4.15.2.
List of countries using the PAL TV Standard
PAL stands for Phase Alternation Lines (625 lines) and offers more picture detail
and wider luminance (brightness information in the color signal) bandwidth. PAL has
been adopted by almost all 50 Hz countries in the world.
|
Country
|
TV Standard
|
Voltage
|
Hertz
|
Plug
|
|
Afghanistan
|
Pal-B
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Albania
|
Pal-B/G
|
110/220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Algeria
|
Pal-B
|
110/220
|
50
|
A
|
|
Angola
|
Pal-I
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Argentina
|
Pal-N
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Australia
|
Pal-B/G
|
240
|
50
|
C
|
|
Austria
|
Pal-B/G
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Azores Island
|
Pal-B
|
110/220
|
-
|
B
|
|
Bahrain
|
Pal-B
|
220
|
50
|
B/D
|
|
Bangladesh
|
Pal-B
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Belgium
|
Pal-B/G
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Botswana
|
Pal-I
|
220
|
50
|
B/D
|
|
Brazil
|
Pal-M
|
110/220
|
50/60
|
B
|
|
Brunei
|
Pal-B
|
230
|
50
|
B
|
|
Cameroon
|
Pal-B/G
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Canary Islands
|
Pal-B/G
|
110/220
|
50
|
-
|
|
Ceuta
|
Pal-B/G
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Czech Republic
|
PAL?
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
China
|
Pal-D
|
220
|
50
|
B/C
|
|
Denmark
|
Pal-B/G
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Ethiopia
|
Pal-B
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Fiji
|
Pal-B
|
240
|
50
|
C
|
|
Finland
|
Pal-B/G
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Gambia
|
Pal-I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Germany
|
Pal-B/G
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Ghana
|
Pal-B
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Gibraltar
|
Pal-B
|
240
|
50
|
D
|
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
Pal-K
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Hong Kong
|
Pal-I
|
200
|
50
|
D
|
|
Iceland
|
Pal-B
|
220
|
50
|
B/C
|
|
India
|
Pal-B
|
230
|
50
|
B
|
|
Indonesia
|
Pal-B
|
127/220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Ireland
|
Pal-I
|
240
|
50
|
D
|
|
Israel
|
Pal-B/G
|
230
|
50
|
B
|
|
Italy
|
Pal-B/G
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Jordan
|
Pal-B
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Kenya
|
Pal-B
|
220
|
50
|
D
|
|
Korea (D.P.R)
|
Pal-D
|
220
|
60
|
A
|
|
Kuwait
|
Pal-B
|
240
|
50
|
B/D
|
|
Laos
|
Pal-M
|
110/220
|
-
|
A/B
|
|
Lesotho
|
Pal-I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Liberia
|
Pal-B
|
120
|
60
|
A
|
|
Macao
|
Pal
|
110/220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Madeira
|
Pal-B
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Malaysia
|
Pal-B/G
|
240
|
50
|
B/D
|
|
Malawi
|
Pal-B/G
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Maldives
|
Pal-B
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Malta
|
Pal
|
220
|
50
|
B/D
|
|
Monoca
|
Pal-B/G
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Mozambique
|
Pal-I
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Namibia
|
Pal-I
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Nepal
|
Pal-B/G
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Netherlands
|
Pal-B/G
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
New Zeland
|
Pal-B
|
230
|
50
|
C
|
|
Nigeria
|
Pal-B
|
230
|
50
|
B/D
|
|
Norway
|
Pal-B/G
|
230
|
50
|
B
|
|
Oman
|
Pal-B/G
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Pakistan
|
Pal-B/G
|
230
|
50
|
B
|
|
Papua New Guinea
|
Pal-B/G
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Parguay
|
Pal-N
|
220
|
-
|
B
|
|
Portugal
|
Pal-B/G
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Qatar
|
Pal-B
|
240
|
50
|
-
|
|
Seychelles
|
Pal-B/G
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
Pal-B
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Singapore
|
Pal-B
|
230
|
50
|
B
|
|
Slovakia
|
PAL?
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Somalia
|
Pal-B/G
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
South Africa
|
Pal-I
|
220/250
|
50
|
D
|
|
Spain
|
Pal-B/G
|
127/220
|
50
|
A/B
|
|
Srilanka
|
Pal-B
|
230
|
50
|
B
|
|
Sudan
|
Pal-B
|
220
|
-
|
B
|
|
Swaziland
|
Pal-B/G
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Sweden
|
Pal-B/G
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Switzerland
|
Pal-B/G
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Tanzania
|
Pal-I
|
220
|
-
|
B/D
|
|
Thailand
|
Pal-B
|
220
|
50
|
A
|
|
Turkey
|
Pal-B/G
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Uganda
|
Pal-B
|
220
|
-
|
B
|
|
United Arab Emirates
|
Pal-B/G
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Pal-I
|
240
|
50
|
D
|
|
Uruguay
|
Pal-N
|
220
|
-
|
B/D
|
|
Vietnam
|
Pal-B/G
|
127/230
|
50
|
A/B
|
|
Yemen Arab Republic
|
Pal-B
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Yugoslavia
|
Pal-B
|
220
|
50
|
B
|
|
Zambia
|
Pal-B
|
220
|
-
|
B/D
|
|
Zanzibar
|
Pal-I
|
220
|
-
|
B/D
|
