PAL and NTSC are the television standards for different parts of the world. There is also a third - SECAM. NTSC covers the United States, Canada, Japan, and a few other places. SECAM covers France and Russia. PAL covers the rest of the world. PAL, SECAM, & NTSC are basically a different way of displaying the picture on the television. The main differences are in the number of horizontal lines displayed on the screen, and the number of frames per second displayed.

Different countries use different methods of recording and playback. Please go to Video Standards for a complete explanation of this.

This question is particularly important when buying VHS tapes. If you live in North America or Japan, your VCR is (most likely) set up to only play NTSC VHS tapes. If you live in Europe or Australia, your VCR is (most likely) set up to only play PAL VHS tapes. There is also another Region Code Called SECAM that is used in parts of Africa and Russia, but these are not carried by Freedom Footbags.

From a hardware point of view there is. A consumer CD-i player is localized for a specific broadcast system. The output signal of the video connectors is according to this local system. You can tell which broadcast system is used by looking at the version indication after the normal type ID (refer to What does the /00, /20, etc. after the type-indication mean?).

There are two television broadcast standards: NTSC is used in the US and Japan, and PAL the rest of the world. These formats define the number of lines and frequency of a TV picture. For PAL it is 625 lines @ 50Hz, and for NTSC it is 525 lines @ 60Hz. (Back to top)

NTSC – Stands for “National Television Standards Committee.” This is the video format used in North America, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, the Caribbean, and parts of South America. NTSC has 525 horizontal scan lines and 30 frames per second. PAL – Stands for “Phase Alternation Line.” This video format is used in most European countries. PAL has 625 horizontal scan lines and 25 frames per second.

Most VCR's in America use the NTSC format. The PAL format is used extensively in Europe, Asia and Australia. Unless you have a VCR that can switch between and play both PAL and NTSC, you will not be able to play an NTSC tape in a PAL player, and vice versa.

PAL format is the kind of video standard that is used in many European Countries. NTSC is used in the United States and many other Countries like Japan for example. PAL has nothing to do with the actual videocassette...VHS is a world standard. PAL has to do with the output Hz of the local electric company therefore affecting the speed at which your TV will be refreshed/drawing on the screen. If you are in doubt, call a local TV repair store; they will give you the correct option to order.

There are two basic formats of television signal. In the UK and Europe (and Japan) the standard is called 'PAL', yet in America the standard format is 'NTSC'. DVD discs can be encoded in either of these two formats, and this should not be confused with Region Coding as this is something completely different. In almost all cases, NTSC discs can be played within the UK and Europe without any problems.

These are two different TV picture standards. Region 2 (Europe) uses the PAL standard whereas region 1 (USA and Canada) uses the NTSC standard. These standards are incompatible with one another and to be able to view a region 1 DVD on a UK TV, you'll need to have an NTSC compatible or multi-standard TV.

Yes! As a general rule, all our DVDs and VIDEOS we offer are available in both PAL and NTSC. All DVDs and VIDEOS we send to USA and any other NTSC countries are automatically sent in the NTSC system, open region if it is a DVD. The few DVDs we have marked as NTSC only or PAL only on our site are often available on VHS in NTSC or PAL, same price. These are usually "A" prefix coded. Just put VHS in the special instructions section of the on-line order form for a DVD listing.

The frame rate is different between the two models. In normal mode, the PAL version records 50 interlaced (50i) fields a seconds, the NTSC version records 60 (60i). In progressive mode the PAL version records 25 frames per second, the NTSC version 24 frames.

And possibly add to the pulldown answer some info about PAL being in 25p and pulldown removal not being required or something. Peter, Russia is SECAM. So Is France. analog broadcast and video, yes, but in the digital realm it's pal there too. In order to truly be effective, that list needs to have links to the threads that answer those questions. I've updated the original post to include links. Worley added some straight-forward answers.

PAL:- Is used in Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa. PAL stands for Phase Alternation Lines and has various sub-systems for VHF and UHF bands for each country. SECAM:- Is mainly used in Eastern Europe and France (SECAM-L) SECAM stands for System Electronique Couleur Avec Memoire. NTSC:- Is mainly used in North America, Mexico, Canada and Japan. NTSC stands for the National Television Systems Committee who developed the system and public broadcasting of NTSC began in the United States in 1954.

Can I read/write PAL video on an NTSC camera, or the opposite, via firewire? Johnson Ching reports that you can freely read and write PAL or NTSC tapes on either a TRV900 (NTSC) or TRV900e (PAL) camera through the firewire. Here is a letter from Jerome Maro explaining the situation: What I understand about how those cameras are working is the following (tested with a PAL TRV900 and also a PC-1 (also PC-100, tnks James)). If you have a DV cassette recorded at 25 p/s (from a PAL camcorder..