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The NTSC Standard (National Television System Committee) is used by many countries on the American continent as well as many Asian countries including Japan.
The PAL standard (Phase Alternating Line) was implemented in most European countries except for France.
The SECAM standard (Sequential Couleur Avec Memoire or Sequential Colour with Memory) was implemented in France.
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| Abu Dhabi Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Antigua Antilles (Dutch) Argentina Aruba Ascension Island Australia Austria Azores Azerbaijan | PAL PAL/SECAM PAL PAL NTSC SECAM/PAL PAL NTSC NTSC PAL NTSC PAL PAL PAL PAL SECAM |
| Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Barbuda Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bolivia Bosnia Herzegovinia Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burma Burundi | NTSC PAL PAL NTSC NTSC SECAM PAL NTSC SECAM NTSC NTSC PAL PAL PAL M NTSC PAL SECAM SECAM NTSC SECAM |
| Cambodia (Kampuchea) Cameroon Canada Canary Islands Cape Verde Caymen Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China, Peoples Republic Christmas Island Columbia Congo, Peoples Republic Cook Island Corsica Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Curacao Cyprus Cyprus, Turkish Czech Republic | SECAM PAL NTSC PAL PAL PAL/NTSC SECAM SECAM NTSC PAL PAL NTSC SECAM PAL SECAM NTSC PAL NTSC NTSC PAL PAL SECAM/PAL |
| Dahomey Denmark Diego Garcia Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Dubai | SECAM PAL NTSC SECAM NTSC NTSC PAL |
| Easter Island Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia | PAL NTSC SECAM/PAL NTSC SECAM PAL PAL PAL |
| Falkland Islands Faro Islands Fiji Finland France | PAL PAL PAL PAL SECAM |
| Gabon Galopagos Island Gambia Gaza & West Bank Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltor Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana, French Guyana Republic | SECAM NTSC PAL PAL SECAM PAL PAL PAL SECAM/PAL NTSC/PAL NTSC SECAM NTSC NTSC PAL PAL SECAM NTSC |
| Haiti Holland Honduras Hong Kong Hungary | NTSC PAL NTSC PAL SECAM/PAL |
| Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast | PAL PAL PAL SECAM SECAM PAL PAL PAL SECAM |
| Jamaica Japan Johnston Islands Jordan | NTSC NTSC NTSC PAL |
| Kampuchea Kazakhstan Kenya Korea, North Korea, South Kuwait Kyrgyzstan | SECAM SECAM PAL SECAM NTSC PAL SECAM |
| Laos Latvia Lebanon Leeward Islands Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg | PAL PAL/SECAM PAL NTSC PAL PAL SECAM PAL PAL/SECAM PAL/SECAM |
| Macau Macedonia Madagascar Madeira Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Mariana Islands Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Midway Islands Monaco Montenegro Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar | PAL PAL SECAM PAL PAL PAL PAL SECAM NTSC PAL NTSC SECAM SECAM SECAM NTSC NTSC NTSC SECAM/PAL PAL SECAM NTSC SECAM PAL NTSC |
| Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norfolk Island Norway | PAL PAL PAL SECAM PAL NTSC SECAM PAL PAL PAL |
| Okinawa Oman | NTSC PAL |
| Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Polynesia Portugal Puerto Rico | PAL NTSC NTSC PAL PAL NTSC NTSC SECAM/PAL SECAM PAL NTSC |
| Qatar | PAL |
| Reunion Romania Russia Rwanda | SECAM SECAM/PAL SECAM SECAM |
| Samoa Sardinia Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore SLovakia, Republic Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Pierre St. Vincent Sudan Surinam Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria | NTSC PAL SECAM/PAL SECAM PAL PAL PAL PAL PAL PAL PAL PAL PAL PAL PAL NTSC NTSC SECAM NTSC PAL NTSC PAL PAL PAL SECAM/PAL |
| Tahiti Tajikistan Taiwan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks & Caicos Islands | SECAM SECAM NTSC PAL PAL SECAM Tonga NTSC SECAM PAL SECAM ? |
| Ukraine Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay United States of America Uzbekistan | SECAM PAL PAL PAL PAL NTSC SECAM |
| Vanuatu Vatican Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands | PAL PAL NTSC NTSC/SECAM NTSC |
| Wallis Island | SECAM |
| Yemen Yugoslavia | PAL PAL |
| Zaire Zambia Zanzibar Zimbabwe | SECAM PAL PAL PAL |
1: U.S., Canada, U.S. Territories, Bermuda
2: Japan, Europe, South Africa, and Middle East (including Egypt)
3: Southeast Asia and East Asia (including Hong Kong)
4: Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central America, Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean
5: Eastern Europe (Former Soviet Union), Indian subcontinent, Africa, North Korea, and Mongolia
6: China
7: Reserved
8: Special international venues (airplanes, cruise ships, etc.)
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