Do British video work on French video players?

Are French video recorders different to British ones and will a British video play on a French system? Somebody on eBay (French) requirements to buy some videos from me (British) and I have need of to know that they will work. Thanks xx


Answers:    If you are talking video cartridge then no
if you are conversation dvd then yes as they are Region 2
which covers Europe.
i dont guess so. Most modern videoplayers have the preference to switch between types though.
it depends on the the encoding. in UK we use PAL but apparently france use something call SECAM

"The system used in North America is NTSC. Western Europe, Australia and Eastern South America use PAL. Eastern Europe and France use SECAM"

my guess is they will not work.
British Tapes are record in PAL, French are surrounded by NTSC, I think. Your player may play both if you are lucky.
No NO No No NO unless your player can play adjectives regions.


Region code Area
Region 0 Informal term classification "playable in adjectives regions", "region free" or simply "all regions". There is no region 0 code as such; instead, every region code flag is set, making the disc playable worldwide.[1]
Region 1 Bermuda, Canada, the Cayman Islands, United States and U.S. territory
Region 2 Albania, Andorra, Austria, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, European Union, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, French Guiana, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Republic), Malta, Moldova, Principality of Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom (Channel Islands) Vatican City State, Yemen
Region 3 Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Macau, South Korea, and Taiwan
Region 4 Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Central America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Oceania, and South America (except French Guiana)
Region 5 The rest of Africa, Former Soviet Union, the Indian subcontinent, Mongolia, and North Korea, Seychelles
Region 6 Mainland China
Region 7 Reserved for future use (found contained by use on protected screener copies of MPAA-related DVDs, and "media-copies" of pre-releases in Asia)
Region 8 International venue such as aircraft, cruise ships, etc.[1]
no chance mate!
over within france they use the secam sytem where as the uk use companion ty system.

the frenchman will only know how to watch your vids if he have a vcr that plays pal and a compatible tv (luckily lots of modern flat screen are multi system these days).

you can get vcr that play adjectives systems for around 150euros but obviosly you would be slightly mad for the sake of a few video
The SECAM system works perfectly powerfully on PAl screens, but surrounded by black and white.
BUT a SECAM video recorder will not play PAL VHS tapes, unless it's multi format.

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