International Video Standards

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Use the following alphabetical list of countries to determine the type of video signals broadcast by different countries around the world. Most every country worldwide is listed, under multiple names when applicable. Click on the country or the product number to be taken to the specifications page for that type of video signal.

	-VHF-	-UHF-
Abu Dhabi	NO VHF	NO UHF
Afghanistan	SECAM-D	NO UHF
Albania	PAL-B	PAL-G
Algeria	PAL-B	PAL-G
American Samoa	NO VHF	NO UHF
Angola	PAL-I	PAL-I
Anguilla	NO VHF	NO UHF
Antigua	NTSC-M	NTSC-M
Argentina	PAL-CN	PAL-CN
Armenia	SECAM-D	SECAM-K
Aruba	NO VHF	NO UHF
Australia	PAL-B	PAL-B
Austria	PAL-B	PAL-G
Azerbaijan	SECAM-D	SECAM-K
Azores	NO VHF	NO UHF
Bahamas	NTSC-M	NO UHF
Bahrain	PAL-B	PAL-G
Bangladesh	PAL-B	NO UHF
Barbados	NTSC-M	NO UHF
Belarus	SECAM-D	NO UHF
Belgium	PAL-B	PAL-H
Belize	NO VHF	NO UHF
Benin	SECAM-K1	SECAM-K1
Bermuda	NTSC-M	NO UHF
Bolivia	NTSC-M	NTSC-M
Bosnia / Herzegovina	PAL-B	PAL-G
Botswana	PAL-I	PAL-I
Brazil	PAL-M	PAL-M
Brunei Darussalam	PAL-B	NO UHF
Bulgaria	SECAM-D	SECAM-K
Burkina Faso	SECAM-K1	SECAM-K1
Burma	NTSC-M	NO UHF
Burundi	SECAM-K1	SECAM-K1
Cameroon	PAL-B	PAL-G
Canada	NTSC-M	NTSC-M
Canary Islands	NO VHF	NO UHF
Cape Verde	NO VHF	NO UHF
Cayman Islands	NO VHF	NO UHF
Central African Repulic	SECAM-K1	SECAM-K1
Chad	SECAM-K1	SECAM-K1
Channel Islands	NO VHF	NO UHF
Chile	NTSC-M	NTSC-M
China	PAL-D_	PAL-D
Christmas Island	NO VHF	NO UHF
Cocos Islands	NO VHF	NO UHF
Colombia	NTSC-M	NTSC-M
Congo	NO VHF	NO UHF
Cook Islands	NO VHF	NO UHF
Costa Rica	NTSC-M	NTSC-M
Comoros	SECAM-K1	SECAM-K1
Congo	SECAM-K1	SECAM-K1
Croatia	PAL-B	PAL-G
Cuba	NTSC-M	NTSC-M
Curacao	NTSC-M	NTSC-M
Cyprus	PAL-B	PAL-G
Czech Republic	SECAM-D	SECAM-K
Denmark	PAL-B	PAL-G
Djibouti	SECAMB	NO UHF
Dominica	NO VHF	NO UHF
Dominican Republic	NTSC-M	NTSC-M
Dubai	NO VHF	NO UHF
Ecuador	NTSC-M	NTSC-M
Egypt	PAL-B	PAL-G
El Salvador	NTSC-M	NO UHF
England (UK)	NO VHF	NO UHF
Equatorial Guinea	PAL-B	PAL-G
Estonia	SECAM-D	SECAM-K
Ethiopia	PAL-B	PAL-G
Faeroe Islands	PAL-B	PAL-G
Fiji	NO VHF	NO UHF
Finland	PAL-B	PAL-G
France	SECAML	SECAML
French Guiana	NO VHF	NO UHF
Gabon	SECAM-K1	SECAM-K1
Gambia	PAL-I	PAL-I
Germany	PAL-B	PAL-G
Georgia	SECAM-D	SECAM-K
Ghana	PAL-B	PAL-B
Gibraltar	PAL-B	PAL-G
Greece	SECAMB	SECAM-G
Greenland	PAL-B	PAL-G
Grenada	NO VHF	NO UHF
Guadeloupe	NO VHF	NO UHF
Guam	NTSC-M	NO UHF
Guatemala	NTSC-M	NTSC-M
Guinea	PAL-I	PAL-I
Guinea-Bissau	PAL-I	PAL-I
Guyana	NO VHF	NO UHF
Haiti	NO VHF	NO UHF
Holland (Netherlands)	PAL-B	PAL-G
Honduras	NO VHF	NO UHF
Hong Kong	NO VHF	PAL-I
Honduras	NTSC-M	NTSC-M
Hungary	SECAM-D	SECAM-K
Iceland	PAL-B	PAL-G
India	PAL-B	NO UHF
Indonesia	PAL-B	NO UHF
Iran	SECAMB	SECAM-G
Iraq	SECAMB	SECAM-G
Iceland	NO VHF	NO UHF
Ireland	PAL-I	PAL-I
Isle of Man	NO VHF	NO UHF
Israel	PAL-B	PAL-G
