ntsc dvds playing in australia and france?

[connorfilm]

I am currently in the U.S. If I make a dvd here will it be readable in australia and france. I dont know to much about the difference between pal and ntsc or if that would even affect the final dvd. Any help is appreciated. thanks

 

[Barry_Green]

Actually it appears that all PAL DVD players have the ability to play regular NTSC DVDs. I've sold lots of DVDs to PAL countries and never had a single complaint or any incompatibility reports at all, and I master all my DVDs as NTSC.

So -- don't sweat it, just master as a region-free NTSC DVD...

 

[DeVi| D0do]

I watch region 1 NTSC DVDs all the time here in NZ (PAL-land) on my $80 DVD player I got from the supermarket...

 

[Noel Evans]

It was only initially in the DVD market in Australia where you could only play PAL , soon after DVD's came on strong people became savy to players that were NTSC compatable and from there it was a sought after feature that the manufacturers just went along with. Then just standard.

 

[connorfilm]

great. thanks