Editing PAL (section)

== Geographic reach ==
PAL was adopted by most European countries, by several African countries, including South Africa, by [[Argentina]], [[Brazil]], [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]], and by most of [[Asia–Pacific|Asia Pacific (including the Middle East and South Asia)]].<ref name="dvd-replica_com-palnations"/> Countries in those regions that did not adopt PAL were [[France]],<ref name="auto4">{{cite web |date=23 February 2009 |title=PGC categories – Countries using SECAM standard |url=http://dvd-replica.com/DVD/secamnations.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223080729/http://dvd-replica.com/DVD/secamnations.php |archive-date=2009-02-23}}</ref> Francophone Africa,<ref name="auto4" /> several ex-[[Soviet Union|Soviet]] states,<ref name="auto4" /> [[Japan]],<ref name="auto3">{{cite web |date=22 April 2009 |title=PGC categories – Countries using NTSC standard |url=http://dvd-replica.com/DVD/ntscnations.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422022808/http://dvd-replica.com/DVD/ntscnations.php |archive-date=2009-04-22}}</ref> [[South Korea]], [[Liberia]], [[Myanmar]], the [[Philippines]],<ref name="auto3" /> and [[Taiwan]].<ref name="auto3" />

=== PAL region ===
With the introduction of [[home video]] releases and later digital sources (e.g. [[DVD-Video]]), the name "PAL" might be used to refer to digital formats, even though they use completely different colour encoding systems. For instance, [[576i]] (576 interlaced lines) digital video with colour encoded as [[YCbCr]], intended to be backward compatible and easily displayed on legacy PAL devices, is usually mentioned as "PAL" (eg: "PAL DVD"). Likewise, video game consoles outputting a 50&nbsp;Hz signal might be labeled as "PAL", as opposed to 60&nbsp;Hz on NTSC machines. These designations should not be confused with the analog colour system itself.