User Guide

Video Standards and DVD Regions for Countries/Territories 287
Video Standards and DVD Regions for Countries/Territories
Table 13 lists the DVD regions and television video standards for the world’s
countries/territories. It is recommend that you always check which television standard is
currently in use for the target countries before beginning a project. This information is
provided in good faith and believed to be correct at the time of printing, but Sonic cannot
be held responsible for errors or omissions.
Note: If a country is listed as using both video standards, it means that both systems are
used in different areas. For example, Greenland uses PAL except on U.S. military bases.
Brazil and Laos use both NTSC and PAL-M, a video standard that uses 525 scan lines at 59.94
fields per second, the same as NTSC; when creating projects for Brazil and Laos, use NTSC.
Table 13: DVD regions and TV systems
Country/Territory DVD Region Television Video Standard
Afghanistan 5 PAL
Albania 2 PAL
Algeria 5 PAL
Andorra 2 PAL
Angola 5 PAL
Anguilla 4 NTSC
Antigua and Barbuda 4 NTSC
Argentina 4 PAL
Armenia 5 PAL
Aruba 4 NTSC
Australia 4 PAL
Austria 2 PAL
Azerbaijan 5 PAL
Bahamas 4 NTSC