Dear Tony, One thing to know. There are multi-system players, which need multi-system televisions to play on. They are excellent quality. but to get both a new player and TV runs about $1000.00. Then there are multi-system converters, which can either put out the same signal as the tape (PAL to PAL or NTSC to NTSC) or convert the signal to either (PAL to NTSC or NTSC to PAL) and therefore can be played on any television set. The quality of the conversion, is not as good as a regular multi-system playback but the convenience, the savings of not having to buy an extra television, and the ability to copy a PAL tape to NTSC (using any vcr) makes it convenient. The Pansonic World Traveller (I think that's the name and it runs for about $1400) and the Aiwa HV-MX1 (about $450 - $600, Aiwa's a division of Sony) are the two models available. The Aiwa has the disadvantage that Secam tapes can only play B&W on playback. I don't know about the Panasonic. Both machines are also distributed in the US by the respective companies so they are not gray market items like the multi-systems are. We sell the Aiwa on the side as favors to friends and those interested, but it can be a long wait (a month or so) since Aiwa is never making enough of them and they have to be backordered. For any multi-system, J&R in New York has an excellent mail-order business and their prices are fair. Dennis Doros Milestone Film & Video [log in to unmask] ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]