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Around the globe, there are different television standards in place. Here are the four most popular TV formats. View the table of "Standards
Distribution by Country" shown below to see which standard is used on a country by country basis. |
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World Television Standards |
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NTSC |
NTSC - National Television Systems Committee
Line Frequency 15.734k Hz
Scanning Lines 525
Field Frequency 60 Hz
Color Signal Modulation System Suppressed Quadrature Modulation System
Color Signal Frequency 3.579545 MHz
Burst Signal Phase settled
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PAL |
PAL - Phase Alternation Line
Line Frequency 15.734 kHz Scanning Lines 625 Field Frequency 50 Hz Color Signal Modulation System Suppressed Quadrature Modulation System Color Signal Frequency 4.433619 MHz Burst Signal Inversion by 1H
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PAL-M |
PAL M - Phase Alternation Line - M
Line Frequency 15.734 kHz Scanning Lines 525 Field Frequency 60 Hz Color Signal Modulation System Suppressed Quadrature Modulation System Color Signal Frequency 3.575311 MHz Burst Signal Inversion by 1H
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SECAM |
SECAM - Sequential Couleur a Memoire
Line Frequency 15.625 kHz
Scanning Lines 625
Field Frequency 50 Hz
Color Signal Modulation System FM Conversion System
Color Signal Frequency 4.40625 MHz/4.250 MHz
Burst Signal Phase settled |
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Standards Distribution by Country
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N
O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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A |
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L |
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Afghanistan |
PAL |
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Laos |
PAL |
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Albania |
SECAM |
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Latvia |
SECAM |
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Algeria |
PAL |
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Lebanon |
SECAM |
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Andorra |
PAL |
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Lesotho |
PAL |
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Angola |
PAL |
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Liberia |
PAL |
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Antigua |
NTSC |
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Libya |
SECAM |
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Argentina |
PAL |
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Lithuania |
SECAM |
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Australia |
PAL |
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Luxembourg |
SECAM / PAL |
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Austria |
PAL |
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Azores |
PAL |
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M |
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Macau |
PAL |
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B |
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Madagascar |
SECAM / PAL |
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Bahamas |
NTSC |
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Malawi |
PAL |
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Bahrain |
PAL |
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Malaysia |
PAL |
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Bangladesh |
PAL |
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Maldives |
PAL |
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Barbados |
NTSC |
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Mali |
SECAM |
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Belgium |
PAL |
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Malta |
PAL |
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Belize |
NTSC |
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Martinique |
SECAM |
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Benin |
SECAM |
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Mauritania |
SECAM |
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Bermuda |
NTSC |
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Mauritius |
SECAM |
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Bolivia |
NTSC |
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Mexico |
NTSC |
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Borneo |
PAL |
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Monaco |
SECAM / PAL |
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Bosnia-Herzogovina |
PAL |
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Mongolia |
SECAM |
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Botswana |
PAL |
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Morocco |
SECAM |
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Brazil |
PAL-M |
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Mozambique |
PAL |
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Brunei |
PAL |
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Myanmar |
NTSC |
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Bulgaria |
SECAM |
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Burkina |
SECAM |
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Burundi |
SECAM |
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Namibia |
PAL |
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Nepal |
PAL |
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C |
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Netherlands Antilles |
NTSC |
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C.I.S. |
SECAM |
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Netherlands |
PAL |
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Cambodia |
SECAM / PAL |
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New Caledonia |
SECAM |
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Cameroon |
PAL-M |
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New Zealand |
PAL |
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Canada |
NTSC |
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Nicaragua |
NTSC |
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Canary Islands |
PAL |
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Niger (Republic) |
SECAM |
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Central African Republic |
SECAM |
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Nigeria |
PAL |
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Chad |
SECAM |
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Norway |
PAL |
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Chile |
NTSC |
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China (Peoples Republic) |
PAL |
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O |
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Colombia |
NTSC |
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Oman |
PAL |
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Comoros |
SECAM |
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Congo (Peoples Republic) |
SECAM |
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P |
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Costa Rica |
NTSC |
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Pakistan |
PAL |
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Croatia |
SECAM |
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Panama |
NTSC |
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Cuba |
NTSC |
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Papua New Guinea |
PAL |
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Curacao |
NTSC |
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Paraguay |
PAL |
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Cyprus (Greek) |
SECAM |
