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Tape Formats by Location
| South, Central & North America |
All countries in these regions use the NTSC format
with the following exceptions: PAL - Argentina, Bolivia,
Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay
SECAM - Guyana
Unknown - Grenada
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| Asia |
All countries in this region use the PAL format with the following
exceptions: NTSC - Cambodia, Japan, PDR of Yemen, Philippines,
Republic of Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam
SECAM - DPR of Korea, Iraq, Islamic Repulic of Iran, Lebanon,
Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, and Vietnam
Unknown - Bhulan |
| Africa |
All countries in these regions use the PAL format with the
following exceptions:
SECAM - Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Congo, Djibouti,
Egypt, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Libyan Arag Jamhiriya, Madagascar,
Mali, Mauritaina, Mauritus, Morocco Niger, Senegal, Togo,
Tunisia, and Zaire
Unknown - Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros,
Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Sao Tome
and Principe |
| Europe |
All countries in this region use the SECAM format with the
following exceptions: PAL - Albania, Austria, Belgium, Denmark,
Germany, Finland, Gibraltar, Luxembourg, Greenland, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Monaco,
Romania, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United
Kingdom, Yugoslavia
Unknown - Andorra, Georgia, Moldova, Vatican |
| Oceania |
All countries in this region use the NTSC format with the
following exceptions: PAL - Australia, New Zealand, Papua
New Guinea
SECAM - French Polynesia, New Caledonia
Unknown - Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Tonga,
Tuvalu, Vanuats |
| Others |
Here are some countries that don't really fall into any of
the other categories:
NTSC - Antigua, Bermuda, Diego Garcia, Johnstone Is., Midway
Is., Puerto Rico, St. Kits, Turks & Caicos Is., Virgin
Is.
PAL - Azores Is., Canarias Is., Madeira Is., Netherlands
Antilles
SECAM - Guadalupe, Guiana, Martinique, Reunion, St. Pierre
et Miquelon, Tahiti Is.,
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