I ended up buying a blu ray player (I didn't have one and wanted to upgrade from my DVD player) that was region free and also converted PAL to NTSC from this website:
http://www.220-electronics.com/
There are other websites as well:
http://www.world-import.com/
http://www.bombayelectronics.com/
And others as well. The 220-electronics site was mentioned favorably on some forums I had read. They shipped quickly and the player works very well, although as of yet I haven't been able to try playing a PAL format disk since I don't have any on hand.
If you don't want to go to the expense of buying a region free player which also converts PAL to NTSC, you can play the DVDs on your computer. However, most of the time your computer's DVD player will only allow you to switch regions a total of 5 times or so, so I guess your best bet would be to rip the DVDs to your hard drive which takes out the region coding. Then you can play them all you like on your computer.
I'm definitely no expert, this is just what I've been able to find out with some Google searches. Maybe we've got somebody here who is much more knowledgeable? It's hard to find up-to-date info about this problem.
--Previous Message--
: I think I may have to invest in a region free
: player because I want a set of these!
:
: Had lunch with Paul Sinor today and saw some
: photos on his phone from the LA
: reunion/documentary shoot. They sure seemed
: to be having fun, esp Terry and Tony.
:
: Must go scout out those players...if anyone
: has a good source, let me know!
:
: Doc
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