More information on PAL, NTSC video and DVD formats.

If I buy a DVD or CD from you, will it play on my machine or one in a different country?

All of our CDs should be compatible with CD players worldwide.

For DVDs, you will need to check the PAL or NTSC broadcast format and the Region encoding for your delivery country or specific player. We are unable to provide any guarantee that our PAL format DVD titles will play on specific machines outwith Europe. Check your DVD player or computer software to see if it supports PAL or NTSC format for the title you wish to order.

Not all of our video and DVD titles are supplied in both PAL (Europe) and NTSC (North America) formats. Some are in one or the other format, and some are worldwide (dual format). See each title's catalogue page for specific format information.

Please note that we cannot accept returns of opened DVDs which are not compatible with your player. You may be able to play alternate format DVDs on a PC or Mac DVD player.