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.
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VIDEO |
DVD |
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Afghanistan |
PAL/SECAM |
PAL |
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Albania |
PAL |
PAL |
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Algeria |
PAL |
PAL |
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American Samoa |
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Andorra |
SECAM/PAL |
PAL |
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Angola |
PAL |
PAL |
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Anguilla |
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Antarctica |
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Antigua and Barbuda |
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Argentina |
PAL |
PAL |
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Armenia |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Aruba |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Australia |
PAL |
PAL |
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Austria |
PAL |
PAL |
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Azerbaijan |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Bahamas |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Bahrain |
PAL |
PAL |
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Bangladesh |
PAL |
PAL |
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Barbados |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Belarus |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Belgium |
PAL |
PAL |
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Belize |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Benin |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Bermuda |
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Bhutan |
PAL |
PAL |
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Bolivia |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Bosnia and Herzegowina |
PAL |
PAL |
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Botswana |
PAL |
PAL |
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Bouvet Island |
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Brazil |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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British IO Territory |
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Brunei Darussalam |
PAL |
PAL |
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Bulgaria |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Burkina Faso |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Burundi |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Cambodia |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Cameroon |
PAL |
PAL |
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Canada |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Cape Verde |
PAL |
PAL |
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Cayman Islands |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Central African Republic |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Chad |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Chile |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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China |
PAL |
PAL |
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Christmas Island |
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
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Colombia |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Comoros |
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Congo |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Cook Islands |
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Costa Rica |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Cote D'Ivoire |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Croatia |
PAL |
PAL |
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Cuba |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Cyprus |
PAL |
PAL |
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Czech Republic |
PAL/SECAM |
PAL |
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Denmark |
PAL |
PAL |
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Djibouti |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Dominica |
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Dominican Republic |
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East Timor |
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Ecuador |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Egypt |
SECAM/PAL |
PAL |
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El Salvador |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Equatorial Guinea |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Eritrea |
PAL |
PAL |
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Estonia |
PAL/SECAM |
PAL |
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Ethiopia |
PAL |
PAL |
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Falkland Islands |
PAL |
PAL |
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Faroe Islands |
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Fiji |
PAL |
PAL |
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Finland |
PAL |
PAL |
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France |
SECAM |
PAL |
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France, Metropolitan |
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French Guiana |
SECAM |
PAL |
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French Polynesia |
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French South. Territories |
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Gabon |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Gambia |
PAL |
PAL |
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Georgia |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Germany |
PAL |
PAL |
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Ghana |
PAL |
PAL |
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Gibraltar |
PAL |
PAL |
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Greece |
SECAM/PAL |
PAL |
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Greenland |
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Grenada |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Guadeloupe |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Guam |
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Guatemala |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Guinea |
PAL |
PAL |
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Guinea-bissau |
PAL |
PAL |
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Guyana |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Haiti |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Heard & Mc Donald Islands |
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Honduras |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Hong Kong |
PAL |
PAL |
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Hungary |
SECAM/PAL |
PAL |
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Iceland |
PAL |
PAL |
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India |
PAL |
PAL |
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Indonesia |
PAL |
PAL |
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Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Iraq |
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Ireland |
PAL |
PAL |
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Israel |
PAL |
PAL |
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Italy |
PAL |
PAL |
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Jamaica |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Japan |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Jordan |
PAL |
PAL |
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Kazakhstan |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Kenya |
PAL |
PAL |
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Kiribati |
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Korea, North |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Korea, South |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Kuwait |
PAL |
PAL |
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Kyrgyzstan |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Laos |
PAL |
PAL |
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Latvia |
PAL/SECAM |
PAL |
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Lebanon |
PAL |
PAL |
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Lesotho |
PAL |
PAL |
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Liberia |
PAL |
PAL |
