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DVD Formats
All of the DVDs sold via this website are "Region Free", enabling the DVDs to be played by DVD players worldwide. DVDs also need to be encoded to either NTSC or PAL format in order for your DVD and TV to play them back. While most PAL DVD players can play NTSC DVDs, most NTSC DVD players cannot play PAL DVDs.
We simplify this for you by automatically selecting the format for you during the order process. We base the decision based on the country the DVD is being shipped to, and the table below. If the shipping countries format is unknown we will suggest NTSC for you, if the shipping countries format is SECAM we will select PAL. You are left free to change the format during the ordering process if you so wish.
| Country | Video Format |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | PAL |
| Albania | PAL |
| Algeria | PAL |
| American Samoa | NTSC |
| Andorra | SECAM |
| Angola | PAL |
| Anguilla | Unknown |
| Antigua and Barbuda | NTSC |
| Argentina | PAL |
| Armenia | SECAM |
| Australia | PAL |
| Austria | PAL |
| Azerbaijan | SECAM |
| Bahamas | NTSC |
| Bahrain | PAL |
| Bangladesh | PAL |
| Barbados | NTSC |
| Belarus | SECAM |
| Belgium | PAL |
| Belize | NTSC |
| Benin | SECAM |
| Bermuda | NTSC |
| Bhutan | PAL |
| Bolivia | NTSC |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | PAL |
| Botswana | PAL |
| Bouvet Island | Unknown |
| Brazil | PAL |
| Brunei Darussalam | PAL |
| Bulgaria | PAL |
| Burkina Faso | SECAM |
| Burundi | SECAM |
| Cambodia | PAL |
| Cameroon | PAL |
| Canada | NTSC |
| Cape Verde | PAL |
| Cayman Islands | NTSC |
| Central African Republic | SECAM |
| Chad | SECAM |
| Chile | NTSC |
| China | PAL |
| Colombia | NTSC |
| Congo | SECAM |
| Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | SECAM |
| Cook Islands | PAL |
| Costa Rica | NTSC |
| Cote D'Ivoire | SECAM |
| Croatia | PAL |
| Cuba | NTSC |
| Cyprus | PAL |
| Czech Republic | PAL |
| Denmark | PAL |
| Djibouti | SECAM |
| Dominica | NTSC |
| Dominican Republic | NTSC |
| Ecuador | NTSC |
| Egypt | PAL |
| El Salvador | NTSC |
| Equatorial Guinea | SECAM |
| Eritrea | PAL |
| Estonia | PAL |
| Ethiopia | PAL |
| Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | PAL |
| Faroe Islands | PAL |
| Fiji | PAL |
| Finland | PAL |
| France | SECAM |
| French Guiana | SECAM |
| French Polynesia | SECAM |
| Gabon | SECAM |
| Gambia | PAL |
| Georgia | SECAM |
| Germany | PAL |
| Ghana | PAL |
| Gibraltar | PAL |
| Greece | PAL |
| Greenland | PAL |
| Grenada | NTSC |
| Guadeloupe | SECAM |
| Guam | NTSC |
| Guatemala | NTSC |
| Guinea | PAL |
| Guinea-Bissau | PAL |
| Guyana | NTSC |
| Haiti | NTSC |
| Honduras | NTSC |
| Hong Kong | PAL |
| Hungary | PAL |
| Iceland | PAL |
| India | PAL |
| Indonesia | PAL |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | PAL |
| Ireland | PAL |
| Israel | PAL |
| Italy | PAL |
| Jamaica | NTSC |
| Japan | NTSC |
| Jordan | PAL |
| Kazakhstan | SECAM |
| Kenya | PAL |
| Kiribati | Unknown |
| Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | PAL |
| Korea, Republic of | NTSC |
| Kuwait | PAL |
| Kyrgyzstan | Unknown |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | Unknown |
| Latvia | PAL |
| Lebanon | PAL |
| Lesotho | PAL |
| Liberia | PAL |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | SECAM |
| Liechtenstein | PAL |
| Lithuania | PAL |
| Luxembourg | PAL |
| Macao | PAL |
| Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of | PAL |
| Madagascar | SECAM |
| Malawi | PAL |
| Malaysia | PAL |
| Maldives | PAL |
| Mali | SECAM |
| Malta | PAL |
| Mauritania | SECAM |
| Mauritius | SECAM |
| Mayotte | Unknown |
| Mexico | NTSC |
| Moldova, Republic of | SECAM |
| Monaco | SECAM |
| Mongolia | SECAM |
| Montserrat | NTSC |
| Morocco | SECAM |
| Mozambique | PAL |
| Myanmar | PAL |
| Namibia | PAL |
| Nauru | Unknown |
| Nepal | PAL |
| Netherlands | PAL |
| Netherlands Antilles | NTSC |
| New Caledonia | SECAM |
| New Zealand | PAL |
| Nicaragua | NTSC |
| Niger | SECAM |
| Nigeria | PAL |
| Niue | Unknown |
| Northern Mariana Islands | NTSC |
| Norway | PAL |
| Oman | PAL |
| Pakistan | PAL |
| Panama | NTSC |
| Papua New Guinea | PAL |
| Paraguay | PAL |
| Peru | NTSC |
| Philippines | NTSC |
| Poland | PAL |
| Portugal | PAL |
| Puerto Rico | NTSC |
| Qatar | PAL |
| Reunion | SECAM |
| Romania | PAL |
| Russian Federation | SECAM |
| Rwanda | SECAM |
| Saint Helena | Unknown |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | NTSC |
| Saint Lucia | NTSC |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | SECAM |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | NTSC |
| Samoa | NTSC |
| San Marino | PAL |
| Sao Tome and Principe | Unknown |
| Saudi Arabia | PAL |
| Senegal | SECAM |
| Seychelles | PAL |
| Sierra Leone | PAL |
| Singapore | PAL |
| Slovakia | PAL |
| Slovenia | PAL |
| Solomon Islands | PAL |
| Somalia | PAL |
| Spain | PAL |
| Sri Lanka | PAL |
| Sudan | PAL |
| Swaziland | PAL |
| Sweden | PAL |
| Switzerland | PAL |
| Syrian Arab Republic | PAL |
| Taiwan, Province of China | NTSC |
| Tajikistan | SECAM |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | PAL |
| Thailand | PAL |
| Timor-Leste | Unknown |
| Togo | SECAM |
| Tokelau | Unknown |
| Tonga | PAL |
| Trinidad and Tobago | NTSC |
| Tunisia | PAL |
| Turkey | PAL |
| Turkmenistan | SECAM |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | Unknown |
| Tuvalu | Unknown |
| Uganda | PAL |
| Ukraine | PAL |
| United Arab Emirates | PAL |
| United Kingdom | PAL |
| United States | NTSC |
| United States Minor Outlying Islands | Unknown |
| Uruguay | PAL |
| Uzbekistan | SECAM |
| Vanuatu | PAL |
| Venezuela | NTSC |
| Viet Nam | PAL |
| Virgin Islands, British | NTSC |
| Virgin Islands, U.s. | NTSC |
| Western Sahara | Unknown |
| Yemen | PAL |
| Zambia | PAL |
| Zimbabwe | PAL |
| Hawaii | NTSC |
