USA Apple TV

[MatthewR]

Parents go to america tomorrow, is it worth getting them to bring an ATV home for me or will it not work?

 

[Revels]

It'll work fine once you get a new plug/adapter.

 

[MatthewR]

Perfect

 

[.Simon]

Is there much point though? You won't get any additional benefits!

 

[crazystu21]

Is there much point though? You won't get any additional benefits!

Are they not $99 over there tho as opposed to £99 here?

 

[DannyR]

I'm sure it won't like having 240v put through it so you'd need 110v transformer which will be at least three times the size and more expensive than buying here.

 

[Addicted]

seems like more hassle than its worth to be honest

 

[VeinAST]

I'm sure it won't like having 240v put through it so you'd need 110v transformer which will be at least three times the size and more expensive than buying here.

I would imagine that's only relative to the power source, not the product?

 

[DannyR]

USA is all 110/115v at the wall, UK is 240v.

I'd imagine each is made for different supplies as they don't have a power adaptor just a straight figure 8 lead in.

I could be wrong and the US ones come with a power adaptor to transform 110v to 240v but I doubt they do as packaging costs would then be ridiculous, it would actually be cheaper to manufacture 2 different ATV with different power needed.

 

[Millsy]

You're wrong, it has a switching power supply meaning you can just plug a standard UK "figure 8" power cable into it and it will work perfectly. You can pick these for a couple of quid.

I bought my Apple TV in New York and it cost approx £65 iirc.

 

[VeinAST]

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1350329

 

[glenn_adam_doble]

Yeah you can use American ones over here they are no different, similar to shaver sockets in the bathroom 110/240 shavers generally charge with both as they have power switching, and I think apple will have easily implemented the same thing

 

[edryn80]

Yep, I have a yankee one and it works fine with a random figure 8 cable I had. ATV2 though so you can JB it.