PAL and NTSC Stanhdalone?

I have a number of friends over seas who send me dvd's but they are in the PAL format. Can you buy a Standalone dvd player that will play both and if so what do I need to look for? Thank you ---zen-->

 

if you live in america get the

cyberhome ch-300

the all region hack is
menu,1,9 a the stop icon will show up for the menu botten and the 1 but after that hit 9 and a menu will pop up scroll to the region option and hit enter till 0 comes up hit menu butten and youl have a region free multi-format dvd player

 

by the way this players like 36 bucks a wal-mart.

 

Cool, that's right in my price range : )