My player does not suppose both, only ntsc. I have a disc that's in pal format. Can I convert the disc straight to ntsc somehow? I want to keep all the menus and such that's originally on the dvd.

No, the disc are indeed PAL and NTSC. SECAM users essentially get PAL discs, and their players make the necessary changes for their format. Your best bet to play these discs may be to hack your PC's ...

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 ...