No!!!

Some TVs are multi-standard, in which case you're OK - you can put any standard of signal into them, and they'll play it.

But most TVs aren't - most in Britain/Europe are PAL only. This means that NTSC DVDs will play in black-and-white. However there is a mode called PAL60 which lets the DVD player change NTSC to PAL60 (via some magic, I don't know how) and your PAL TV can then play it. So if you think you're going to be playing US DVDs, make sure your DVD player supports PAL60.

Before I bought our DVD player, I used to think the same - that "multi-region" means you're OK. But when I came to buy a DVD player, I did a little research on the web (as I usually do before buying anything expensive) and found out how wrong I was!

Graham.