Video Encoding Standards

Countries using the NTSC Video Encoding Standard

American Samoa, Antigua, Antilles (Dutch), Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Barbuda, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, British Virgin Islands, Burma, Canada, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Diego Garcia, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Galapagos Islands, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guyana (Republic), Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, Johnston Islands, Korea (South), Leeward Islands, Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Micronesia, Midway Islands, Montserrat, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Okinawa, Palau, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Samoa, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent, Surinam, Taiwan, Trinidad & Tobago, United States of America, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.

Countries using the PAL Video Encoding Standard

Abu Dhabi, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Ascension Island, Australia, Austria, Azores, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, China (People's Republic), Christmas Island, Cook Island, Croatia, Denmark, Dubai, Easter Island, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Faeroe Islands, Finland, Gambia, Gaza & the West Bank, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greenland, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Holland, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Macau, Macedonia, Madeira, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Montenegro, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norfolk Island, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Portugal, Qatar, Sardinia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tristan da Cunha, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Vanautu, Vatican, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe.

Countries using the SECAM Video Encoding Standard

Azerbaijan, Belarus, Benin, Bulgaria, Burgina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia (Kampuchea), Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (People's Republic), Corsica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, France, Gabon, Georgia, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guyana (French), Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Kampuchea, Kazakhstan, Korea (North), Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Madagascar, Mali, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, New Caledonia, Niger, Poland, Polynesia, Réunion, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia Republic, St Pierre, Tahiti, Tajikistan, Togo, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Wallis Island, Zaire.

Care should be taken with the following countries - they use two different Video Encoding Standards

Afghanistan (PAL/SECAM), Andorra (PAL/SECAM), Cayman Islands (PAL/NTSC), Cyprus (PAL/SECAM), Luxembourg (PAL/SECAM), Monaco (PAL/SECAM), Romania (PAL/SECAM), Saudi Arabia (PAL/SECAM), Syria (PAL/SECAM), Vietnam (NTSC/SECAM).

We have no information about the following countries

Dahomey, Kiribati (possibly PAL), Nauru, St Helena.

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