>CDs are just like ours, so does that mean that European DVDs will >play on our machines? Well, European tapes are physically the same as US as well, that's not the problem. With DVDs there are two: industry-imposed region coding and the PAL video standard. You can get around the region code (assuming the disc is coded, some are and some aren't) as a hidden menu item on some players or you can have other players altered (which voids the warranty). As for PAL, again a few players allow you to change this easily though even in that case you supposedly get better results with an outboard standards converter. LT ------------------------------------------- Full Alert Film Review http://wlt4.home.mindspring.com/fafr.htm Funhouse http://wlt4.home.mindspring.com/funhouse.htm ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite