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World TV System and Voltage Guide

PAL stands for Phase Alternation Lines (625 lines) and offers more picture detail and wider luminance (color signal) bandwidth. PAL has been adopted by almost all 50 Hz countries in the world.

NTSC stands for National Television Standard Committee which established the American TV broadcast TV standard as a 525 line broadcast. The NTSC system has higher frame rate (60 Hz) which reduces visible flicker and picture noise.

SECAM stands for SEquential Couleur Avec Memoire and is used in France and many eastern European countries. The Secam system also has 625 lines and offers good picture detail and stable hues.



List of countries using the PAL TV Standard

Country TV Standard Voltage Hertz Plug
Afghanistan Pal-B 220 50 B
Albania Pal-B/G 110/220 50 B
Algeria Pal-B 110/220 50 A
Angola Pal-I 220 50 B
Argentina Pal-N 220 50 B
Australia Pal-B/G 240 50 C
Austria Pal-B/G 220 50 B
Azores Island Pal-B 110/220 - B
Bahrain Pal-B 220 50 B/D
Bangladesh Pal-B 220 50 B
Belgium Pal-B/G 220 50 B
Botswana Pal-I 220 50 B/D
Brazil Pal-M 110/220 50/60 B
Bruiei Pal-B 230 50 B
Cameroon Pal-B/G - - -
Canary Islands Pal-B/G 110/220 50 -
Ceuta Pal-B/G - - -
Czech Republic PAL? 220 50 B
China Pal-D 220 50 B/C
Denmark Pal-B/G 220 50 B
Ethiopia Pal-B 220 50 B
Fiji Pal-B 240 50 C
Finland Pal-B/G 220 50 B
Gambia Pal-I - - -
Germany Pal-B/G 220 50 B
Ghana Pal-B 220 50 B
Gibraltar Pal-B 240 50 D
Guinea-Bissau Pal-K 220 50 B
Hong Kong Pal-I 200 50 D
Iceland Pal-B 220 50 B/C
India Pal-B 230 50 B
Indonesia Pal-B 127/220 50 B
Ireland Pal-I 240 50 D
Israel Pal-B/G 230 50 B
Italy Pal-B/G 220 50 B
Jordan Pal-B 220 50 B
Kenya Pal-B 220 50 D
Korea(D.P.R) Pal-D 220 60 A
Kuwait Pal-B 240 50 B/D
Laos Pal-M 110/220 - A/B
Lesotho Pal-I - - -
Liberia Pal-B 120 60 A
Macao Pal 110/220 50 B
Madeira Pal-B 220 50 B
Malaysia Pal-B/G 240 50 B/D
Malawi Pal-B/G - - -
Maldives Pal-B - - -
Malta Pal 220 50 B/D
Monoca Pal-B/G 220 50 B
Mozambique Pal-I 220 50 B
Namibia Pal-I - - -
Nepal Pal-B/G 220 50 B
Netherlands Pal-B/G 220 50 B
New Zeland Pal-B 230 50 C
Nigeria Pal-B 230 50 B/D
Norway Pal-B/G 230 50 B
Oman Pal-B/G 220 50 B
Pakistan Pal-B/G 230 50 B
Papua New Guinea Pal-B/G - - -
Parguay Pal-N 220 - B
Portugal Pal-B/G 220 50 B
Qutar Pal-B 240 50 -
Seychelles Pal-B/G - - -
Sierra Leone Pal-B - - -
Singapore Pal-B 230 50 B
Slovakia PAL? 220 50 B
Somalia Pal-B/G 220 50 B
South Africa Pal-I 220/250 50 D
Spain Pal-B/G 127/220 50 A/B
Srilanka Pal-B 230 50 B
Sudan Pal-B 220 - B
Swaziland Pal-B/G 220 50 B
Sweden Pal-B/G 220 50 B
Switzerland Pal-B/G 220 50 B
Tanzania Pal-I 220 - B/D
Thailand Pal-B 220 50 A
Turkey Pal-B/G 220 50 B
Uganda Pal-B 220 - B
United Arab Emirates Pal-B/G 220 50 B
United Kingdom Pal-I 240 50 D
Uruguay Pal-N 220 - B/D
Vietnam Pal-B/G 127/230 50 A/B
Yemen Arab Republic Pal-B 220 50 B
Yugoslavia Pal-B 220 50 B
Zambia Pal-B 220 - B/D
Zanzibar Pal-I 220 - B/D
Zimbabwe Pal-B 220 - B/D


 
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