Davenport: You need a dual VCR. Pretty expensive. If you have a lot of them with Pal or Secam format , than it's worth it. If you have only a few foreign movies , have them converted . I don't know where you bought them but knowing you were from the States they should have told you. They wanted to make the sale and didn't care. I Tell me what you have and perhaps I can do something for you. Odette