50hz on 60hz?

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I might be moving to a place that has a frequency of 60hz and I want to take my 46" 50hz Bravia HDTV. Do I have a problem?
 
Off hand, I would say yes. Electronics use the "cycle-speed" aka hertz as a timing reference. The refresh rate would be skewed. And a few other issues could arise.

Now what I would suggest, is contacting the manufacturer. Some units are frequency agile. Yours could very well be one of those. Look in the specs to see if you find the voltage reqs and if it says "50-60 hz", you are gold. If it says "60 hz"only, it may be bad news.
 
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Does it have to do with anything with NTSC and PAL? Because where I might be moving you can choose between both signals and my TV also allows you to choose between pal and ntsc.
 
amiga500 said:
then is ok.
50hz = PAL
60hz = NTSC

beware of the 220-110v
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Are you 100% about this? This will mean the difference between paying to have a 35kilos 46" tv shipped from Spain to Brazil or not (which is not exactly cheap). The voltage thing is already taken care of and the HZ is the only thing that is making me iffy.
 
I think you should be fine. I live in Japan, Kyoto. Here in western Japan, power is supplied at 100V and 60Hz, while in Eastern Japan (Tokyo and parts northeast) it's 50Hz.
Map: http://www.aqua-shopping.net/info/50hz-60hz.html
Most electronics, such as TVs, can handle either. They often used to have a 50/60 switch on the back, but not anymore.
Here's a Bravia on sale at Walmart USA. Scroll down to "Power" and you can see it handles either 50 or 60. http://www.walmart.com/Sony-Bravia-KDL32L5000-32-HDTV/ip/10926913
 
Oh, so this is a power thing, not transmission? The reason I ask is because on the back of the TV it says 50hz, but on the manual there is something about 60hz being accepted via video cable. I'll look for a PDF manual and point you guys to the exact page so that you may take a look.
 
I live in Uruguay (next to Brazil), and I have a 42" plasma that handles NTSC/PAL/SECAM, its automatic, if the signal changes the TV adjust itself.
You can make a test pluging a DVD player and play a NTSC DVD.

are you sure Brazil is NTSC?
here's a map for TV systems around the world

Supongo que hablas español verdad?
 
System wise I know I won't have any trouble because the TV lets you select what signal (ntsc/pal-m) you want, but I've read that hertz are also related to the eletricity that comes out of the outlet into the TV. Is this correct?
Brazil it's PAL-M, but now with cable TV the signal is digital and it lets you choose between PAL-M and NTSC.
Hombre, claro que hablo español ;-)
 
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The manual sais 220-240V only, and 50hz. Nothing about 60hz.

There's no way to know how they handle thier power supply without seeing the schematics but it would be wise to keep it 50hz unless they specify otherwise. The extra 10hz could boost the voltage into the regulators and it could be higher than what some of the supply components are designed for so I wouldn't attempt that with an expesnsive product.

Another less expensice solution may be to get a power converter along these lines maybe, although that link looks like industrial equipment. Maybe search for something small for consumers along the same lines.
http://www.50hz.com/

-a quick search...http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=69326

I'd look around for something in that area.
I googled "consumer power converter 50-60hz". There may or not be a solution. You'll have to read through some of those links.
 
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First off, the NTSC/PAL thing: This has no bearing on this problem. This is strictly a power issue. You must bring up the specs of the TV and see if it can handle 50/60 hz power.

Again, contact the manufacturer, to be sure.
 
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