DVD regional blocks and free trade.

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Reply 40

NDGAARONDI

Also to consider is the state of play regarding mobile phones and the locking of network providers perhaps?

Reply 41

NDGAARONDI

Here's some information about VHSs to consider.

What videoformat?

List of countries using the PAL system

Abu Dhabi Afghanistan Albania Algeria
Andorra Angola Aryenuna Australia
Austria Azores Bahrain Bangladesh
Belgium Bhutan Bosnia Botswana
Brunei Cameroon Canary Is. China
Cyprus (Turkish) Denmark Dubai Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia Falkland Is. Fernando Po Fiji
Finland Germany Ghana Gibraltar
Greenland Hong Kong Ireland Israel
Italy Jordan Kenya Kuwait
Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Luxembourg
Macao Macedonia Madeira Malawi
Malaysia Maldives Malta Monaco
Montenegro Mozambique Nepal Netherlands
New Zealand Niger Nigeria Norway
Oman Pakistan Papua-New Guinea Poland
Portugal Qatar Romania Saba and Sarawak
San Marino Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone
Singapore Slovenia Somalia South Africa
Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Swaziland
Sweden Switzerland Tanzania Thailand
Tibet Turkey Uganda U.K.
U A E Vatican Yemen Zambia
Zanzibar Zimbabwe

Other PAL systems
PAL-N

Argentina Paraguay Uruguay
PAL-M
Brazil

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List of countries using the NTSC system

Antigua Antiles Azores (US Forces) Bahamas
Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia
Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica
Cuba Curacao Diego Garcia Dominica
Dominican Rep. Ecuador El Salvador Germany (US Forces)
Guam Guatamala Haiti Hawaii
Honduras Jamaica Japan Korea - South
Leeward Islands Mexico Micronesia Midway Islands
Montserrat Nicaragua Okinawa Panama
Peru Philippines Puerto Rica Samoa (Eastern)
Surinam Taiwan Trinidad & Tobago USA
Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands

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List of countries using the SECAM and MESECAM system
(SECAM/MESECAM-VCRs normally can play PAL-tapes)
MESECAM systems are denoted by *

Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bulgaria
Burundi Central Afr. Rep. Chad Congo
Cyprus Czech Republic Dahomey Djibuti
Egypt* Estonia France French Polynesia
Gabon Georgia Greece Guadeloupe
Guinea (Rep.) Guyana (French) Guyana (Rep.) Hungary
Iran* Iraq* Ivory Coast Kazakhstan
Korea - North Kyrgystan Latvia Lebanon
Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar
Mali Martinique Mauritania Mauritius
Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco
New Caledonia Poland Reunion Russia
Rwanda Saudi Arabia Senegal Slovakia
Society Islands Syria* Tahiti Tajikistan
Togo Tunisia Turkmenistan Ukraine
Upper Volta Uzbekistan Zaire

Sorry about the formatting, no idea what happened there as it was a copy from a text file.