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I brought a 2 year old Panasonic TV to Okinawa when I moved here from Singapore, and within 2 months, it was unusable (power to the unit and screen turns on, but not displaying input from my PS4 anymore). I understand about different TV signals; I never expected to get the Japanese TV signals. The tag says it is capable of accepting input of 100V to 240V, 50/60 HZ.
As my wife called some repair shops, they indicated that since the TV came from outside of Japan that something in the electronics was not able to withstand the 100V. Their suggestion was that I should buy a TV intended to be sold in Japan, as opposed to one from the Exchange. They said an Exchange TV (i.e. one normally intended to be sold in US, 110V) would have a similar problem.
Has anyone faced a similar situation? Has anyone been using a TV from outside Japan that has had problems?
Years ago when I was in Yokosuka, I had a popcorn air popper that never got quite hot enough to pop the popcorn. That was annoying. I figured this was due to 100V instead of 110V electricity.
As my wife called some repair shops, they indicated that since the TV came from outside of Japan that something in the electronics was not able to withstand the 100V. Their suggestion was that I should buy a TV intended to be sold in Japan, as opposed to one from the Exchange. They said an Exchange TV (i.e. one normally intended to be sold in US, 110V) would have a similar problem.
Has anyone faced a similar situation? Has anyone been using a TV from outside Japan that has had problems?
Years ago when I was in Yokosuka, I had a popcorn air popper that never got quite hot enough to pop the popcorn. That was annoying. I figured this was due to 100V instead of 110V electricity.
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