PAL is an abbreviation for Phase Alternating Line, a color encoding method used in broadcast television. Bringing color television broadcast first to Germany and UK in 1967, it freed Europeans from TV sets with the “Tint” or “Hue” controls that had flummoxed North Americans since 1954.

PAL has been used for Color TV broadcast in the following countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei, Bulgaria, China, Mainland, Hong Kong, Macau, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark (including Faroe Islands and Greenland), East Timor, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland , Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, including Madeira and Azores, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City,North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine (Gaza & West Bank), Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Yemen, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique,Morocco, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe, Angola, Ascension Island, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Tristan da Cunha, Christmas Island, Cook Islands, Easter Island, Fiji, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Falkland Islands

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