DVD Systems: PAL & NTSC

Most of Andre’s DVDs are Region free.  He produces in both PAL & NTSC format.

Your DVD will most likely play in your computer DVD player as they play all regions and formats.  Sony DVD players only play PAL.  If your DVD player is around 5 years old or new, and not a Sony, then it might have the ability to be manually switched into PAL and play your DVD.  Please look at your DVD user guide and try the online menu.  I hope you will be able to switch your player into PAL mode and enjoy the DVD as it is wonderful. 

Please keep in mind as you purchase any DVD, to check the format. (We all learned this same way.)

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There are two DVD systems:

  • PAL (e.g. Europe including France)
  • NTSC (e.g. North America and Japan)

Playing an incompatible product can give problems. The problems can vary from a bad or black-and-white picture to no picture at all.

If you look just under the title of your DVD or video, it will always say what system it is for.

Some of our DVDs and videos can only be used on one system. Make sure you only order these products if you know for sure that your equipment can play them.

A few of our products are available in different versions for all systems. In that case, we will automatically send you the right version for your country.

If a product is not available for a certain system, it may well become available in future. So make sure you look at the site regularly, and subscribe to our newsletter! Unfortunately our customer services team are NOT able to answer questions on this.

What system do I have?

The instructions for your video recorder or DVD player should tell you what system the equipment uses. Many newer PAL appliances also support NTSC. Unfortunately, the other way around is still very rare, unless your DVD player is fairly new. So always make sure you check first!

 

 You will find a list of countries below showing the systems used in each country.

If you see several systems named for one country, the first one on the list will be the most common.

 

 

VIDEO

DVD

Afghanistan

PAL/SECAM

PAL

Albania

PAL

PAL

Algeria

PAL

PAL

American Samoa

   

Andorra

SECAM/PAL

PAL

Angola

PAL

PAL

Anguilla

   

Antarctica

   

Antigua and Barbuda

   

Argentina

PAL

PAL

Armenia

SECAM

PAL

Aruba

NTSC

NTSC

Australia

PAL

PAL

Austria

PAL

PAL

Azerbaijan

SECAM

PAL

Bahamas

NTSC

NTSC

Bahrain

PAL

PAL

Bangladesh

PAL

PAL

Barbados

NTSC

NTSC

Belarus

SECAM

PAL

Belgium

PAL

PAL

Belize

NTSC

NTSC

Benin

SECAM

PAL

Bermuda

   

Bhutan

PAL

PAL

Bolivia

NTSC

NTSC

Bosnia and Herzegowina

PAL

PAL

Botswana

PAL

PAL

Bouvet Island

   

Brazil

NTSC

NTSC

British IO Territory

   

Brunei Darussalam

PAL

PAL

Bulgaria

SECAM

PAL

Burkina Faso

SECAM

PAL

Burundi

SECAM

PAL

Cambodia

SECAM

PAL

Cameroon

PAL

PAL

Canada

NTSC

NTSC

Cape Verde

PAL

PAL

Cayman Islands

NTSC

NTSC

Central African Republic

SECAM

PAL

Chad

SECAM

PAL

Chile

NTSC

NTSC

China

PAL

PAL

Christmas Island

   

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

   

Colombia

NTSC

NTSC

Comoros

   

Congo

SECAM

PAL

Cook Islands

   

Costa Rica

NTSC

NTSC

Cote D'Ivoire

SECAM

PAL

Croatia

PAL

PAL

Cuba

NTSC

NTSC

Cyprus

PAL

PAL

Czech Republic

PAL/SECAM

PAL

Denmark

PAL

PAL

Djibouti

SECAM

PAL

Dominica

   

Dominican Republic

   

East Timor

   

Ecuador

NTSC

NTSC

Egypt

SECAM/PAL

PAL

El Salvador

NTSC

NTSC

Equatorial Guinea

SECAM

PAL

Eritrea

PAL

PAL

Estonia

PAL/SECAM

PAL

Ethiopia

PAL

PAL

Falkland Islands

PAL

PAL

Faroe Islands

   

Fiji

PAL

PAL

Finland

PAL

PAL

France

SECAM

PAL

France, Metropolitan

   

French Guiana

SECAM

PAL

French Polynesia

   

French South. Territories

   

Gabon

SECAM

PAL

Gambia

PAL

PAL

Georgia

SECAM

PAL

Germany

PAL

PAL

Ghana

PAL

PAL

Gibraltar

PAL

PAL

Greece

SECAM/PAL

PAL

Greenland

   

Grenada

NTSC

NTSC

Guadeloupe

SECAM

PAL

Guam

   

Guatemala

NTSC

NTSC

Guinea

PAL

PAL

Guinea-bissau

PAL

PAL

Guyana

NTSC

NTSC

Haiti

NTSC

NTSC

Heard & Mc Donald Islands

   

Honduras

NTSC

NTSC

Hong Kong

PAL

PAL

Hungary

SECAM/PAL

PAL

Iceland

PAL

PAL

India

PAL

PAL

Indonesia

PAL

PAL

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

SECAM

PAL

Iraq

   

