Even if you already have another "main" DVD player, if you plan to regularly watch PAL DVDs, you're better off saving yourself the trouble and buying a region-free player that will format convert.

No, the disc are indeed PAL and NTSC. SECAM users essentially get PAL discs, and their players make the necessary changes for their format.<P>Your best bet to play these discs may be to hack your PC's ...

A DVD formatted for the NTSC market. Prior to digital television, NTSC and PAL were the two major analog TV formats, each with different frame rates and lines of resolution. When DVDs were introduced ...