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Video signal formats around the world fall into three different categories--NTSC, PAL, and SECAM--and are most commonly distributed on either VHS tape, DVD, or Blu-ray Disc media. SoccerROM currently offers videos on Blu-ray Disc, DVD, and VHS-NTSC. Unless otherwise noted in the product description, our DVDs use a universal ("region-free") format that has been tested to work on DVD players in different regions around the world. VHS users in North America will generally require the NTSC format, whereas the PAL standard is used in most European countries. To ensure you pick the correct format, please refer to the following reference before ordering videos from the SoccerMall. Blu-ray Disc The Blu-ray Disc format was created so that full-length movies could be provided in High Definition ("HD") on a disc similar to the widely-popular DVD format. Blu-ray players generally can play DVDs, but DVD players cannot play Blu-ray Discs. Blu-ray Discs and Blu-ray players have "region codes" that can be used to restrict their use based on geographic location. Players are coded to match the region in which they were sold, and will not play discs encoded for use in a different region. However, discs can also be encoded in a "region-free" format that should be playable in any Blu-ray player in the world. Blu-ray Disc Region Codes... A - United States, Japan, Latin America, East Asia (except China) B - Europe, Africa, Australia, New Zealand C - China, Russia, all remaining countries DVD DVD players and DVD videos have "region codes" that restrict their use based on geographic location. Each player is given a code for the region in which it is sold, and it will not play discs that are not designated for that region. This means that discs bought in one country may not play on players bought in another country. However, DVDs can also use a region code of "0", which means those DVDs are region-free and should be playable in any DVD player in the world. DVD Region Codes... 1 - Canada, United States, US Territories 2 - Japan, Europe, South Africa, Middle East (incl. Egypt) 3 - Southeast Asia, East Asia (incl. Hong Kong) 4 - Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central America,       Mexico, South America, Caribbean 5 - Russian Federation, India, Pakistan, Africa (except Egypt),       North Korea, Mongolia 6 - China 7 - Reserved for future use 8 - Special international venues (airplanes, cruise ships, etc.) NTSC The first color TV broadcast system was implemented in the United States in 1953, and was based on the NTSC (National Television System Committee) standard. NTSC is used by many countries on the American continent (including the United States, Canada, and Mexico) and in many Asian countries (including Japan and South Korea). Countries using NTSC... ANTIGUA ANTILLES (DUTCH) ARUBA BAHAMAS BARBADOS BARBUDA BELIZE BERMUDA BOLIVIA BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS CANADA CAYMAN ISLANDS [PAL/NTSC] CHILE COLUMBIA COSTA RICA DOMINICA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ECUADOR GRENADA GUAM GUATEMALA HAITI HONDURAS JAMAICA JAPAN LEEWARD ISLANDS MEXICO MICRONESIA NICARAGUA OKINAWA PANAMA PERU PHILIPPINES PUERTO RICO SAMOA SOUTH KOREA ST KITTS AND NEVIS ST LUCIA ST VINCENT TAIWAN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VENEZUELA VIETNAM [NTSC/SECAM] VIRGIN ISLANDS PAL The PAL (Phase Alternating Line) standard was introduced in the early 1960s and implemented in most European countries (except for France). The PAL standard uses a wider channel bandwidth than NTSC, which allows for better picture quality. Orders from the SoccerMall for videos in the PAL format may require an additional 1-2 days to ship. Countries using PAL... ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZORES BELGIUM BRAZIL CAYMAN ISLANDS [PAL/NTSC] CHINA (PEOPLES REPUBLIC) CYPRUS (TURKISH) DENMARK FINLAND GERMANY GIBRALTAR GREENLAND GUINEA GUINEA-BISSOU HOLLAND HONG KONG INDONESIA IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY LIBERIA LIECHTENSTEIN LUXEMBOURG [PAL/SECAM MACEDONIA MALAYSIA MALTA MONACO [SECAM/PAL] MONTENEGRO NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NORWAY PARAGUAY PORTUGAL ROMANIA [SECAM/PAL] SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND THAILAND UNITED KINGDOM URUGUAY SECAM The SECAM (Sequential Couleur Avec Memoire or Sequential Colour with Memory) standard was introduced in the early 1960s and implemented in France. SECAM uses the same bandwidth as PAL but transmits the color information sequentially. The SoccerMall does not currently offer videos in the SECAM format. Countries using SECAM... BELARUS BULGARIA CORSICA CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC ESTONIA FRANCE GEORGIA GREECE GUADELOUPE HUNGARY KAZAKHSTAN KYRGYZSTAN LATVIA LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG [PAL/SECAM] MADAGASCAR MARTINIQUE MONACO [SECAM/PAL] MOROCCO NEW CALEDONIA POLAND POLYNESIA ROMANIA [SECAM/PAL] SLOVAKIA REPUBLIC SLOVENIA ST PIERRE TAHITI TAJIKISTAN TUNISIA UKRAINE UZBEKISTAN VIETNAM [NTSC/SECAM]