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Peru |
NTSC |
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Cyprus (Turkish) |
PAL |
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Philippines |
NTSC |
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Czechoslovakia |
SECAM / PAL |
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Poland |
SECAM |
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Portugal |
PAL |
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D |
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Puerto Rico |
NTSC |
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Denmark |
PAL |
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Djibouti |
SECAM |
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Q |
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Dominican Republic |
NTSC |
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Qatar |
PAL |
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E |
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R |
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Ecuador |
NTSC |
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Réunion |
SECAM |
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Egypt |
SECAM |
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Romania |
SECAM |
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El Salvador |
NTSC |
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Rwanda |
SECAM |
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Equatorial Guinea |
PAL |
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Estonia |
SECAM |
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S |
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Ethiopia |
PAL |
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St. Kitts |
NTSC |
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St. Lucia |
NTSC |
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F |
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Samoa |
NTSC |
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Fiji |
PAL |
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Saudi Arabia |
SECAM |
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Finland |
PAL |
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Senegal |
SECAM |
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France |
SECAM |
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Seychelles |
PAL |
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French Guiana |
SECAM |
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Sierra Leone |
PAL |
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Singapore |
PAL |
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G |
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Slovenia |
SECAM |
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Gabon |
SECAM |
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Soloman Islands |
PAL |
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Gambia |
PAL |
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Somalia |
PAL |
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Germany |
PAL |
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South Africa |
PAL |
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Ghana |
PAL |
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Spain |
PAL |
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Gibraltar |
PAL |
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Sri Lanka |
PAL |
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Great Britain |
PAL |
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Sudan |
PAL |
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Greece |
SECAM |
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Surinam |
NTSC |
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Greenland |
PAL |
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Swaziland |
PAL |
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Grenada |
NTSC |
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Sweden |
PAL |
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Guadeloupe |
SECAM |
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Switzerland |
PAL |
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Guam |
NTSC |
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Syria |
SECAM |
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Guatemala |
NTSC |
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Guinea |
SECAM |
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Guinea-Bissau |
PAL |
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Taiwan |
NTSC |
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Guyana |
NTSC |
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Tanzania |
PAL |
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Thailand |
PAL |
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H |
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Togo |
SECAM |
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Haiti |
SECAM |
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Trinidad & Tobago |
NTSC |
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Hawaii |
NTSC |
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Tunisia |
SECAM |
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Honduras |
NTSC |
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Turkey |
PAL |
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Hong Kong |
PAL |
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Hungary |
PAL |
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U |
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U.A.E. |
PAL |
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I |
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U.S.A. |
NTSC |
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Iceland |
PAL |
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Uganda |
PAL |
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India |
PAL |
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Uruguay |
PAL |
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Indonesia |
PAL |
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Iran |
SECAM |
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V |
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Iraq |
SECAM |
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Venezuela |
NTSC |
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Ireland |
PAL |
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Vietnam |
PAL |
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Israel |
PAL |
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Virgin Islands |
NTSC |
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Italy |
PAL |
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Ivory Coast |
SECAM |
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W |
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Western Sahara |
PAL |
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J |
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Jamaica |
NTSC |
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X |
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Japan |
NTSC |
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Jordan |
PAL |
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Y |
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Yemen |
PAL |
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K |
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Yugoslavia |
PAL |
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Kenya |
PAL |
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Korea (North) |
PAL |
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Z |
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Korea (South) |
NTSC |
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Zaire |
SECAM |
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Kuwait |
PAL |
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Zambia |
PAL |
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Zimbabwe |
PAL |
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