"Alasdair" wrote...
I have ordered a DVD from the US of A and it is supposed to be in NTSC
format. Please, folks, how can I play this either on a DVD player or
on my computer? I am based in the UK and have UK equipment.

There are two main issues with discs bought in America: Region restriction
(they are region 1, we are region 2) and TV standard (they are NTSC, we are
PAL)

Do you know if it's region restricted? If you have a DVD burner, the easiest
way to fix it is to use DVD Decryptor or similar to copy the VIDEO_TS folder
to your hard drive, then just use Nero or similar to put it back on a DVDR.
Unless your TV and player are ancient, the original non-region disc, or your
new non-region copy of a region 1 disc, will work fine even thought they are
NTSC.