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Which
format DVD video should I buy?
You
need to choose between:
- DVD-R
NTSC
- DVD+R
NTSC
- DVD-R
PAL
- DVD+R
PAL
You
have to make two choices: DVD+
or DVD- and PAL or NTSC. Its not as hard as it looks.
Which
DVD format will play in your DVD player? The first thing to do is
to look at your DVD player, and the manual. If it does not say,
then use the table below:
| DVD+R |
Philips,
Sony, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Ricoh, Yamaha and others
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| DVD-R |
Panasonic,
Toshiba, Apple Computer, Hitachi, NEC, Pioneer, Samsung and
Sharp |
NTSC
is the US TV system, PAL is the European standard. If you live somewhere
that does not fit into this classification system - use this table:
| NTSC |
USA,
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize,
Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil*, British Indian Ocean Territory,
Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Greenland*,
Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica,
Japan, Korea (South), Laos*, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Micronesia,
Myanmar (Burma), Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Northern
Mariana Islands, Palau (Belau), Panama, Peru, Philippines,
Puerto Rico, Samoa (American), St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia,
St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Taiwan, Tonga, Trinidad
and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States, Venezuela,
Virgin Islands (American and British).
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| PAL |
Afghanistan,
Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia,
Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium,
Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia, Botswana, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso,
Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic,
Chad, China, People's Republic of, Comoros, Congo, Democratic
Republic of (formerly Zaire), Congo, Republic of, Cook Islands,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, East Timor,
Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland
Islands (Malvinas), Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, France
(Metropolitan), Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar,
Greece, Greenland*, Guadeloupe, Guiana (French), Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,
Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland,
Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire), Jordan, Kazakhstan,
Kenya, Korea (North), Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho,
Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia,
Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Martinique,
Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montserrat,
Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands (Holland),
New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman,
Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Pitcairn Island, Poland,
Polynesia (French), Portugal, Qatar, Réunion, Romania, Russia,
Rwanda, Samoa (Western), San Marino, São Tomé and Principe,
Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa,
Spain, Sri Lanka, St. Helena, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Sudan,
Svalbard (Spitzbergen), Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria,
Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau, Tunisia, Turkey,
Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates,
United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis
and Futuna Islands, Western Sahara, Yemen, Yugoslavia (Serbia,
Montenegro, Kosovo), Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
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