Italy	PAL-B	PAL-G
Ivory Coast	NO VHF	NO UHF
Jamaica	NTSC-M	NTSC-M
Japan	NTSC-M	NTSC-M
Jordon	PAL-B	PAL-G
Kazakhstan	SECAM-D	SECAM-K
Kenya	PAL-B	PAL-G
Korea (North)	PAL-D	PAL-K
Korea (South)	NTSC-M	NTSC-M
Kuwait	PAL-B	PAL-G
Laos	NO VHF	NO UHF
Latvia	NO VHF	NO UHF
Lebanon	SECAMB	NO UHF
Lesotho	PAL-I	PAL-I
Liberia	PAL-B	PAL-G
Libya	PAL-B	PAL-G
Liechtenstein	NO VHF	NO UHF
Lithuania	SECAM-D	SECAM-K
Luxembourg	PAL-B	PAL-G
Macao	NO VHF	NO UHF
Madagascar	SECAM-K1	SECAM-K
Madeira	NO VHF	NO UHF
Majorca	NO VHF	NO UHF
Malagasy	NO VHF	NO UHF
Malawi	PAL-I	PAL-I
Malaysia	PAL-B	PAL-G
Maldives	NO VHF	NO UHF
Mali	SECAMB	SECAM-G
Malta	PAL-B	NO UHF
Martinique	NO VHF	NO UHF
Mauritiania	SECAMB	SECAMB
Mauritius	SECAMB	SECAM-G
Mexico	NTSC-M	NTSC-M
Moldova	SECAM-D	SECAM-K
Monaco	NO VHF	PAL-G
Montserrat	NTSC-M	NO UHF
Morocco	SECAMB	SECAM-G
Mozambique	PAL-G	PAL-G
Namibia	PAL-I	PAL-I
Nepal	PAL-B	NO UHF
Netherlands (Holland)	PAL-B	PAL-G
New Caledonia	NO VHF	NO UHF
New Zealand	PAL-B	PAL-G
Nicaragua	NTSC-M	NTSC-M
Niger	SECAM-K1	SECAM-K1
Nigeria	PAL-B	PAL-I
Norfolk Is.	NO VHF	NO UHF
No. Mariana Is.	NO VHF	NO UHF
No. Ireland	NO VHF	NO UHF
Norway	PAL-B	PAL-G
Oman	PAL-B	PAL-G
Pakistan	PAL-B	PAL-G
Panama	NTSC-M	NTSC-M
Papua New Guinea	PAL-B	PAL-G
Paraguay	PAL-N	PAL-N
Peru	NTSC-M	NTSC-M
Philippine Islands	NTSC-M	NTSC-M
Pitcairn Island	NO VHF	NO UHF
Poland	SECAM-D	SECAM-K
Portugal	PAL-B	PAL-G
Puerto Rico	NTSC-M	NTSC-M
Qatar	PAL-B	PAL-G
Romania	PAL-D	PAL-G
Russia	SECAM-D	SECAM-K
Rwanda	SECAM-K1	SECAM-K1
Samoa	NTSC-M	NO UHF
Saudi Arabia	PAL-B	SECAM-G
Scotland	PAL-B	PAL-I
Senegal	SECAM-K1	SECAM-K1
Seychelles	PAL-B	NO UHF
Sierra Leone	PAL-B	PAL-G
Singapore	PAL-B	PAL-G
Slovenia	PAL-B	PAL-G
Slovakia	NO VHF	NO UHF
Solomon Islands	NO VHF	NO UHF
Somalia	PAL-B	PAL-G
South Africa	PAL-I	PAL-I
South Korea	NO VHF	NO UHF
Spain	PAL-B	PAL-G
St. Croix	NO VHF	NO UHF
St. Helena	NO VHF	NO UHF
St. Pierre	NO VHF	NO UHF
St. Christopher/Nevis	NTSC-M	NO UHF
St. Kitts/Nevis	NTSC-M	NO UHF
St. Lucia	NO VHF	NO UHF
St. Vincent	NO VHF	NO UHF
Serbia	PAL-B	PAL-G
Sri Lanka	PAL-B	PAL-G
Sudan	NO VHF	NO UHF
Surinam (Suriname)	NTSC-M	NO UHF
Swaziland	PAL-B	PAL-G
Sweden	PAL-B	PAL-G
Switzerland	PAL-B	PAL-G
Syria	PAL-B	PAL-G
Tahiti	NO VHF	NO UHF
Tanzania	PAL-I	NO UHF
Taiwan	NTSC-M	NO UHF
Thailand	PAL-B	PAL-G
Togo	SECAM-K1	SECAM-K1
Tonga	NO VHF	NO UHF
Trinidad & Tobago	NTSC-M	NTSC-M
Tunisia	PAL-B	PAL-G
Turkey	PAL-B	PAL-G
Uganda	PAL-B	NO UHF
Ukraine	SECAM-D	SECAM-K
United Arab Emirates	PAL-B	PAL-G
United Kingdom	PAL-B	PAL-I
United States of America	NTSC-M	NTSC-M
Uruguay	PAL-N	NO UHF
Venezuela	NTSC-M	NTSC-M
Viet Nam	SECAM-D	SECAM-K
Virgin Islands	NTSC-M	NO UHF
Wales	PAL-B	PAL-I
Western Samoa	NTSC-M	NO UHF
Yemen	PAL-B	PAL-G
Yugoslavia	PAL-B	PAL-G
Zaire	SECAM-K1	SECAM-K1
Zambia	PAL-G	PAL-G
Zanzibar	PAL-I	PAL-I
Zimbabwe	PAL-G	PAL-G

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