In article .com, b
writes

Ron Hubbard wrote:
I know somebody in the UK who has some Doctor Who episodes on DVD--
probably made on an incompatible region 2 DVD player. But even if
they
were either region 0 or region 1 discs, would they still be
incompatible
because of the PAL/NTSC differences?

Ron

you'd also need a tv capable of reproducing NTSC. Or at least syncing
to NTSC's 60hz field rate, (most recent sets will) then you'd get a b&w
picture but viewable.
Ben

That was true with VCRs but (most?) DVD players will produce a proper
PAL or NTSC output (depending on how you set up the options)

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Tim Mitchell