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Video Formats
Pilgrims Book House sells VHS videos
in the NTSC and PAL formats.
Please ensure you select a video in the format which is
used in your country.
There are three main video formats in use around the world:
-- (1) NTSC;
-- (2) PAL; and
-- (3) SECAM.
In brief:
-- NTSC is the video format used in USA, Canada and Japan);
-- PAL is the video format used in the Britain, Australia,
New Zealand, India, Hong Kong and most of Western Europe;
-- SECAM is the video format used in France and Eastern
Europe.
Here are full lists of the countries using NTSC and PAL formats:
NTSC is the standard format used in the following countries:
Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda,
Bolivia, Brazil (NTSC is PAL-M compatible), Canada, Chile, China
(Taiwan), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Haiti,
Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, Democratic People's Republic (PAL/NTSC),
Korea, Republic of Mexico, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Panama,
Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, St. Christopher and Nevis, St.
Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Eastern Suriname,
Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, Venezuela,
Vietnam (NTSC/SECAM), Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands,
U.S. Yemen (PAL/NTSC)
PAL is the standard format used in the following countries:
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canary Islands, China,
Denmark, Dubai, Fiji, Finland, former Yugoslav republics (Slovenia,
Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Macedonia),
Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland,
Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Netherlands, Nigeria,
Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Poland, Singapore, South Africa,
Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United
Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
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