I have a spare Samsung monitor I was considering sending to a friend in the USA, would the different power supplies between the US and UK cause problems, or would it simply be a matter of getting an adaptor and plugging it in?
Thanks 
Look on the back of the monitor for the power specifications. If it has a switched-mode power supply (it almost certainly does if it was manufactured this century) it will say something like 100-240VAC, 50-60Hz. If that’s the case, it will work fine in the US.
Well if it says "100-240VAC, 50-60Hz ", it can travel.
There is no assumption that a switchmode power supply is suited to both 110 and 240 volts. The design might be simple to make compatible, eg just by using a larger fuse , or a higher rated capacitor but its too late once its made.
The Samsung flatscreen TV I have here says “220-240 VAC 50-60 Hz”, and it has no room for a transformers coils in it.
Wow.
From the title I thought someone had proposed monitoring November’s elections.
Yep, me too, and I thought it was about time.
On the OP : If the indicated voltages and frequencies are good (as per previous posts), it becomes a question of getting the right power cord. Most monitors use a cable with a C13 / C14 connection, but if yours doesn’t it may make things more difficult.
Now that the OP’s question has been addressed, I wonder if this idea makes sense. What would a similar monitor cost, new? Because unless you’ve got some free way to get the monitor to the US, I think you’ll find that it’s going to cost quite a bit to get this to your friend.
Just ran a dummy through DHL and it was £125 - I bet he could get a monitor for less than that.
Sorry for the slow reply, I’ve just had a look at the label on the back and the closest I can see to that is the text ‘DC14V - 2.14A’ if that means anything.
Its a Samsung S24A350H model.
Yes, I haven’t made any promises, its just that he told me he had just bought himself a new monitor and its something of a lemon. I bought a 4K Samsung monitor last year and the one I mentioned I would like to send to him has been sitting gathering dust. I wasn’t sure of the price but wow, if its £125 then it really isn’t an economical idea.
Thanks for the answers everyone 
Ok, it’s a DC power supply which means you need to check the box that is between the plug and the monitor for the AC power specifications.
Interesting factoid. CRT screens had to be made differently for Northern and Southern hemisphere because the electron beam was effected by the earths magnetic field. Thankfully no longer an issue with LCD / LED flat panels.
Have you check the postage on that, it might be easier to buy a second hand monitor for them from a local charity shop/ebay even.
Sorry, but this has to be BS.
I mean, it sounds possible, and there are hits on the web corroborating it, but think about it - the amount of beam deflection will depend not only on the direction of the Earth’s magnetic field, but also on the position of the monitor within that field. So, since monitor orientation is essentially random (some are pointing E, some W, some N, some S), there’s no way to make two tube types that correct for N vs. S. magnetic fields.
OK, after doing more research, and some more thinking (and a lot of visualizations using my hand to illustrate the right-hnad-rule), I’ll agree that there may have been some truth to this.
The vertical component of the Earth’s magnetic field changes from (into) to (out from) the ground based on hemisphere. This will cause the image on the screen to shift from left to right depending on hemisphere, and independent of the position of the monitor. The CRT could be calibrated with that shift in mind, although it seems like a lot of assumptions would need to be made. Most (better quality) monitors had adjustments to compensate for the left-right (and skew) shift.
It’s absolutely true, I used to work in pro video in the 1990’s in Australia and we would get massive Barco and Sony broadcast monitors and we often had long delays because they had no southern hemisphere models in stock. We got a northern hemisphere model instead and it was usable but we couldn’t 100 percent correct the geometry distortion so there was some slight curving on the edges of the images (mostly on top and bottom).
I don’t know if consumer CRT’s were also made in northern and southern hemisphere models but for Sony / Barco professional stuff, absolutely they did.
I have, the cheapest quote I’ve found is £90, so no it doesn’t look like it would be economical to send it. I didn’t think it would cost so much. 
Well apparently he wants me to send it anyway and will reimburse cost of shipping.
Problem is I threw the packaging away ages ago and I’m having trouble finding any places that sell suitable boxes to pack it away in to ship it, anyone have any ideas? Preferably that sell in the UK. Or any other suggestions for wrapping it up for transport?
Thanks again!
Based on a Google search, it looks like Mail Boxes Etc. has stores in the UK. In the US, at least, they will take your stuff, pack it properly for you and ship it. I usually scrounge around the office for a box and bubble wrap and try to pack stuff myself, but you can usually find a shipping center that will do it for you.
There’s one in Belfast, that’s perfect, thank you Dewey