Ireland

PAL

PAL

Israel

PAL

PAL

Italy

PAL

PAL

Jamaica

NTSC

NTSC

Japan

NTSC

NTSC

Jordan

PAL

PAL

Kazakhstan

SECAM

PAL

Kenya

PAL

PAL

Kiribati

   

Korea, North

SECAM

PAL

Korea, South

NTSC

NTSC

Kuwait

PAL

PAL

Kyrgyzstan

SECAM

PAL

Laos

PAL

PAL

Latvia

PAL/SECAM

PAL

Lebanon

PAL

PAL

Lesotho

PAL

PAL

Liberia

PAL

PAL

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

SECAM

PAL

Liechtenstein

PAL

PAL

Lithuania

PAL/SECAM

PAL

Luxembourg

PAL

PAL

Macau

   

Macedonia

PAL

PAL

Madagascar

SECAM

PAL

Malawi

PAL

PAL

Malaysia

PAL

PAL

Maldives

PAL

PAL

Mali

SECAM

PAL

Malta

PAL

PAL

Marshall Islands

NTSC

NTSC

Martinique

SECAM

PAL

Mauritania

SECAM

PAL

Mauritius

SECAM

PAL

Mayotte

   

Mexico

NTSC

NTSC

Micronesia, Fed States of

NTSC

NTSC

Moldova, Republic of

SECAM

PAL

Monaco

SECAM/PAL

PAL

Mongolia

SECAM

PAL

Montserrat

NTSC

NTSC

Morocco

SECAM

PAL

Mozambique

PAL

PAL

Myanmar

NTSC

NTSC

Namibia

PAL

PAL

Nauru

   

Nepal

PAL

PAL

Netherlands

PAL

PAL

Netherlands Antilles

   

New Caledonia

   

New Zealand

PAL

PAL

Nicaragua

NTSC

NTSC

Niger

SECAM

PAL

Nigeria

PAL

PAL

Niue

   

Norfolk Island

   

Northern Mariana Islands

   

Norway

PAL

PAL

Oman

PAL

PAL

Pakistan

PAL

PAL

Palau

NTSC

NTSC

Panama

NTSC

NTSC

Papua New Guinea

PAL

PAL

Paraguay

PAL

PAL

Peru

NTSC

NTSC

Philippines

NTSC

NTSC

Pitcairn

   

Poland

SECAM/PAL

PAL

Portugal

PAL

PAL

Puerto Rico

   

Qatar

PAL

PAL

Reunion

   

Romania

PAL/SECAM

PAL

Russian Federation

SECAM

PAL

Rwanda

SECAM

PAL

Saint Kitts and Nevis

   

Saint Lucia

   

St Vincent and Grenadines

   

Samoa

NTSC

NTSC

San Marino

PAL

PAL

Sao Tome and Principe

   

Saudi Arabia

PAL/SECAM

PAL

Senegal

SECAM

PAL

Seychelles

PAL

PAL

Sierra Leone

PAL

PAL

Singapore

PAL

PAL

Slovakia (Slovak Rep.)

PAL

PAL

Slovenia

PAL

PAL

Solomon Islands

PAL

PAL

Somalia

PAL

PAL

South Africa

PAL

PAL

S Georgia & Sandwich Isl.

   

Spain

PAL

PAL

Sri Lanka

PAL

PAL

St. Helena

   

St. Pierre and Miquelon

   

Sudan

PAL

PAL

Suriname

NTSC

NTSC

Svalbard & Jan Mayen Isl.

   

Swaziland

PAL

PAL

Sweden

PAL

PAL

Switzerland

PAL

PAL

Syrian Arab Republic

PAL/SECAM

PAL

Taiwan

NTSC

NTSC

Tajikistan

   

Tanzania

PAL

PAL

Thailand

PAL

PAL

Togo

SECAM

PAL

Tokelau

   

Tonga

PAL

PAL

Trinidad and Tobago

NTSC

NTSC

Tunisia

SECAM

PAL

Turkey

PAL

PAL

Turkmenistan

SECAM

PAL

Turks and Caicos Islands

   

Tuvalu

   

Uganda

PAL

PAL

Ukraine

SECAM

PAL

United Arab Emirates

PAL

PAL

United Kingdom

PAL

PAL

United States

NTSC

NTSC

US Minor Outlying Islands

   

Uruguay

PAL

PAL

Uzbekistan

   

Vanuatu

PAL

PAL

Vatican City State

   

Venezuela

NTSC

NTSC

Viet Nam

NTSC/SECAM

NTSC/PAL

Virgin Islands (British)

NTSC

NTSC

Virgin Islands (U.S.)

NTSC

NTSC

Wallis and Futuna Islands

   

Western Sahara

   

Yemen

PAL

PAL

Yugoslavia

PAL

PAL

Zaire

   

Zambia

PAL

PAL

Zimbabwe

PAL

PAL

 

 

 
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