Taking television to jamaica

[mick]

Hi All ,
Newbie from the u.k here , Great site and a credit to all involved.
Quick question ,
Has anyone ever taken a flat screen tv to jamaica on the plane in there luggage and what size did you take ?

Cheers Mick

[Laurel]

hmmm - this is a sketchy one .... long before 'the flat screen', I carried a small TV/Video combo down - VERY well packed in my large checked case (well labeled FRAGILE); during the commotion that happens with loading the luggage and whatnot, there was some sort of breakage within the TV .... it would not work upon arrival.

I know of returning residents carrying in larger flat screen TV's still in the original packaging - and getting charged CRAZY Duty fees ... even though they had their Jamaican documentation, and proof it was for their own household use, yada yada.

I know of Americans carrying in Flat Screen that was only large enough to fit into their carry-on luggage - so not sure what size that would be??? not very big.

If I carry in another one, it would be one that could fit into my carry-on, I would not trust a larger one getting tossed about in my checked case.

[Homebrewer]

hmmm - this is a sketchy one .... long before 'the flat screen', I carried a small TV/Video combo down - VERY well packed in my large checked case (well labeled FRAGILE); during the commotion that happens with loading the luggage and whatnot, there was some sort of breakage within the TV .... it would not work upon arrival.

I know of returning residents carrying in larger flat screen TV's still in the original packaging - and getting charged CRAZY Duty fees ... even though they had their Jamaican documentation, and proof it was for their own household use, yada yada.

I know of Americans carrying in Flat Screen that was only large enough to fit into their carry-on luggage - so not sure what size that would be??? not very big.

If I carry in another one, it would be one that could fit into my carry-on, I would not trust a larger one getting tossed about in my checked case.

if you brought one from the US it probably didn't work because the US standard is NTSC and most of the world (except Japan due to our occupation after WWII) uses PAL and I imagine since Jamaica was British it also uses the PAL format

[mick]

if you brought one from the US it probably didn't work because the US standard is NTSC and most of the world (except Japan due to our occupation after WWII) uses PAL and I imagine since Jamaica was British it also uses the PAL format

Really
I thought jamaica is NTSC ?

[Homebrewer]

Really
I thought jamaica is NTSC ?

I was just speculating but now have googled and JA is NTSC so that TV likely did break in transit

NTSC is the standard format used in the following countries:

Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba , Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil (NTSC is PAL-M compatible), Canada, Chile, China (Taiwan), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (PAL/NTSC), Republic of Mexico, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, St. Christopher and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Eastern Suriname, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, Venezuela, Vietnam (NTSC/SECAM), Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, U.S. Yemen (PAL/NTSC)

[Laurel]

if you brought one from the US it probably didn't work because the US standard is NTSC and most of the world (except Japan due to our occupation after WWII) uses PAL and I imagine since Jamaica was British it also uses the PAL format

H-Brew ... I don't understand what you are saying.

you are speaking about PAL and NTSC 'standards' ... what does this mean?

the TV/VCR combo I brought was from the US, along with my son's childhood videos - from the US. These both worked here in the US ... and at my house in Negril, the current / plug in / 'whatever' outlet is the same as the US. We do not have Cable TV in our home, we just use 'rabbit ears' for limited local channels only.

another time, I brought down a VHS/DVD combo and we hooked that up to the little old TV (not the TV I brought down - one he already had), and it has worked for a few years; so - I think that somehow the TV got broken in transport in my luggage.

others that have carried TV's from the US have not had and issue using theirs ...

[Bert]

Why bother, Most hotels have a tv in the room, I think I turned one on once in all my years there.
There is so much to see and do that watching tv is about the most boring thing I could imagine.

[Laurel]

right ... I would not bother either if I stayed in a hotel.

I only commented on my experience carrying one in for use in the house I built - it was one I had used in my family summer cabin, so one I had on hand not being used. The intention was to have my JaJa Dawta watch all my son's Disney Movies before she grew too old for them ... and now all those Video Movies are still getting used when the little neighborhood children come to watch.

The comment of the Jamaican Resident carrying in a large one in the original packaging as checked luggage ... again - for the house she and her husband had bought in Jamaica, she was setting up a household.

I have not shopped much for major furniture items or major appliances in Jamaica ... only some smaller household items - and the quality of those things was dreadful ... thus the reason for me carry household things in ...

[Vince]

Our trip in 09 I saw someone brought a flat screen.It was HUGE.I got a giggle out of it them trying to load it in the back seat of the car,with there suit cases still not even in the car.It had to been a realative bringing the tv in.I gave up watching.They really needed a truck for the tv.It was probably a 50-60 inch tv.It was wrapped well.But I think its risky.-Bless!

[airportworker]

There is also the question of it being allowed on the plane, The Uk airports are unhappy about things like that on planes