dvd player to work in france?

Hope sbdy can help. My mother lives in France and i would like to buy her a DVD player for xmas but I was wondering if i get one here will it work fine over there? does the pal/secam tv system affect it? i know dvds are region 2 but i don't know about the connection? If sbdy can help i will appreciate. I don't have time to get one overthere when i go and anyway they are a lot cheaper here!!!
thanks a lot.
A friend is a present which you give yourself (R.Stevenson)
Happiness seems made to be shared (Jean Racine)

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  • garcia
    garcia Posts: 214 Forumite
    France is PAL too. The only thing you'll have to worry about is the plug.
  • Makes you stop and think, looked this one up, hope it helps ? :beer:
    http://www.france-property-and-information.com/general_finances.htm
    ;)!!!!!!There are More Questions Than Answers!!!!!!:eek:
    :search: But I Just Don't Have Any Answers :idea:
  • superscaper
    superscaper Posts: 13,369 Forumite
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    garcia wrote:
    France is PAL too. The only thing you'll have to worry about is the plug.

    Really? When did that happen, I thought they were still SECAM. Anyway the processing into RGB component of SCART is digital processing and I think it bypasses the whole analog incompatibility issue PAL/SECAM anyway so it should be ok.
    "She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
    Moss
  • thanks for your answers. Garcia i do think that France is still SECAM.. that's why we can buy video tapes out there and vice versa... they play in black and white...that should be a xmas present sorted then... MERCI!
    A friend is a present which you give yourself (R.Stevenson)
    Happiness seems made to be shared (Jean Racine)
  • garcia
    garcia Posts: 214 Forumite
    Really? When did that happen, I thought they were still SECAM. Anyway the processing into RGB component of SCART is digital processing and I think it bypasses the whole analog incompatibility issue PAL/SECAM anyway so it should be ok.

    OOps - my bad.
  • superscaper
    superscaper Posts: 13,369 Forumite
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    garcia wrote:
    OOps - my bad.
    no probs, I just thought I'd missed a momentous event: the French actually taking on a proper standard other people use.
    "She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
    Moss
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