| COUNTRY | SYSTEM | COUNTRY | SYSTEM |
| Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua Arab Republic Argentina Australia Austria Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bolivia Bophuthatswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Canada Central African Repub. Chad Chile China Taiwan Providence Columbia Republic of Congo Costa Rica Cuba Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark Djbouti Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Equitorial Guinea Ethopia Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Guadeloupe Guatemala Guinea Hati Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kampuchea Kenya Korea Peoples Rep.of Korea Kuwait |
PAL SECAM PAL PAL NTSC SECAM PAL PAL PAL NTSC PAL PAL NTSC PAL NA SECAM NTSC NTSC PAL PAL NTSC PAL SECAM SECAM SECAM PAL NTSC SECAM SECAM NTSC PAL NTSC NTSC SECAM NTSC NTSC SECAM SECAM III PAL SECAM NTSC NTSC NTSC NA PAL PAL SECAM SECAM SECAM SECAM PAL PAL SECAM SECAM SECAM NTSC PAL SECAM NTSC PAL SECAM PAL SECAM PAL SECAM SECAM PAL PAL PAL SECAM NTSC NTSC PAL NA PAL NTSC NA PAL |
Lebanon Liberia Lyban Arab Republic Luxembourg Macau Madagascar Malaysia Maldives Malta Martinique Mauritius Mexico Monaco Mongolia Moracco Mozambique Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Qatar Reunion Romania St. Kits St. Pierre St. Vincent Samoa (American) S. Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Somali Republic South Africa South-West Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Surinam Swariland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tanzania Thialand Tago Trinidan & Tobago Tunisia Turkey Uganda Union of Myanmar United Arab Emirates United Kingdon United States Uraguay Russia Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Arab Republic Yemen Yugoslavia Zaire Republic Zambia Zimbabwe Portugal |
SECAM PAL SECAM SECAM/PAL PAL SECAM PAL PAL PAL SECAM NTSC NTSC SECAM/PAL SECAM SECAM PAL PAL PAL NTSC SECAM PAL NTSC SECAM PAL PAL PAL PAL NTSE PAL NTSE NTSE SECAM PAL SECAM PAL NTSE SECAM NTSE NTSE SECAM/PAL SECAM PAL PAL PAL PAL PAL PAL PAL PAL PAL NTSE PAL PAL PAL PAL PAL PAL SECAM NTSE PAL PAL NTSE PAL PAL PAL NTSE PAL SECAM NTSE NA PAL NA PAL SECAM PAL PAL PAL |
Have some tapes from around the world but you can't watch them because you have the wrong type of VCR? No problem. VPS can convert NTSC standard to or from PAL or SECAM standards.
Prices for NTSC to or from PAL or SECAM
From 1-120 minutes - $15.95 + cost of DVD or videotape
Over 120 minutes - $21.95 + cost of DVD or videotape
From 1-120 minutes - $15.95 + cost of DVD or videotape
Over 120 minutes - $21.95 + cost of DVD or videotape
Foreign Conversions
DVD Region Codes
Almost all commercial DVDs that are sold have what is called a "region code" (also called "regional code"), which only allows the DVD to be played on DVD players that have this region code, and the only DVD players that typically do have this region code are those sold in that same region. For example, almost all DVDs and DVD players sold in North America have a region code of "1", and DVDs with a region code of "1" can only be played on DVD players with that same region code. Similarly, almost all DVDs and DVD players sold in Germany have a region code of "2", and DVDs with a region code of "2" can only be played on DVD players with that same region code. What this means is that if you live in North America and order a DVD from Germany, it probably will not play on your DVD player.
The region code refers to a geographic region of the world rather than the language of the DVD. For example, North American DVDs may be in English, French, or Spanish, but all have region code "1", while DVDs from the U.K., France, and Spain all have a region code of "2", as do those from other countries of Western Europe. The region code, which in some languages is referred to as a "country code" (cf. German Ländercode), usually appears on the back of DVD cases toward the bottom, and may be represented merely as a number or as a number within a stylized or squashed globe. Here are the region codes in widespread use today:
DVD Region Codes
Code Where
1 USA & Canada
2 Europe & Japan
3 South East Asia
4 Latin America & Australia
5 Russia, Rest of Asia and Africa
6 China
8 International Venues, Cruise Ships, Planes, etc.
Blu-ray Region Codes
Blu-ray Discs use a much simpler region-code system than DVD with only three regions, labeled A, B and C.
Code Where
A Americas, East and South East Asia
B Europe, Africa, Oceania, Middle East, French teritories, Greenland
C Central and South Asia; Mongolia, Russia, and People's Republic of China.
Almost all commercial DVDs that are sold have what is called a "region code" (also called "regional code"), which only allows the DVD to be played on DVD players that have this region code, and the only DVD players that typically do have this region code are those sold in that same region. For example, almost all DVDs and DVD players sold in North America have a region code of "1", and DVDs with a region code of "1" can only be played on DVD players with that same region code. Similarly, almost all DVDs and DVD players sold in Germany have a region code of "2", and DVDs with a region code of "2" can only be played on DVD players with that same region code. What this means is that if you live in North America and order a DVD from Germany, it probably will not play on your DVD player.
The region code refers to a geographic region of the world rather than the language of the DVD. For example, North American DVDs may be in English, French, or Spanish, but all have region code "1", while DVDs from the U.K., France, and Spain all have a region code of "2", as do those from other countries of Western Europe. The region code, which in some languages is referred to as a "country code" (cf. German Ländercode), usually appears on the back of DVD cases toward the bottom, and may be represented merely as a number or as a number within a stylized or squashed globe. Here are the region codes in widespread use today:
DVD Region Codes
Code Where
1 USA & Canada
2 Europe & Japan
3 South East Asia
4 Latin America & Australia
5 Russia, Rest of Asia and Africa
6 China
8 International Venues, Cruise Ships, Planes, etc.
Blu-ray Region Codes
Blu-ray Discs use a much simpler region-code system than DVD with only three regions, labeled A, B and C.
Code Where
A Americas, East and South East Asia
B Europe, Africa, Oceania, Middle East, French teritories, Greenland
C Central and South Asia; Mongolia, Russia, and People's Republic of China.
