I realize we're getting further from the specifics of the Zorn doc DVD, but region-switching and standard converting DVD players are more common here in the US than you might think. Players like Apex, Daewoo and Sampo are the most notoriously region free or switchable, but are less than stellar in the durability area. Most all Cyberhome models enable you to choose region and do an acceptable job of converting 4:3 PAL to NTSC. Target department stores offered the Cyberhome 500 player for $70 around Xmas time and I don't think they're much more expensive now. Heck, the place where I get my taxes done was giving out the Cyberhome 300 when you referred five people to them. Information about which players are region free(or can be easily made so) is found at http://www.nerd-out.com/forum/index.php and http://www.dvdrhelp.com/ (under DVD Hacks).

Just about to sit down and watch the Zorn DVD; one thing I don't think we've mentioned yet is that it's in a 1:1.66 aspect ratio and enhanced for 16:9 TVs. Impressive that Tzadik would go to the trouble of presenting the film this way when even some of the major studios give 1:1.66 movies 4:3 transfers.