In
which regions do PAL DVDs work? |
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The countries in
the world that use PAL (Phase Alternation by Line)
broadcast and playback standards for television,
video and DVD are:
Afghanistan, Algeria,
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh,
Belgium, Brunei, Cameroon, Canary Islands, China,
Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar,
Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran,
Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, North
Korea, Kuwait, Liberia, Luxembourg, Madeira,
New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay
(PAL-N), Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri
Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey,
Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay,
Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The PAL standard
was developed in Germany and is widely used in Europe,
Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
If you are creating
DVD content for viewing predominantly in the regions
listed above then you should look at creating a PAL
format disc with a frame rate of 25 frames per second
and a resolution of 720 x 576 pixels.
Find out more about
the PAL
standards.
Find out more about
the NTSC
standards.
View other CD
and DVD production FAQs.
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