NTSC is the colour television system used in the USA, Canada, Mexico and Japan. It is the oldest standard colour television system and was defined by the US National Television Systems Committee (NTSC). For a more comprehensive list of countries using the NTSC format please follow this link.

PAL is the colour coding system for television widely used in the UK, Europe, South Africa and throughout the world. The acronym is derived from Phase Alternating Line (PAL). For a more comprehensive list of countries using the PAL format please follow this link.

It is required from customers to make sure that their Video/DVD machines can play back and their TV sets can display the colour system (PAL / NTSC) which they choose when placing an order.