I have spoken to Xbox support and they confirm that all xbox's run on a power input of 12v so you need to purchase a power adapter for the country you will be using the xbox. This is most important for those bringing an xbox from the US to the UK, because the US power is 110v. If you plug that straight into a UK 220v power socket you will overload and fry the power adapter. However, a UK 220v power adapter should be able to handle the US 110v power supply without a problem, except Microsoft states on the power adapter an input of 200-240v, so probably better to err on the side of safety and buy a US power adapter. Biggest compatibility issue is the games and Xbox Live account. PAL machines will only play PAL games, and NTSC, will only play NTSC games. If you have a HDTV, then you are ok with either machine, but will have to continue to purchase and use games brought from the intended marketplace of the console. As for Xbox live, you will still be able to log into your account, but some content will be blocked (for me moving to the USA, I will not get Sky Player etc anymore). If you want the content local to where you are (such as sky player in the UK) you will need to set up a 2nd LIVE account.
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