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The Apothecary
Shoppe offers VHS videos in NTSC, PAL, or SECAM formats. Please ensure you
select a video in the format used in your country.
Please note
that this information is provided in good faith however within countries
there can be variation in video format. If in doubt, check with your local
video or electronics store.
There are three
main video formats in use around the world:
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NTSC is the
video format used in USA, Canada and Japan;
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PAL is the
video format used in the Britain, Australia, New Zealand, India, Hong
Kong and most of Western Europe;
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SECAM is the
video format used in France and Eastern Europe.
Here are full
lists of the countries using NTSC and PAL formats:
NTSC is the
standard format used in the following countries:
Antigua and
Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil (NTSC is
PAL-M compatible), Canada, Chile, China (Taiwan), Colombia, Costa Rica,
Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Grenada,
Guam, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, Democratic People's
Republic (PAL/NTSC), Korea, Republic of Mexico, Micronesia, Myanmar,
Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, St. Christopher and
Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Eastern Suriname,
Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, Venezuela, Vietnam
(NTSC/SECAM), Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, U.S. Yemen (PAL/NTSC)
PAL is the
standard format used in the following countries:
Argentina,
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canary Islands, China, Denmark, Dubai, Fiji,
Finland, former Yugoslav republics (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Macedonia), Germany, Greece, Hong Kong,
Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia,
Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Poland, Singapore, South
Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United
Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
SECAM is the
standard format used in the following countries:
Afghanistan,
Benin, Bukina Faso, Bulgaria, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad,
Congo, Czechoslovakia, Djibouti, Egypt, France, French Guiana, Gabon,
Greece, Guadalope, Guinea, Gyprus, Haiti, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast,
Lebanon, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Martinique, Maruitius, Mauritania, Monaco,
Morocco, Niger, North Korea, Poland, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal,
Syria , Togo, Tunisia, Vietnam, Western Samoa, Zaire.
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