[mythtv-users] Newbie setup questions

[Brian Wood]

On Jul 8, 2006, at 5:21 PM, Phil wrote:

> Nathan Lutchansky wrote:
>> On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 02:46:10PM -0700, Phil wrote:
>>>> The TV402U-NA can only tune North American TV channels.  It  
>>>> won't be
>>>> able to receive anything in Japan.  You need the TV402U-JP,  
>>>> which works
>>>> fine under MythTV.  -Nathan
>>> So, both work exclusively in their own market; I can't buy the JP
>>> version and expect to use it in the US as well, right?
>>
>> Right, each model's tuner only works in a specific region.  -Nathan
>
> Bummer.  Thanks for the info.  I must admit surprise considering that
> NTSC-J and NTSC seem so darn close.  I'm curious if you're speaking  
> from
> personal  experience.

It's not the TV standard (NTSC, PAL SECAM etc.). It's the RF  
frequency allocations, and thus the tuner module may be different.