Wide XGA

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This article is about the computer graphics format Wide XGA (WXGA). For the public television station in Waycross, Georgia, see WXGA-TV.

Common Wide XGA resolutions
Resolution	Usage	Aspect ratio
1280×720	Monitors	16:9
1280×768	Monitors	16:9.6 (5:3)
1280×800	Monitors	16:10 (8:5)
1360×768	LCD TVs	16:9 (approx.)
1366×768	LCD TVs	16:9 (approx.)
1920×1080	SXRD projectors	16:9

Wide XGA (WXGA) is a set of non standard resolutions derived from the XGA display standard by widening it to a wide screen aspect ratio. WXGA is generally understood to refer to a resolution of 1366×768, with an aspect ratio of 16:9. In 2006 this was the most popular resolution for liquid crystal display televisions and HD ready plasma flat panel displays.^{[citation needed]}

Other resolutions have also been labeled as WXGA, ranging from 1920×1080 as in the Sony VPL-VW50 projector, to 720×800^{[citation needed]}. These are the most common resolutions given the label (in ascending order by total number of pixels):

1280×720^[1]
1280×768^[2]
1280×800^[3]
1360×768^[4]
1366×768^[5]

WXGA is commonly used by LCD TV sets and computer monitors for widescreen presentation. The 1366×nnn resolutions commonly apply to LCD TVs while the 1280×nnn resolutions are found mostly in notebooks/laptops.

1280×720 provides perfectly square pixels at an aspect ratio of 16:9, while the additional pixels in 1280×768 and 1280×800 must be ignored to give the 16:9 ratio without vertical stretching of the image. 1360×768 and 1366×768 come very close to 16:9, displaying exactly square pixels if 1360×765 pixels of the display are used.

720p, the HDTV video mode, is a related standard, measuring 1280×720 pixels.

1440×900 resolution displays have also been found labeled as WXGA; however, the correct label is actually WSXGA or WXGA+.

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Limitations of Extended display identification data

Computer display standards v • d • e	Size comparison
Video hardware
MDA \| Hercules \| CGA \| EGA \| VGA \| MCGA \| 8514 \| XGA
Display resolutions
QQVGA \| QVGA \| VGA \| SVGA \| XGA \| XGA+ \| SXGA \| SXGA+ \| UXGA \| QXGA \| QSXGA \| QUXGA \| HXGA \| HSXGA \| HUXGA
Widescreen variants
WXGA \| WSXGA/WXGA+ \| WSXGA+ \| WUXGA \| WQXGA \| WQSXGA \| WHXGA \| WHSXGA \| WHUXGA \| WQUXGA