It the new trend of VHS/DVD combos (about 1/2 off all dvd players at my local wal-mart Canada) it got me wondering about the PAL/NTSC feature on my beloved Apex players. I checked them all at Wal-mart and found no pal/ntsc button...unless it's like the Sharp 740U where it has to be cutout of the remote

So I guess my questions are:

Do any DVD?VHS combos have a pal/ntsc button
and
if so does the button also convert PAL VHS to NTSC viewable VHS

and as a final rider...if so - are any of these babies hackable

Thanks for any answers...this has got me wondering