NTSC System and PAL System

Of several color-image systems for color television available in the world, Japan adopts the NTSC system, which is likewise adopted in America and Korea. Thus, video tapes and DVD on other systems, such as the PAL system, cannot play well in Japan. Conversely, in countries where the PAL system is adopted, the NTSC system media do not work. There is also the SECAM system for images on color television. Thus, roughly, there are three systems. DVD and other media made on the PAL system can be reproduced on the SECOM system television. Table. Standard systems for color television in the world. *Note: The following listing, though prepared with thoroughgoing care, shall not be

interpreted to provide a guarantee of the contents. There are cases in which regionally different systems are adopted in one country. NSC shall in no way be held responsible for whatever damage sustained based on the information of this table.
Asia Japan Afghanistan India Indonesia Korea North Korea Singapore Sri Lanka Thailand China Taiwan NTSC PAL PAL PAL NTSC SECAM PAL PAL PAL PAL NTSC Nepal Bangladesh Pakistan Philippines Viet Nam Hong Kong Malaysia Myanmar Maldives Mongolia Lao PAL PAL PAL NTSC PAL PAL PAL NTSC PAL PAL PAL

North and South America U.S.A. Argentine Uruguay NTSC PAL PAL Dominica Nicaragua Haiti NTSC NTSC NTSC

Ecuador El Salvador Canada Guyana Cuba Guatemala Costa Rica Colombia Jamaica Chile Trinidad and Tobago

NTSC NTSC NTSC SECAM NTSC NTSC NTSC NTSC NTSC NTSC NTSC

Bahamas Panama Paraguay Brazil Puerto Rico Venezuela Peru Honduras Bolivia Mexico

NTSC NTSC PAL PAL NTSC NTSC NTSC NTSC NTSC NTSC NTSC

Europe Iceland Ireland Albania U.K. Italy Austria Netherlands Hellenic Swiss Sweden Spain Slovak Czech Denmark PAL PAL PAL PAL PAL PAL PAL SECAM PAL PAL PAL PAL/SECAM PAL/SECAM PAL Germany Norway Hungary Finland France Bulgaria Belgium Poland Portuguese Monaco Romania Luxembourg Russia PAL PAL SECAM PAL SECAM SECAM PAL PAL/SECAM PAL PAL/SECAM PAL PAL/SECAM SECAM

Middle East Asia U.A.E. Yemen Arab Yemen Israel PAL PAL NTSC PAL Cyprus Kuwait Saudi Arabia Syrian PAL PAL PAL SECAM

Iraq Iran Oman Qatar

SECAM SECAM PAL PAL

Turkey Bahrain Jordan Lebanon

PAL PAL PAL SECAM

Africa Algeria Uganda Egypt Ghana Guinea Kenya Cote dlvoire Congo R.D.Congo Zambia Djibouti Zimbabwe Sudan Seychelles PAL PAL SECAM PAL SECAM PAL SECAM SECAM SECAM PAL SECAM PAL PAL PAL Senegal Tanzania Tunisia Nigeria Niger Madagascar Mali South Africa Mauritius Mauritania Mozambique Morocco Libyan Liberia SECAM PAL SECAM PAL SECAM SECAM SECAM PAL SECAM SECAM PAL SECAM SECAM PAL

Oceania Australia Tahiti PAL SECAM New Caledonia New Zealand SECAM PAL