Will a TV or VCR designed for use in the U.S. work overseas?
TVs and VCRs designed for use in the U.S. use a broadcast system called NTSC. The NTSC/ATSC system is primarily used in North America and Japan. Most other countries use either a system called PAL or SECAM. These three systems are incompatible with one another. An NTSC/ATSC TV or VCR will not receive or playback information from a PAL or SECAM broadcast or tape. The same is true of the other systems. There are some TVs and VCRs that are capable of handling all three systems, and both would be needed to play tapes of different systems.
