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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 |
|
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