can my laptop play ntsc format dvd?

Question

Hi,,

I found a website which sells some dvds at a very cheap price,,

the problem is that the website is canadian,,which means the dvds are automatically ntsc format

so, i'm wondering if my laptop can play this dvds,,,if not, can u let me know what i should do to watch that dvds,,,,(other than buying a new dvd player). also, my laptop is ASUS A7J and i bought it through australian website.

Thanks,,

Answer 1

Most likely not recommended, because the canadian dvds are region 1. I cannot remember what region australia is. Region 1 dvds can only be played on a region 1 dvd player. On computers some dvd roms, you can change the region to the area you are in. I think that there are 7 regions. Be warned that you can only change regions so may times. After that you are stuck with that region, unless you can make your dvd rom region free.