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Explanation of video formats, TV standards and DVD regions
This page is intended to help CricInfo users identify which format of
video or DVD they require. In case of difficulty, please call CricShop
customer services on +44 (0)1892 893022. 24 hour service: lines open
9am - 5pm GMT, answerphone at all other times.
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Video formats
Cricket videos are usually available in one of three formats:-
- VHS: Video Home System. The longest established and most widely used tape
format. Quality is usually good, although tapes can deteriorate with age with drop-out
becoming a problem.
- DVD: Digital Versatile Disc. The newest format, allowing perfect picture and
sound quality. Requires a DVD player or DVD drive on your PC. See also notes on DVD regions.
- VCD: Video CD - a format used predominantly in Asia. Picture and sound quality
is noticeably inferior to that of DVD. Requires a VCD player, and will also play on most PCs.
DVD Regions
For anti-piracy purposes, DVD producers encode their DVDs to work only on players in specific
regions. The region code of your DVD and DVD player must match, otherwise your DVD will not play.
However, many DVD players are "chipped" which allows them to play DVDs from all regions.
CricShop currently sells DVDs from a variety of different regions, depending on the title. Most
cricket videos are either Region 0 (viewable worldwide), Region 1 (North America), Region 2 (UK
release only) or Region 4 (Australia release only). Other regions either do not exist, or they
are not available to us. This is beyond our control.
Region 0: DVDs recorded as Region 0 will play in all regions.
Region 1: Canada, United States and its territories.
Region 2: Japan, Europe, South Africa, Middle East.
Region 3: South-East Asia, East Asia.
Region 4: Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central America, Mexico, South America, Caribbean.
Region 5: Former Soviet Union, Indian Subcontinent, Africa (also North Korea, Mongolia).
Region 6: China.
TV formats
Three different television formats are used around the world. The majority of the "cricket world" uses
the PAL format, whereas the majority of the Americas and the Far East tend to use the NTSC format.
Please ensure that you choose the appropriate TV standard when buying your video or DVD.
NATION |
TV STANDARD |
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA |
NTSC |
AUSTRALIA |
PAL |
BANGLADESH |
PAL |
BARBADOS |
NTSC |
CANADA |
NTSC |
INDIA |
PAL |
JAMAICA |
NTSC |
KENYA |
PAL |
NETHERLANDS |
PAL |
NEW ZEALAND |
PAL |
PAKISTAN |
PAL |
SOUTH AFRICA |
PAL |
SRI LANKA |
PAL |
ST. KITTS & NEVIS |
NTSC |
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO |
NTSC |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
PAL |
UNITED STATES |
NTSC |
UNITED KINGDOM |
PAL |
ZIMBABWE |
PAL |
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AFGHANISTAN |
PAL and SECAM |
ALBANIA |
PAL |
ALGERIA |
PAL |
ANGOLA |
PAL |
ANTARCTICA |
NTSC |
ARGENTINA |
PAL |
ARMENIA |
SECAM |
ARUBA |
NTSC |
AUSTRIA |
PAL |
AZERBAIJAN |
SECAM |
AZORES |
PAL |
BAHAMAS |
NTSC |
BAHRAIN |
PAL |
BELARUS |
SECAM |
BELGIUM |
PAL |
BELGIUM (ARMED FORCES NETWORK) |
NTSC |
BELIZE |
NTSC |
BENIN |
SECAM |
BERMUDA |
NTSC |
BOLIVIA |
NTSC |
BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA |
PAL |
BOTSWANA |
SECAM and PAL |
BRAZIL |
PAL |
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY |
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(AF DIEGO GARCIA TV - AFRTS) |
NTSC |
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM |
PAL |
BULGARIA |
SECAM |
BURKINA FASO |
SECAM |
BURUNDI |
SECAM |
CAMBODIA |
PAL and NTSC |
CAMEROON |
PAL |
CANARY ISLANDS |
PAL |
