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I'm getting ready to take a trip to Europe for a few months and I'll be bringing my MacBook Pro to do video editing. I want to buy a monitor when I get there (instead of buying one here and having it possibly damaged during the trip there) but I know they have a different electrical system there. I'm bringing an electrical converter for my laptop but I need to know if I use a European monitor running on their electric system will it work with my laptop?

I really need to know for sure.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance.
 

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Don't even need a converter for your MBP. They're capable of handling 100-240v. Only need an adapter for it. And the electrical needs will have nothing to do with attaching any data cables, from ethernet or FW to video and audio.
 
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The video editing might be a bigger task. If you plan on playing them on a local TV you may have issues as they use different formats over there depending on region. (PAL vs NTSC etc...)

On the power side, all you need is a cheap adapter as bobtomay mentioned above.
 

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... (PAL vs NTSC etc...)

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Thanks, didn't think about that and don't have clue what effect that would have. A computer monitor should work fine. At the least you can take your MBP with into the shop and try it out pre-purchase unless we get someone to come around that has actually done it.
 
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I lived in Germany for 4 years and have run into some issues as they use PAL as their format. A computer monitor will work with no problems but if the OP wants to burn that disk to a DVD and then play it on a TV from another nation, there will be some formatting issues. I'm sure that most software can handle multiple formats and IMovie can change between PAL and NTSC.

I just wanted to toss that out there as food for thought. ;)
 
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Thanks for the info! That means I can pack light for the trip and just buy a monitor when I get there. Cool.
 
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Yup and don't forget the most important part. Enjoy it!

Might I enquire where you are going? As I said, I lived in Germany for 4 years and loved it, I just wish I would have gotten more time.
 

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