Region-Free DVDs are manufactured to play in DVD players and computer DVD drives worldwide. Also called "Region 0" or "Universal Format" or "Worldwide Format."
Most Non-U.S. DVD players automatically convert NTSC video to PAL. Check with your manufacturer for compatibility. (Compatibility with SECAM is unknown at this time.)
NTSC and PAL are the 2 most widely used video scanning resolution formats worldwide. Different countries use different systems. If your country is not listed on either chart below, then most likely you use a different system.
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Countries using the NTSC system
| USA | Canada | | |
| Antigua | Antiles | Bahamas | Barbados | Belize |
| Bermuda | Bolivia | Chile | Colombia | Costa Rica |
| Cuba | Curacao | Diego Garcia | Dominican Rep. | Ecuador |
| El Salvador | Greenland | Guam | Guatamala | Haiti |
| Honduras | Jamaica | Japan | Leeward Islands | Mexico |
| Micronesia | Midway Islands | Montserrat | Myanmar | Nicaragua |
| Okinawa | Panama | Peru | Philippines | Puerto Rico |
| Samoa | South Korea | St. Lucia | Surinam | Taiwan |
| Trinidad & Tobago | Venezuela | Vietnam | Virgin Islands | |
Countries using the PAL system
| Abu Dhabi |
Botswana |
Gibraltar |
Malawi |
Paraguay |
Swaziland |
| Afghanistan |
Brazil |
. |
Malaysia |
Poland |
Sweden |
| Albania |
Brunei |
Hong Kong |
Maldives |
Portugal |
Switzerland |
| Algeria |
Cameroon |
Ireland |
Malta |
Qatar |
Tanzania |
| Andorra |
Canary Islands |
Israel |
Monaco |
Romania |
Thailand |
| Angola |
China |
Italy |
Montenegro |
San Marino |
Tibet |
| Argentina |
Cyprus |
Jordan |
Mozambique |
Serbia |
Turkey |
| Aryenuna |
Denmark |
Kenya |
Nepal |
Seychelles |
Uganda |
| Australia |
Dubai |
Kuwait |
Netherlands |
Sierra Leone |
U.K. |
| Austria |
Equatorial Guinea |
Lesotho |
New Zealand |
Singapore |
U.A.E. |
| Azores |
Ethiopia |
Liberia |
Niger |
Slovenia |
Uruguay |
| Bahrain |
Falkland Islands |
Liechtenstein |
Nigeria |
Somalia |
Vatican City |
| Bangladesh |
Fiji |
Luxembourg |
Norway |
South Africa |
Yemen |
| Belgium |
Finland |
Macao |
Oman |
Spain |
Zambia |
| Bhutan |
Germany |
Macedonia |
Pakistan |
Sri Lanka |
Zanzibar |
| Bosnia |
Ghana |
Madeira |
Papua-New Guinea |
Sudan |
Zimbabwe |
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