TV Systems and Region Free DVD Players
TV systems can be broken down into 3 categories:
- NTSC
- PAL
- SECAM
USA & Canada & Japan use the NTSC television system, the majority of Europe - with the exception of France, use PAL. If you purchase a PAL European DVD movie you will not be able to watch the movie unless your television can play PAL. A further example would be purchasing a NTSC movie and trying to watch it on a PAL only TV - this will not work.
If you do not own a multisystem TV you can however use a Region Free DVD Player with a built in PAL to NTSC and NTSC to PAL converter which will enable you to watch different system DVDs.
If you would like to see a complete breakdown of all the countries with their respective codes please click here to view our table of TV systems from around the world.
