Different countries use different video and DVD formats. Listed below are two
of the most common, VHS (NTSC) and PAL. (The DVD PAL icon refers to Region 2 encoding,
which is only in use in Europe, the Middle East, South Africa, Greenland, and Japan). or
for more information about DVD encoding.
also has country-by-country information about video formats.
Please let me know if there are any formats available that I do not have listed yet.