Although DVD is a common worldwide format,
there are some problems that can occur in buying DVDs in one
continent and playing them in another. This page will hopefully
help to explain those problems to all our customers, wherever they
reside.
REGIONAL CODING
Regional Coding has no relevance to the
purchase of adult porn DVDs, as all adult DVDs have no regional
coding (sometimes called "Region 0") so they can be sold
and can be played worldwide. All the DVDs we supply therefore have
no regional coding.
TELEVISION SYSTEMS
There are differences however in the television
systems in various areas of the world.
PAL (Phase Alternating Line) is the
television system used in the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia
and India.
NTSC (National Television System
Committee) is the television system used in the United States,
Canada and Japan.
As a result a DVD is manufactured to play
either using the PAL system, or using the NTSC system. The format
(PAL or NTSC) is given for every DVD on this website in the
detailed information for that dvd.
To decide if you can play PAL and NTSC DVDs,
please read the following section.
UNITED KINGDOM, EUROPE, SCANDINAVIA,
AUSTRALIA & INDIA CUSTOMERS
Your DVD Player
Most of the DVDs on this site are in PAL format, but many (mainly
those of US origin) are in NTSC format. Virtually all modern DVD players on sale in the United Kingdom, Scandinavia and Europe will
play both PAL and NTSC discs. If you have any doubts about your DVD
player's ability to play NTSC discs, take a look at your dvd
manual and look for the phrase "NTSC Playback".
If your dvd player does not have the NTSC
playback facility and you want to build up a collection of adult DVDs, we would recommend purchasing a new
DVD player. Even the
budget DVD players in the £30 to £50 price range now have NTSC
playback. To see a good range of models, buy the monthly magazine
What Video & TV (website www.whatvideotv.com)
Your Television
Most modern television sets in the United Kingdom and Europe will
display a perfect picture when your DVD player is playing a NTSC
disc. However some older television sets cannot cope with the NTSC
signal and may display the picture in black and white. (PAL discs
will play in colour whatever the age of the television set). To
fully utilise your television set's ability to display NTSC
pictures, your DVD player must of course be connected to your
television set using a scart/euro cable or another direct cable
link. Again, if you are in doubt whether your TV will display a
colour picture when playing NTSC discs, refer to your television
instruction manual and look for the phrase "NTSC
Playback" or "NTSC Compatibility".
If you find that your TV only displays a stable
black and white picture when playing a NTSC DVD, you can purchase
an inexpensive conversion box to show those pictures in colour.
Visit www.lektropacks.co.uk and look at their Video Standard
Converter CN-100P.
Your Computer
All the DVDs on this website will play perfectly on most computer
DVD Rom drives (but NOT on a computer CD Rom drive - it must be a
DVD Rom). All the PAL DVDs should also play on a UK Playstation
console. NTSC DVDs however may require the Playstation to be
modified to accept NTSC discs.
UNITED STATES, CANADA & JAPAN CUSTOMERS
Customers in these countries will obviously be
able to play any of our NTSC discs without problem. However to
play PAL DVDs on their existing NTSC television set they will need
a special DVD player fitted with a built-in converter. There are
many such models available in the US and Canada for as little as
$100, such as the JVC XV-N312, Akai DVD-P5851, or the Toshiba
SD-3980. New models are being released all the time.
Most US and Canadian computer DVD Roms will
play PAL discs without a problem. Since the computer image is
digital, the PAL/NTSC issue doesn't exist.