I just got a PAL DVD in the mail last weekend and I wanted to watch it. I popped it into my DVD-RW and it played fine via Power DVD and WMP11.

Im concerned about region code lock, so I went about trying to recode it. I tried to use Nero Recode and I kept getting an error at the burn phase. It won't burn the TS files directly from the disc to Hard Drive folder. Okay, so I ripped it with DVDFab and tired it again. Still get the no burn to Hard Drive Folder error.

Im not sure what I am doing wrong here.

Then, I went looking at the PAL to NTSC conversion walk-throughs and honestly it looks like more work than I wanna deal with.

I already have several PAL VHS I need to do something with, so I find myself at the crossroads of trying to best figure out how to deal with this.

Region Free DVD Players/Records are usually available from 220 volt sources and Ebay so that's not really an issue there.

There's also DVD X Player which I can use even after I ripped the VHS tapes to the HD and then burn them as PAL, forgetting the conversion process.

Any input?