World Television Standards

There are currently 3 main television standards used throughout the world:

NTSC - National Television Standards Committee. Developed in the USA. First used in 1954. Consists of 525 horizontal lines of display.

PAL - Phase Alternating Line. Developed in the United Kingdom & Germany. First used in 1967. Consists of 625-line display.

SECAM - Système Électronique pour Couleur avec Mémoire. Developed in France. First used in 1967. Consists of 625-line display.

Countries that use the NTSC Format
Antiles Netherlands	Chile	Guatemala	Puerto Rico
Bahamas	Columbia	Honduras	South Korea
Barbados	Costa Rica	Jamaica	Surinam
Belize	Cuba	Japan	Taiwan
Bermuda	Dominican Republic	Mexico	Trinidad & Tobago
Bolivia	El Salvador	Panama	United States of America
Burma	Equador	Peru	Venezuala
Canada	Grenada	Phillipines
Countries that use the PAL Format
Algeria	Hong Kong	Namibia	Sudan
Andorra	Iceland	Netherlands	Swaziland
Angola	India	New Zealand	Sweden
Australia	Indonesia	Nigeria	Switzerland
Austria	Ireland	Norway	Syria
Bahrein	Israel	Oman	Tanzania
Bangladesh	Italy	Pakistan	Thailand
Belgium	Jordan	Papua New Guinea	Turkey
Botswana	Kenya	Portugal	Uganda
Brunei	Kuwait	Qatar	United Arab Emirates
Cameroon	Lesotho	Rumania	United Kingdom (England)
China	Liberia	Seycheles	Germany
Denmark	Luxemburg	Sierra Leone	Yemen
Ethiopia	Malaysia	Singapore	Yugoslavia
Fiji	Malawi	Somalia	Zambia
Finland	Maldives	South Africa	Zimbabwe
Ghana	Malta	Spain	Brazil
Gibraltar	Mozambique	Sri Lanka	Argentina
Paraguay	Uraguay
Countries that use the SECAM Format
Afghanistan	Iran	Lebanon	North Korea
Benin	Egypt	Libya	Poland
Bukina Faso	France	Madagascar	Rwanda
Bulgaria	French Guiana	Mali	Senegal
Burundi	Gabon	Martinique	Togo
Central African Republic	Guadalope	Mauritania	Tunisia
Chad	Guinea	Maruitius	Russia
Congo	Haiti	Monaco	Western Samoa
Czechoslovakia	Hungary	Morocco	Vietnam
Djibouti	Ivory Coast	Niger	Zaire
Gyprus	Saudi Arabia	Greece	Iraq
Syria