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Three TV Standards  Jan 2003

 There are three broadcasting standards for TV: PAL, NTSC, and SECAM

 You can see from the length of the columns that PAL is used by the most countries, and probably the most people.

 Following table is from http://www.psreporter.com/pal_system_tv_standard.html

 PAL stands for Phase Alternation Lines (625 lines) and offers more picture detail and wider luminance (color signal) bandwidth. PAL was established in Germany and has been adopted by almost all 50 Hz countries in the world.

NTSC stands for National Television Standard Committee which established the American TV broadcast TV standard as a 525 line broadcast. The NTSC system has higher frame rate (60 Hz) which reduces visible flicker and picture noise.

SECAM stands for SEquential Couleur Avec Memoire and is used in France and many eastern European countries. The Secam system also has 625 lines and offers good picture detail and stable hues.

Afghanistan

Pal-B

Antigua

Ntsc-M

Benin

Secam-K

Albania

Pal-B/G

Bahamas

Ntsc-M

Bhutan

-

Algeria

Pal-B

Barbados

Ntsc-M

Bulgaria

Secam-D/K

Angola

Pal-I

Bermuda

Ntsc-M

Burkina Faso

Secam-K

Argentina

Pal-N

Bolivia

Ntsc-M

Burundi

Secam-K

Australia

Pal-B/G

Burma

Ntsc-M

Central African Republic

Secam-K

Austria

Pal-B/G

Cambodia

Ntsc-M

Chad

Secam-K

Azores Island

Pal-B

Canada

Ntsc-M

Comoros

-

Bahrain

Pal-B

Chile

Ntsc-M

Congo

Secam-K

Bangladesh

Pal-B

Colombia

Ntsc-M

Cyprus

Secam-B/G

Belgium

Pal-B/G

Costa Rica

Ntsc-M

Czechoslovakia

Secam-D/G

Botswana

Pal-I

Cuba

Ntsc-M

Djibouti Dem Republic

Secam-K

Brazil

Pal-M

Diego Garcia

Ntsc-M

Egypt

Secam-B

Bruiei

Pal-B

Dominica Republic

Ntsc-M

France

Secam-L

Cameroon

Pal-B/G

Ecuador

Ntsc-M

Gabon

Secam-K

Canary Islands

Pal-B/G

El Salvador

Ntsc-M

Greece

Secam-B

Ceuta

Pal-B/G

Greenland

Ntsc-M

Guadalupe

Secam

China

Pal-D

Grenada

Ntsc-M

Guiana(French)

Secam-K

Denmark

Pal-B/G

Guam

Ntsc-M

Guiea

-

Ethiopia

Pal-B

Guatemala

Ntsc-M

Guyana

Secam-K

Fiji

Pal-B

Haiti

Ntsc-M

Hungary

Secam-D/K

Finland

Pal-B/G

Hawaii

Ntsc-M

Iran

Secam-B

Gambia

Pal-I

Honduras

Ntsc-M

Iraq

Secam-B

Germany

Pal-B/G

Jamaica

Ntsc-M

Ivory Coast

Secam-K

Ghana

Pal-B

Japan

Ntsc-M

Kiribati

-

Gibraltar

Pal-B

Korea(Rep.)

Ntsc-M

Lebanon

Secam-B

Guinea-Bissau

Pal-K

Mexico

Ntsc-M

Libya

Secam-B

Hong Kong

Pal-I

Microesia

Ntsc-M

Luxembourg

Secam-L

Iceland

Pal-B

Midway Island

Ntsc-M

Luxembourg

Secam-L/B/G

India

Pal-B

Myanmar

Ntsc-M

Madagascar

Secam-K

Indonesia

Pal-B

Nerthlands Antilles

Ntsc-M

Mali

Secam-K

Ireland

Pal-I

Nicaragua

Ntsc-M

Martinque

Secam

Israel

Pal-B/G

Okinawa

Ntsc-M

Mauritus

Secam-B

Italy

Pal-B/G

Panama

Ntsc-M

Monoca

Secam-L

Jordan

Pal-B

Peru

Ntsc-M

Mongolia

Secam-D

Kenya

Pal-B

Philippines

Ntsc-M

Morocco

Secam-B

Korea(D.P.R)

Pal-D

Puerto Rico

Ntsc-M

New Caledonia

Secam-K

Kuwait

Pal-B

St.Kitts

Ntsc-M

Niger

Secam-K

Laos

Pal-M

St.Luica

Ntsc-M

Poland

Secam-D/K

Lesotho

Pal-I

St.Vincent

Ntsc-M

Reunion

Secam-K

Liberia

Pal-B

Samoa

Ntsc-M

Romania

Secam-D/K

Macao

Pal

Surinam

Ntsc-M

Russia

Secam-D/K

Madeira

Pal-B

Taiwan

Ntsc-M

Rwanda

Secam-K

Malaysia

Pal-B/G

Trinidad & Tobago

Ntsc-M

Saudi Arabia

Secam-B/G

Malawi

Pal-B/G

Turks & Calcos Islands

Ntsc-M

Senegal

Secam-K

Maldives

Pal-B

Usa

Ntsc-M

Syrian Arab Republic

Secam-B

Malta

Pal

Venezuela

Ntsc-M

Tahiti Islands

Secam-D/K

Monoca

Pal-B/G

Virgin Islands

Ntsc-M

Togo

Secam-K

Mozambique

Pal-I

Virgin Islands

Ntsc-M

Tunisia

Secam-B

Namibia

Pal-I

Yemen (Dem. Republic Of)

Ntsc-M

Tuvlu

-

Nepal

Pal-B/G

 

 

Ussr-Former

Secam-D/K

Netherlands

Pal-B/G

 

 

Wales

-

New Zeland

Pal-B