It's only likely to work in a fairly limited and crippled fashion - it's really pretty pointless shipping TV's round the world, sell the old set before you leave, and buy a new one when you get where you're going.

Going back a LONG time I did convert an Australian CRT TV for the UK, as I recall it required a UHF tuner fitting (as it was VHF only), and I think it needed the sound converting as well?.

Obviously things are completely different now with digital TV.

Depends on what you're after -- I have a Panasonic 50" LCD set, with Freeview HD, which is nonetheless used exclusively as a monitor in my setup -- even the remote control commands (sent by a Logitech remote) only switch it on and off. Sound, and source are all external.

My setup isn't all that rare either. I suspect a 50Hz-compatible foreign TV would be perfectly adequate for my requirements.

The DTT system in Australia uses 7MHz channel bandwidth so it will not work here. Having said that if it has country setting options you may find one that will work. e.g NZ setting should work.

Hi again,
Re-scanned the Satellite yesterday afternoon and low and behold there was the channel and it came up as BBC RB 1. We either didn't notice it at the time or didn't realise what it was.

By the way, the TV in Australia isn't that old - we bought it in 2009 I think, so I'm hoping that if we select a different country from the menu (assuming it has that option), it might work.

Thanks

2009 is five old!! - pretty old in TV terms, and not worth the transport costs from the other side of the world (particularly in the vague hope it might work when it gets here!).

Given the way prices have come down in recent years, it's probably going to cost as much, and possibly more, to ship a decent sized TV half way around the World than it would be to buy a modern set with probably more features here in the UK.

And even then, as you say, it may not actually work properly once you get it here anyway.