NTSC or PAL?


NTSC - National Television Standards Committee. Colour Video Signal, North American and Japanese television standard - 525 Lines, 60Hz.

PAL - Phase Alternate Line ­ Colour Video Signal standard for most of Europe, Australia and the Middle East - 625 Lines, 50Hz.

In the other words, if your country uses NTSC (USA) model, you must use NTSC camera/system.

Colour and Broadcasting Systems by Country:*

Country TV Colour
Albania B/G PAL
Argentina N PAL-N
Australia B/G PAL
Austria B/G PAL
Azores (Portugal) B PAL
Bahamas M NTSC
Bahrain B PAL
Barbados M NTSC
Belgium B/G PAL
Bermuda M NTSC
Brazil M PAL-M
Bulgaria D SECAM
Canada M NTSC
Canary Is B PAL
China D PAL
Colombia M NTSC
Cyprus B PAL
Czechsolvakia D/K SECAM/PAL
Denmark B PAL
Egypt B SECAM
Faroe Islands (DK) B PAL
Finland B/G PAL
France E/L SECAM
Gambia I PAL
Germany B/G PAL
Germany (prev East) B/G SECAM/PAL
Gibraltar B PAL
Greece B/G PAL (was SECAM)
Hong Kong I PAL
Hungary B/G & D/K PAL (was SECAM)
Iceland B PAL
India B PAL
Indonesia B PAL
Iran H SECAM
Ireland I PAL
Israel B/G PAL
Italy B/G PAL
Jamaica N SECAM
Japan M NTSC
Jordan B PAL
Kenya B PAL
Korea M NTSC
Luxembourg B/G PAL
Madeira B PAL
Madagascar B SECAM
Malaysia B PAL
Malta B/G PAL
Mauritius B SECAM
Mexico M NTSC
Monaco L/G SECAM/PAL
Morocco B SECAM
Netherlands B/G PAL
New Zealand B/G PAL
North Korea D/K? SECAM
Norway B/G PAL
Pakistan B PAL
Paraguay N PAL
Peru M NTSC
Philipines M NTSC
Poland D/K PAL
Portugal B/G PAL
Romania G PAL
Russia D/K SECAM
Saudi Arabia B SECAM
Seychelles I PAL
Singapore B PAL
South Africa I PAL
South Korea M NTSC
Spain B/G PAL
Sri Lanka B/G PAL
Sweden B/G PAL
Switzerland B/G PAL
Tahiti KI SECAM
Taiwan M NTSC
Thailand B PAL
Trinidad M NTSC
Tunisia B SECAM
Turkey B PAL
United Arab Emirates B/G PAL
United Kingdom I PAL
Uruguay N PAL
USA M NTSC
Venezuela M NTSC
Yugoslavia B/H PAL
Zimbabwe B PAL

Please only use this table a reference and we shall not be held responsible for any error published.

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