It would be nice if a North American distributor could get some of these, so I could avoid that atrocious taxation.
Most half-decent TVs and Monitors can display PAL and NTSC just fine. Ever since TFT/LCD TVs i've never had issues with one of them not being able to display PAL/NTSC.
That doesn't seem to be the case in NTSC-land. Even some high end Samsung and Sharp displays sold here don't handle PAL signals. I'm sure the hardware is capable, but the firmware just doesn't allow it.