From my experience with PAL formatte discs in the US, it is usually the DVD player that throws the fit, not the TV. If you have a cheapo $25 Wal-Mart DVD player it will play them no problem. However some TVs can't display them, but most (that I have tried them on) can. I moved from Europe to the states, so my DVD collection is an irritating mixture of both formattes. Since I do most of my viewing on the computer it isn't much of a problem for me though.