Tru,
I have engineering friends from India who came to America via the UK and the PAL disks they brought with them don't play on my rig. Too modern a set up, with all the region "safeguards" built in, I guess. So I think'd I've got to buy something like the above Mindlogic altered player rig.

And "cheap" manufacturer's players often don't have the progressive scan feature or 6.1 or 7.1 DTS or Dobly with THX capabilities I want. And, in the end, I'm still stuck with a $3000 NTSC widescreen TV which may not respond to the PAL output of such cheap players ... right?
All good suggestions above, thank you, though obtaining and experimenting with cheap players seems more trouble than just spending the money on Mindlogic's solution. ... if that be a viable solution(?) Should be from what I read.
Whisperer