesn't notice it because the electric appliance is apparently working normally. Generally speaking, a concept like 'a voltage difference between U.S.A. Such coded programs can not be watched without TV receivers adopting a decoding system.

On digital TV broadcastings in Japan, almost all TV programs - including news shows - are coded for copyright protection, also for prevention against free view as to pay programs. There is a risk conceivable that no guarantee is given on your TV set as to usage in Japan.Įven if your TV set remains unharmed, it's highly probable that the TV set can not be tuned for TV channels / programs in Japan.Ī switch from analog to digital TV broadcastings is now being made in U.S.A and in Japan.Ī U.S.A-spec analog TV tuner does not cover some channels in Japan.

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