Dvd region problem??

Question

hi guys!I just bought 3 seasons of tv-series from amazon.com but as it turns out and because I leave in Greece I can't play them on my DVD!is there any solution to the problem?are different dvd players sold so as to play these dvds or not??

Answer 1

You have 2 problems.  The first one is the region problem.  This is easily solved by just buying a region-free player.  You can find them on the net, or sometimes at your local Chinese grocery store.

The other problem is that the video standard in Greece  (and the rest of Europe) is different than the one used in the US, Canada, and Japan.  You're using PAL, while the DVDs are probably in NTSC.  So, unless both your DVD player and TV can support NTSC, you still won't be able to view the DVDs properly.

Some DVD players can convert from one format to the other, otherwise you'll need an external video converter.