World TV System and Voltage Guide: PAL

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

List of Countries using the NTSC TV standard

List of Countries using the Secam TV standard

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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