Incidentally, I picked up an NTSC/PAL DVD player -- a Panasonic -- from J&R (www.jr.com) for, if I recall correctly, around $60. This wasn't one of those bargain cheapies that breaks in less than a year, but a pretty good machine. I bought it for Mrs. PTravel so that she can watch Chinese movies that she picks up when we go visit. It works great -- very smooth conversion, no audio sync problems, and it somehow manages to compensate for the speed difference, so everything looks normally paced.