How to play PAL to NTSC DVDs then?
For years now, DVD players (and many DVD recorders) have been built from one-size-fits-the-world kits, manufactured and assembled cheaply in China. This has actually been of tremendous benefit to the video world. These players/recorders share the same MPEG decoder chips capable of playing both PAL and NTSC video. With very few exceptions, most players sold in NTSC countries have been able to play region-free PAL for at least five or six years now (since about 2003). PAL players all play NTSC, using the PAL-60 quasi display very similar to analog Brazilian PAL. The only caveat with playing a “foreign” disc is that the disc needs to be made region-free. PAL/NTSC formats are are not the same as regions! DVD regions are artificial markets created by the studios, manufacturers and licensees to control where videos are bought and sold in the world. It’s the video world equivalent to OPEC, where studios attempt to control not only pricing, but where DVDs can be played. Most all players are ca