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Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Liechtenstein |
PAL |
PAL |
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Lithuania |
PAL/SECAM |
PAL |
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Luxembourg |
PAL |
PAL |
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Macau |
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Macedonia |
PAL |
PAL |
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Madagascar |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Malawi |
PAL |
PAL |
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Malaysia |
PAL |
PAL |
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Maldives |
PAL |
PAL |
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Mali |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Malta |
PAL |
PAL |
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Marshall Islands |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Martinique |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Mauritania |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Mauritius |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Mayotte |
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Mexico |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Micronesia, Fed States of |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Moldova, Republic of |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Monaco |
SECAM/PAL |
PAL |
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Mongolia |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Montserrat |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Morocco |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Mozambique |
PAL |
PAL |
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Myanmar |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Namibia |
PAL |
PAL |
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Nauru |
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Nepal |
PAL |
PAL |
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Netherlands |
PAL |
PAL |
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Netherlands Antilles |
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New Caledonia |
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New Zealand |
PAL |
PAL |
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Nicaragua |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Niger |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Nigeria |
PAL |
PAL |
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Niue |
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Norfolk Island |
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Northern Mariana Islands |
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Norway |
PAL |
PAL |
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Oman |
PAL |
PAL |
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Pakistan |
PAL |
PAL |
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Palau |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Panama |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Papua New Guinea |
PAL |
PAL |
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Paraguay |
PAL |
PAL |
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Peru |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Philippines |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Pitcairn |
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Poland |
SECAM/PAL |
PAL |
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Portugal |
PAL |
PAL |
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Puerto Rico |
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Qatar |
PAL |
PAL |
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Reunion |
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Romania |
PAL/SECAM |
PAL |
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Russian Federation |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Rwanda |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Saint Kitts and Nevis |
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Saint Lucia |
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St Vincent and Grenadines |
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Samoa |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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San Marino |
PAL |
PAL |
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Sao Tome and Principe |
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Saudi Arabia |
PAL/SECAM |
PAL |
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Senegal |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Seychelles |
PAL |
PAL |
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Sierra Leone |
PAL |
PAL |
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Singapore |
PAL |
PAL |
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Slovakia (Slovak Rep.) |
PAL |
PAL |
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Slovenia |
PAL |
PAL |
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Solomon Islands |
PAL |
PAL |
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Somalia |
PAL |
PAL |
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South Africa |
PAL |
PAL |
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S Georgia & Sandwich Isl. |
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Spain |
PAL |
PAL |
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Sri Lanka |
PAL |
PAL |
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St. Helena |
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St. Pierre and Miquelon |
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Sudan |
PAL |
PAL |
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Suriname |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Svalbard & Jan Mayen Isl. |
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Swaziland |
PAL |
PAL |
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Sweden |
PAL |
PAL |
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Switzerland |
PAL |
PAL |
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Syrian Arab Republic |
PAL/SECAM |
PAL |
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Taiwan |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Tajikistan |
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Tanzania |
PAL |
PAL |
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Thailand |
PAL |
PAL |
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Togo |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Tokelau |
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Tonga |
PAL |
PAL |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Tunisia |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Turkey |
PAL |
PAL |
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Turkmenistan |
SECAM |
PAL |
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Turks and Caicos Islands |
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Tuvalu |
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Uganda |
PAL |
PAL |
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Ukraine |
SECAM |
PAL |
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United Arab Emirates |
PAL |
PAL |
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United Kingdom |
PAL |
PAL |
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United States |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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US Minor Outlying Islands |
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Uruguay |
PAL |
PAL |
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Uzbekistan |
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Vanuatu |
PAL |
PAL |
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Vatican City State |
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Venezuela |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Viet Nam |
NTSC/SECAM |
NTSC/PAL |
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Virgin Islands (British) |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Virgin Islands (U.S.) |
NTSC |
NTSC |
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Wallis and Futuna Islands |
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Western Sahara |
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Yemen |
PAL |
PAL |
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Yugoslavia |
PAL |
PAL |
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Zaire |
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Zambia |
PAL |
PAL |
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Zimbabwe |
PAL |
PAL |
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