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| There are three major video formats used by VHS video recorders and DVD Players. PAL, SECAM and NTSC. It is important you choose the correct format to ensure you can watch the video, otherwise you might be watching static!
The following is a list of countries showing their prevalent television standard(s). Where SECAM is used, check your video equipment for PAL or NTSC compatibility. Most modern SECAM equipment is multi-standard and can play pre-recorded PAL tapes, some offer NTSC playback. |
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| M - Z COUNTRIES Macau PAL Macedonia PAL Madagascar SECAM(V) Madeira PAL Malawi PAL Malaysia PAL Maldives PAL Mali SECAM(V) Mariana Islands NTSC Malta PAL Marshall Islands NTSC Martinique SECAM(V) Mauritania SECAM(V) Mauritius SECAM(V) Mexico NTSC Micronesia NTSC Midway Islands NTSC Monaco SECAM(V)/PAL Montenegro PAL Mongolia SECAM(V) Montserrat NTSC Morocco SECAM(V) Mozambique PAL Myanmar NTSC Namibia PAL Nepal PAL Netherlands PAL New Caledonia SECAM(V) New Zealand PAL Nicaragua NTSC Niger SECAM(V) Nigeria PAL Norfolk Island PAL Norway PAL Okinawa NTSC Oman PAL Pakistan PAL Palau NTSC Panama NTSC Papua New Guinea PAL Parguay PAL-N Peru NTSC Philippines NTSC Poland SECAM(H) Polynesia SECAM(V) Portugal PAL Puerto Rico NTSC Qatar PAL Reunion SECAM(V) Romania SECAM(H)/PAL Rwanda SECAM Samoa NTSC Sardinia PAL Saudi Arabia SECAM(H)/PAL Senegal SECAM(V) Serbia SECAM(H) Seychelles PAL Sierra Leone PAL Singapore PAL Slovakia Republic SECAM(H) Slovenia PAL Somalia PAL South Africa PAL Spain PAL Sri Lanka PAL St. Kitts & Nevis NTSC St. Lucia NTSC St. Pierre SECAM(V) St. Vincent NTSC Sudan PAL Surinam NTSC Swaziland PAL Sweden PAL Switzerland PAL Syria SECAM(H) Syria PAL Tahiti SECAM(V) Tajikistan SECAM Taiwan NTSC Tanzania PAL Thailand PAL Togo SECAM(V) Tonga PAL Trinidad & Tobago NTSC Tristian Da Cunah PAL Tunisia SECAM(V) Turkey PAL Turkmenistan SECAM Ukraine SECAM Uganda PAL United Arab Emirates PAL United Kingdom PAL Uruguay PAL-N United States of America NTSC Uzbekistan SECAM Vanuatu PAL Vatican PAL Venezuela NTSC Vietnam NTSC/SECAM(V) Virgin Islands NTSC Wallis Island SECAM(V) Yemen PAL Yugoslavia PAL Zaire SECAM(V) Zambia PAL Zanzibar PAL Zimbabwe PAL |
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| A - L COUNTRIES Abu Dhabi PAL Afghanistan PAL/SECAM(H) Alaska NTSC Albania PAL Algeria PAL American Samoa NTSC Andorra SECAM(V)/PAL Angola PAL Antigua NTSC Antilles (Dutch) NTSC Argentina PAL-N Aruba NTSC Ascension Island PAL Australia PAL Austria PAL Azores PAL Azerbaijan SECAM(H) Bahamas NTSC Bahrain PAL Bangladesh PAL Barbados NTSC Barbuda NTSC Belarus SECAM Belgium PAL Belize NTSC Benin SECAM(V) Bermuda NTSC Bolivia NTSC Bosnia Herzegovinia PAL Botswana PAL Brazil PAL British Virgin Islands NTSC Brunei PAL Bulgaria SECAM(H) Burkina Faso SECAM(V) Burma NTSC Burundi SECAM(V) Cammeroon PAL Canada NTSC Canary Islands PAL Cape Verde PAL Caymen Islands PAL/NTSC Central African Republic SECAM Chad SECAM(V) Chile NTSC China (Peoples Republic of) PAL Christmas Island PAL Columbia NTSC Congo (Peoples Republic of) SECAM(V) Cook Island PAL Corsica SECAM(V) Costa Rica NTSC Croatia PAL Cuba NTSC Curacao NTSC Cyprus SECAM(H) Cyprus (Turkish) PAL Czech Republic SECAM(H) Denmark PAL Diego Garcia NTSC Djibouti SECAM(V) Dominica NTSC Dominican Republic NTSC Dubai PAL Easter Island PAL Ecuador NTSC Egypt SECAM(H) El Salvador NTSC Equatorial Guinea SECAM(V) Eritrea PAL Estonia SECAM(H) Ethiopia PAL Falkland Islands PAL Faroe Islands PAL Fiji NTSC Finland PAL France SECAM(V) Gabon SECAM(V) Galapagos Island NTSC Gambia PAL Gaza & West Bank PAL Georgia SECAM(H) Germany PAL Ghana PAL Gibraltar PAL Greece SECAM(H) Greenland PAL Grenada NTSC Guadeloupe SECAM(V) Guam NTSC Guatemala NTSC Guinea PAL Guinea-Bissou PAL Guyana French SECAM(V) Guyana (Republic of) NTSC Haiti NTSC Hawaii NTSC Holland PAL Honduras NTSC Hong Kong PAL Hungary SECAM(H) Iceland PAL India PAL Indonesia PAL Iran SECAM(H) Iraq SECAM(H) Ireland PAL Israel PAL Italy PAL Ivory Coast SECAM(V) Jamaica NTSC Japan NTSC Johnston Islands NTSC Jordan PAL Kampuchea SECAM(V) Kazakhstan SECAM(H) Kenya PAL Korea North SECAM Korea South NTSC Kuwait PAL Kyrgyzstan SECAM(H) Laos PAL-M Latvia SECAM(H) Lebanon PAL Leeward Islands NTSC Lesotho PAL Liberia PAL Libya SECAM Liechtenstein PAL Lithuania SECAM(H) Luxembourg PAL/SECAM |
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