@drngr
Where did you hear that? As far as I know all players must support all possible formats.
Which could be PAL and/or NTSC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc#Media_format
I assume the players can handle that, but most of the TVs in NTSC Country would not proper display PAL, which also should be gone since all the TVs are selled worldwide.