TV Systems and Code 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. We offer a complete range of DVD players with these built in converters, for more information and specifications please visit our DVD player selection index.

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.

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