"Which Countries Use PAL, NTSC, or SECAM?"
If you are trying to set up a surveillance system, PAL/NTSC cameras/receivers will work anywhere... as long as they are paired with cameras/receivers that use the same format.
BUT the trouble starts if you're trying to pick up TV signals on a car DVD player or television set which operates on a different color format to the one that is most common in the country you are residing in.
AND you can't put a PAL camera with an NTSC recevier, and vice versa.
Click on the links below to find out more about the different color formats and the regions they work in:
Where in the world are you? This is a visual guide to where each of the formats is used across the globe
TELEVISION COLOR STANDARDS:
Use ctrl-F in your browser to search for particular countries in the list below.
COUNTRIES USING PAL...
PAL B, G, D, K or I
PAL-M (You crazy guys)
- Brazil (simulcast in ISDB-T will start in December 2007 until 2016)
- Laos (also uses SECAM)
PAL-N and PAL-NC (You even more crazy guys)
Countries and territories that once used PAL, but don't use it for TV any more (Yay!)
COUNTRIES USING NTSC...
North America
- Canada, NTSC broadcast to be abandoned by August 2011, simulcast in ATSC [13]
- Mexico, NTSC broadcast to be abandoned by 2022, simulcast in ATSC
- United States, NTSC broadcast to be abandoned in February 2009, simulcast in ATSC
Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Asia
Pacific
US Territories
Other Pacific island nations
Historic (used NTSC experimentally before adopting PAL)
- Fiji (Historic; used before 1989, Fiji has used PAL since 1990)
Indian Ocean
Middle East
Europe
COUNTRIES USING SECAM...
Americas
The above information is sourced from Wikipedia:
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