Video format for use in Italy?

WIth Premiere CS2, I made a 1 hour DVD slide show, with music, for a friend. She wants a copy for her friends in a very small town in Italy. Their video standard is PAL. However, if I make a PAL DVD, I will not be able to check if it works right, which is always a concern with my iffy DVD burner. I am in California. and all I have is an NTSC  format TV and DVD player.
Not having much experience beyond 3 mins videos for you tube, I figured I could make a version just for using on a computer, such as .avi, .wmv, etc. Does anyone have any idea what formats or what settings I should use?
Pixel Aspect Ratio has me the most confused. If I use "same as project", presumeably NTSC, will it play okay on overseas computer screens?
Any suggestions?

Just leave it NTSC.
In Europe most dvd players play ntsc.

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