Would a UK TV work with over the air programs in another country?

SkyTerran · 12 Aug 2022 at 17:47

I have a holiday house in Bulgaria. Thinking about shipping my old TV (Panasonic GX800) there, but the TV is a model only sold in UK and Ireland. Wondering if it will work with the over the air programs in Bulgaria.

Had a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_in_Bulgaria and it looks like they are using MUX, MUX2 and MUX3 there. Are these compatible with Freeview?

lucid · 12 Aug 2022 at 20:36

Mux is short for multiplex, which simply means "we put several channels down one RF channel frequency". It hads't much relevance to the type of broadcast standard being used. That's the DVB-T bit and HEVC 264.

My gut feel is that the GX800 would work, but if you find some issue when you get there then there's always the option of a receiver/recorder box purchased locally.

martin363 · 13 Aug 2022 at 11:37

Often when you set up the TV, it has an option for the Country it is being used in (separate to language settings), see if Bulgaria is in that list. I have done similar moving a Samsung from Vietnam to Greece, changed the country of use (not sure it even mattered) and no problems in use.

Gregvivi0401 · 13 Aug 2022 at 16:58

VPN may help.