Greg:
Thank you for the continuing dialogue which ( by now) may soon become an irritation for you...not my intent.
I called Philips Tech support and they say that my portable DVD player can play either NTSC or PAL format...BUT..that it operates only for region 1 ( USA?) and Region 0/All ( USA and Canada?)
In my own crude way.. I was trying to find out if the DVD player I have ( purchased after April 2006...fairly recently) is indeed the kind of universal player you talk about. I don't think I'm that lucky ...
- Wil