Generally DVD players in the United States and Canada use the NTSC format. In Europe, DVD players use the PAL format. If you are unsure of which format your country uses, please check the listing below. Also, some players play both NTSC and PAL. These disks are region free, so if your player plays both, you can purchase any version no matter what country you live in.

Countries using PAL format Countries using NTSC format
Abu Dhabi American Samoa
Afghanistan Antigua
Albania Antilles (Dutch)
Algeria Aruba
Andorra Bahamas
Angola Barbados
Argentina Barbuda
Ascension Island Belize
Australia Bermuda
Austria Bolivia
Azerbaijan British Virgin Islands
Azores Burma
Bahrain Canada
Bangladesh Chile
Belarus Columbia
Belgium Costa Rica
Benin Cuba
Bosnia Herzegovina Curacao
Botswana Diego Garcia
Britain Dominica
Brunei Dominican Republic
Bulgaria Ecuador
Burkina Faso El Salvador
Burundi Fiji
Cambodia (Kampuchea) Grenada
Cameroon Guam
Canary Islands Guatemala
Cape Verde Guyana
Cayman Islands Haiti
Central African Republic Hawaii
Chad Honduras
China (Peoples Republic) Jamaica
Christmas Island Japan
Congo (Peoples Republic) Johnston Islands
Cook Island Korea South
Corsica Leeward Islands
Croatia Mariana Islands
Cyprus Marshall Islands
Czech Republic Mexico
Denmark Micronesia
Djibouti Midway Islands
Dubai Montserrat
Easter Island Myanmar
Egypt Nicaragua
England Okinawa
Equatorial Guinea Palau
Eritrea Panama
Estonia Peru
Ethiopia Philippines
Falkland Islands Puerto Rico
Faroe Islands Samoa
Finland St Kitts and Nevis
France St Lucia
France St Vincent
Gabon Surinam
Gambia Taiwan
Gaza & West Bank Trinidad and Tobago
Georgia United States of America
Germany Venezuela
Ghana Vietnam
Gibraltar Virgin Islands
Great Britain
Greece
Greenland
Guadeloupe
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana (French)
Holland
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Jordan
Kampuchea
Kazakhastan
Kenya
Korea North
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Macao
Macedonia
Madagascar
Madeira
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Niger
Nigeria
Norfolk Island
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Poland
Polynesia
Portugal
Qatar
Reunion
Romania
Rwanda
Sardinia
Saudi Arabia
Scotland
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia Republic
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
St Pierre
Sudan
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Syria
Tahiti
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Tristian Da Cunah
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican
Vietnam
Wallis Island
Yemen
Yugoslavia
Zaire
Zambia
Zanzibar
Zimbabwe