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC |
SECAM |
CHAD |
SECAM |
CHILE |
NTSC |
CHINA (PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC) |
PAL |
COLOMBIA |
NTSC |
CONGO (PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC) |
SECAM |
CONGO, DEM. REP. (ZAIRE) |
SECAM |
COOK ISLANDS |
PAL |
COSTA RICA |
NTSC |
COTE D'IVOIRE (IVORY COAST) |
SECAM |
CROATIA |
PAL |
CUBA |
NTSC |
CYPRUS |
PAL |
CZECH REPUBLIC |
PAL |
DENMARK |
PAL |
DIEGO GARCIA |
NTSC |
DJIBOUTI |
SECAM |
DOMINICA |
NTSC |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
NTSC |
EASTER ISLAND |
PAL |
ECUADOR |
NTSC |
EGYPT |
PAL and SECAM |
EL SALVADOR |
NTSC |
EQUITORIAL GUINEA |
SECAM |
ESTONIA |
PAL and SECAM |
ETHIOPIA |
PAL |
FALKLAND ISLANDS |
PAL |
FIJI |
NTSC |
FINLAND |
PAL |
FRANCE |
SECAM |
FRANCE (FRENCH FORCES TV) |
SECAM |
GABON |
SECAM |
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS |
NTSC |
GAMBIA |
PAL |
GEORGIA |
SECAM |
GERMANY |
PAL |
GERMANY (ARMED FORCES TV GERMANY) |
NTSC |
GHANA |
PAL |
GIBRALTAR |
PAL |
GREECE |
SECAM |
GREENLAND |
PAL |
GRENADA |
NTSC |
GUAM |
NTSC |
GUADELOUPE |
SECAM |
GUATEMALA |
NTSC |
GUIANA (FRENCH) |
SECAM |
GUINEA |
PAL |
GUYANA |
NTSC |
HAITI |
NTSC |
HONDURAS |
NTSC |
HONG KONG |
PAL |
HUNGARY |
PAL |
ICELAND |
PAL |
INDONESIA |
PAL |
IRAN |
SECAM |
IRAQ |
SECAM |
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF |
PAL |
ISLE OF MAN |
PAL |
ISRAEL |
PAL |
ITALY |
PAL |
JAPAN |
NTSC |
JOHNSTONE ISLAND |
NTSC |
JORDAN |
PAL |
KAZAKHSTAN |
SECAM |
KOREA (NORTH) |
SECAM and PAL |
KOREA (SOUTH) |
NTSC |
KUWAIT |
PAL |
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC |
SECAM |
LAOS |
PAL |
LATVIA |
PAL and SECAM |
LEBANON |
PAL |
LESOTHO |
PAL |
LIBERIA |
PAL |
LIBYA |
PAL |
LIECHTENSTEIN |
PAL B/G |
LITHUANIA |
PAL and SECAM |
LUXEMBOURG |
PAL and SECAM |
MACAU |
PAL |
MACEDONIA |
PAL |
MADAGASCAR |
SECAM |
MADEIRA |
PAL |
MALAYSIA |
PAL |
MALDIVES |
PAL |
MALI |
SECAM |
MALTA |
PAL |
MARSHALL ISLANDS |
NTSC |
MARTINIQUE |
SECAM |
MAURITANIA |
SECAM |
MAURITIUS |
SECAM |
MAYOTTE |
SECAM |
MEXICO |
NTSC |
MICRONESIA |
NTSC |
MIDWAY ISLAND |
NTSC |
MOLDOVA (MOLDAVIA) |
SECAM |
MONACO |
SECAM and PAL |
MONGOLIA |
SECAM |
MONTSERRAT |
NTSC |
MOROCCO |
SECAM |
MOZAMBIQUE |
PAL |
MYANMAR (BURMA) |
NTSC |
NAMIBIA |
PAL |
NEPAL |
B |
NETHERLANDS (ARMED FORCES NETWORK) |
NTSC |
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES |
NTSC |
NEW CALEDONIA |
SECAM |
NICARAGUA |
NTSC |
NIGER |
SECAM |
NIGERIA |
PAL |
NORFOLK ISLAND |
PAL |
NORTH MARIANA ISLANDS |
NTSC |
NORWAY |
PAL |
OMAN |
PAL |
PALAU |
NTSC |
PANAMA |
NTSC |
PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
PAL |
PARAGUAY |
PAL |
PERU |
NTSC |
PHILIPPINES |
NTSC |
POLAND |
PAL |
POLYNESIA (FRENCH) |
SECAM |
PORTUGAL |
PAL |
PUERTO RICO |
NTSC |
QATAR |
PAL |
REUNION |
SECAM |
ROMANIA |
PAL |
RUSSIA |
SECAM |
ST. LUCIA |
NTSC |
ST. PIERRE ET MIQUELON |
SECAM |
ST. VINCENT |
NTSC |
SAO TOMÉ E PRINCIPE |
PAL |
SAMOA, AMERICAN |
NTSC |
SAUDI ARABIA |
SECAM and PAL |
SAMOA |
NTSC |
SENEGAL |
SECAM |
SEYCHELLES |
PAL |
SIERRA LEONE |
PAL |
SINGAPORE |
PAL |
SLOVAKIA |
PAL |
SLOVENIA |
PAL |
SOMALIA |
PAL |
SPAIN |
PAL |
SUDAN |
PAL |
SURINAME |
NTSC |
SWAZILAND |
PAL |
SWEDEN |
PAL |
SWITZERLAND |
PAL |
SYRIA |
SECAM and PAL |
TAHITI |
SECAM |
TAIWAN |
NTSC |
TAJIKISTAN |
SECAM |
TANZANIA |
PAL |
THAILAND |
PAL |
TOGO |
SECAM |
TUNISIA |
SECAM |
TURKEY |
PAL |
TURKMENISTAN |
SECAM |
TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS |
NTSC |
UGANDA |
PAL |
UKRAINE |
SECAM |
URUGUAY |
PAL |
UZBEKISTAN |
SECAM |
VENEZUELA |
NTSC |
VIETNAM |
NTSC and SECAM |
VIRGIN ISLANDS (US & BRITISH) |
NTSC |
WALLIS & FUTUNA |
SECAM |
YEMEN |
PAL and NTSC |
YUGOSLAVIA |
PAL |
ZAMBIA |
PAL |
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