| Title: | Welcome to Friends! |
| Moderator: | POWDML::VENTURA |
| Created: | Mon Mar 09 1992 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 437 |
| Total number of notes: | 35174 |
WORLD TV STANDARDS
Are you interested in swapping home videos with people in other lands? If so,
you'll need to know whether other countries use the same recording standard as
your country does - even though ALL countries use VHS size cassettes. There
are commonly THREE recording standards: -
PAL ..within which there are various editions, all of which are
compatible though ....used extensively throughout the UK and
Western Europe.
NTSC ..used extensively throughout the Americas and USA trust
territories.
SECAM ..used extensively throughout Eastern Europe and the Middle
East.
*------------COUNTRY-------------* Standard *
Argentina PAL-N
Australia PAL
Austria PAL
Bahamas NTSC
Belgium PAL
Brazil PAL-M
Canada NTSC
Chile NTSC
China PAL
Costa Rica NTSC
Cuba NTSC
Czechoslavakia SECAM
Denmark PAL
East Germany SECAM
Egypt SECAM
Finland PAL
France SECAM
Germany (East) SECAM
Germany (West) PAL
Greece SECAM
Haiti NTSC
Holland PAL
Honduras NTSC
Hong Kong PAL
Hungary SECAM
India PAL
Indonesia PAL
Iran SECAM
Iraq SECAM
Ireland PAL
Israel PAL
Italy PAL
Jamaica NTSC
Japan NTSC
Kenya PAL
Korea (South) NTSC
Kuwait PAL
Lebanon SECAM
Libya SECAM
Luxembourg PAL & SECAM
Malaysia PAL
Mexico NTSC
Netherlands PAL
New Zealand PAL
Nicaragua NTSC
Nigeria PAL
Norway PAL
Pakistan PAL
Peru NTSC
Phillipines NTSC
Poland SECAM
Portugal PAL
Saudi Arabia PAL & SECAM
South Africa PAL
Spain PAL
Sweden PAL
Switzerland PAL
Syria PAL
Taiwan NTSC
Turkey PAL
United Kingdom PAL
United States of America NTSC
United States of Soviet Russia SECAM
Uruguay PAL
Venezuala NTSC
West Germany PAL
Yugoslavia PAL
Zaire SECAM
*Just so you know, I have PAL record & playback facilities here plus NTSC
playback facilities. I'd always be happy to swap the odd tape with the crew
in ::FRIENDS.
Don
*8-)
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| 77.1 | Nothing like some international TV.. | SNOC02::CASEY | Mon Aug 03 1992 14:27 | 9 | |
You might be interested to know that I've had quite an enjoyable
evening here watching the 1989 Boston Marathon on NTSC video ...picture
courtesy of WBZ-TV Channel 4.
I especially love that Miller Lite commercial where the bloke lassoos
the semi-trailer! hehehe..
Don
*8-)
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