NTSC vs PAL AVR questions..

[Bahtman]

NTSC vs PAL AVR concerns

I'm from the US (NTSC) but now live in Thailand (PAL) and will be going back to the US in a couple of months.

The camcorder I'm buying from the US is PAl format so I can use playback here after the trip. Easy enough as I underastand the differences....

However... I also plan on picking up a decent AVR in the US to carry back here for a number of reasons, price and availabllity being first and formost.

On basic searches I found sites that promote their...........

EXCLUSIVE! We carry the World Wide version that works in any country!

Yamaha AVENTAGE RX-A2030D A/V RECEIVER 9 CHANNEL.Works with NTSC and PAL on 110-240 volts 50-60 hertz.


"Our model has a voltage selector switch to set the voltage. It is not modified in any way. It comes like this from the Yamaha Factory!"

So really it's not an "exclusinve"at all, as it comes from the factory with the dual voltage switch.



Question 1: Can I assume that most AVR's are dual voltage as with computers?

(I can buy 110 to 220v transformers but they don't address the 60 to 50 Hz)

Question 2: Should I be concerned about PAL and NTSC formats on the AVR like the camcorder?

In other words, if I buy a decent AVR in the US (NTSC) will the pass thru format to the TV (PAL) in Thailand matter?

Same with a Blue Ray player... any concerns I need to worry about or is it

"garbage in, garbage out"?

Thanks in advance for the time and

 

[tyhjaarpa]

Pretty sure that not all of receivers/players have dual voltage available, but there migth be some. RX-A2030D seems bit odd to me tho as I cant find it from Yamaha site.. RX-A2030 I can find but what I read about it it does not have dual voltage available.

 

[selden]

Most equipment models made for sale in the US do *not* have a universal power supply. You're more likely to find that type of power supply in equipment models made for sale in Europe or Asia.

Most modern AVRs (including those made for use in the US) don't care if the incoming video signal uses NTSC or PAL timing. However, most TVs made for sale in the US don't support PAL timings. This limitation doesn't matter so much if you upscale to 1080p60 in the disc player or the AVR.

Note also that many discs made for the Asian market won't play in disc players made for sale in the US (Region 1 DVD, region A Blu-ray). You need to get a multi-region player.

In other words, you should look for appropriate equipment in Asian AV stores, not in US-based stores.