On Dec 14, 2003, at 4:44 PM, Erica Sadun wrote: > Most Europeans can play NTSC discs. > Few Americans can play PAL discs. (Although the cheap > Walmart Apex players are compatible when set up > correctly). I would be really interested to hear more details of these NTSC discs and PAL discs. Do you mean laser discs? Certainly there is no such thing in the DVD world.