IDVD 5 - Burning a NTSC version using PAL content

HELP! I want to create an NTSC DVD in IDVD 5.
I selected NTSC in the preferences also under Project Info. I then imported Quicktime files and burnt a disc -
The problem is I'm in a PAL region and when I play it on my DVD player - it plays! whereas it shouldn't if it was an NTSC version.
Is this happening because the quicktimes were originally created in a PAL format?

That is a different issue, namely Region.
The USA is Region 1, Europe is region 2 (we won't bother with the rest but you can read all about it here):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVDregioncode
If you bought the DVD player in the UK it will have been set up for Region 2. Partly for the reasons stated in that Wikipedia article, many DVD publishers have a policy of differential pricing, for example DVDs in the UK cost twice as much as much as in the US, so they don't like you buying cheaper DVDs via Amazon US for the UK! But it does go some way towards explaining why so many brand-new DVDs offered for sale on eBay UK are so cheap: they can be (and are usually clearly identified as such) NTSC DVDs from the USA!
Many retailers will happily convert your DVD player to be multi-region, or rather non-region (quite legal in Europe). However, you can quite easily do this yourself. Contrary to popular belief this does not require re-soldering the innards, or changing a chip, but merely entering a code number via your remote control.
This site will tell you what the code is for your DVD player:
http://www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk/info/multiregion/
It lists virtually all DVD players ever made and the codes they require. They call the code a 'multi-region hack' but don't worry about it!
By the way, do NOT attempt to play DVDs on your Mac from a different region than it was originally set up for. There are no 'hacks' to change the region on a Mac. You do get five chances to change the region of your Mac, but after that the last one selected will stick for all eternity. The code is sealed into the firmware of the Superdrive.
So, we are talking marketing (and pricing) regions more than whether it is NTSC or PAL or one of the other formats. Once your DVD player is set up as multi-region it probably won't give a monkeys what format the DVD is!

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