If you are a movie nerd, an amateur filmmaker, or just someone interested in tech, you must be interested in learning about PAL and NTSC and how to convert these two formats. But if you only want to play DVDs from Europe that you cannot play on US-made TVs, you are probably frustrated and want to find an immediate solution.
The reason why you cannot play DVDs on your TV is that they have different video formats. Phase Alternating Line (PAL) and National Television System Committee (NTSC) are two color encoding systems for DVD players and broadcast televisions. PAL is used mainly in Europe, Australia, Asia, Africa, and South America, while NTSC is its counterpart in North, Central, and South America.
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