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**Gymngatagaica** · 09-29-2007, 08:16 PM

Hi Gibbo-san,

They are not region codes. There are 6 region codes for DVDs. Japan, all of Europe, S. Africa, the Middle East and Greenland are region 2 for example, and the US and Canada are region 1.

NTSC and PAL are not region codes.
They are video standards. The UK uses PAL as their DVD/TV standard. Here in the US, our DVD players/TVs only will read our video standard, which is NTSC and only read region 1 NTSC disks. That's just the most basic description.

You'd need to get a DVD player that reads both PAL and NSTC - that can be bought in the UK, and, you'd need a TV that can use PAL, which since you are in the UK, you don't have to worry about.

Go here for more detailed information:

http://www.microcinemadvd.com/help/t...standards.html

Region coding is explained there too.

There is also a way to convert PAL to NTSC or NTSC to PAL. You'd need a converter for the DVD player to work if you don't want to buy a new one. But, how come you don't already have one from the UK? Did yours break or something?

According to the website, getting a good conversion to work, it takes a lot of money because of the equipment. You can read more about it there.

Hope this helps!

Kaoru

09-29-2007, 08:16 PM	#9
Gymngatagaica Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 405 Senior Member	Hi Gibbo-san, They are not region codes. There are 6 region codes for DVDs. Japan, all of Europe, S. Africa, the Middle East and Greenland are region 2 for example, and the US and Canada are region 1. NTSC and PAL are not region codes. They are video standards. The UK uses PAL as their DVD/TV standard. Here in the US, our DVD players/TVs only will read our video standard, which is NTSC and only read region 1 NTSC disks. That's just the most basic description. You'd need to get a DVD player that reads both PAL and NSTC - that can be bought in the UK, and, you'd need a TV that can use PAL, which since you are in the UK, you don't have to worry about. Go here for more detailed information: http://www.microcinemadvd.com/help/t...standards.html Region coding is explained there too. There is also a way to convert PAL to NTSC or NTSC to PAL. You'd need a converter for the DVD player to work if you don't want to buy a new one. But, how come you don't already have one from the UK? Did yours break or something? According to the website, getting a good conversion to work, it takes a lot of money because of the equipment. You can read more about it there. Hope this helps! Kaoru
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