I'm trying to buy a DVD of a French film, which appears to be available only in the American NTSC format. Can you suggest a way of getting a PAL DVD version without breaking the bank? Nick Markovits ...

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 ...

It depends on whether of not the tuner supports PAL and/or NTSC. I have seen LCD TVs that do not support NTSC.

Following are the encoding variables for the analog NTSC, PAL and SECAM broadcasting and recording formats. For digital formats, see video format. PAL and SECAM are still used in some countries. VHS ...