List of common resolutions

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Main article: Display resolution

This is a list of image resolutions sorted by the horizontal pixel dimension in ascending numerical order.

Visual comparison of common TV display resolutions.

The image above contains somewhat incorrect information: A PAL image is made out of 720x576 non square pixels, NTSC is 720x486. However both have an aspect ratio of 4:3. NTSC DV/DVD have only 480 active lines in order to accommodate compression pixel blocks.

It is important to realise that the use of the word "resolution" in this context is misleading and inaccurate. The sizes given are pixel dimensions, and do not imply anything about the resolution of the display, which would be expressed in PPI (pixels per inch) or PPCM (pixels per centimeter). This explains why larger pixel dimensions do not necessarily imply that the final image will be physically larger; indeed, fitting more pixels onto the same display will produce an image the same physical size but with a higher image density and hence text and images will appear smaller.

Note that many of the acronyms below (really from SVGA onwards) are confusing even to technical readers[1]. It is probably therefore better to write the pixel dimensions in full (for example, 3200x2048) rather than using an acronym (for example, WQSXGA).

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[edit] Computer graphics

For the table below, DAR is the Display aspect ratio:

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Computer and handheld screens
Standard Width Height DAR DAR Pixels
VIC-II multicolor, IBM PCjr 16-color 160 × 200 4:5 0.8 32,000
Acorn BBC 20 column modes 160 × 256 5:8 0.625 40,960
Palm (PDA) LoRES 160 × 160 1:1 1.0 25,600
Nokia Series 60 phones 176 × 208 11:13 0.846 36,608
SonyEricsson phones 176 × 220 4:5 0.8 38,720
TMS9918, ZX Spectrum, Nintendo DS (each screen) 256 × 192 4:3 1.333 49,152
Elektronika BK 256 × 256 1:1 1.0 65,536
Apple II HiRes 280 × 192 35:24 1.458 53,760
Atari 400/800 320 × 192 5:3 1.667 61,440
CGA 4-color, Atari ST 16 color, VIC-II Hires, Amiga OCS NTSC Lowres, Apple IIGS LoRes 320 × 200 8:5 1.6 64,000
QVGA 320 × 240 4:3 1.333 76,800
Acorn BBC 40 column modes, Amiga OCS PAL Lowres 320 × 256 5:4 1.25 76,800
Palm (PDA) HiRES 320 × 320 1:1 1.0 102,400
Palm (PDA) HiRES+ 320 × 480 2:3 1.5 153,600
Nokia Series 60 some 3rd edition phones (E70, N80) 352 × 416 11:13 0.846 146,432
WQVGA 432 × 240 9:5 1.8 103,680
PlayStation Portable 480 × 272 30:17 1.765 130,560
HVGA, iPhone 480 × 320 3:2 1.5 153,200
Black & white Macintosh (9") 512 × 342 3:2 1.5 175,104
Macintosh LC (12")/Color Classic 512 × 384 4:3 1.333 196,608
Elektronika BK 512 × 256 2:1 2.0 131,072
Apple IIe Double Hires 560 × 192 35:12 2.917 107,520
Atari ST 4 color, CGA mono, Amiga OCS NTSC Hires, Apple IIGS HiRes 640 × 200 16:5 3.2 128,000
Acorn BBC 80 column modes, Amiga OCS PAL Hires 640 × 256 5:2 2.5 163,840
EGA 640 × 350 64:35 1.829 224,000
QHD[3] 640 × 360 16:9 1.778 230,400
Atari ST mono, Amiga OCS NTSC interlaced 640 × 400 8:5 1.6 256,000
VGA and MCGA 640 × 480 4:3 1.333 307,200
Amiga OCS PAL interlaced 640 × 512 5:4 1.25 327,680
HGC 720 × 348 60:29 2.069 250,560
MDA 720 × 350 72:35 2.057 252,000
Apple Lisa 720 × 364 180:91 1.978 262,080
WGA or WVGA 800 × 480 5:3 1.667 384,000
Nokia E90 800 × 352 25:11 1.273 281,600
SVGA 800 × 600 4:3 1.333 480,000
Apple Macintosh 832 × 624 4:3 1.333 519,168[4]
WXGA[5] 1024 × 576 16:9 1.778 589,824
XGA 1024 × 768 4:3 1.333 786,432
Network Computing Devices 1024 × 1024 1:1 1.0 1,048,576
NeXTcube 1120 × 832 35:26 1.346 931,840
Apple PowerBook G4 (original Titanium) 1152 × 768 3:2 1.5 884,736
BrightView 1280 × 768 15:9 1.667 983,040
XGA+ 1152 × 864 4:3 1.333 995,328[6]
Sun 1152 × 900 32:25 1.28 1,036,800
WXGA[7] 1280 × 800 16:10 1.6 1,024,000
Apple PowerBook G4 1280 × 854 640:427 1.499 1,093,120
SXVGA, Quad VGA 1280 × 960 4:3 1.333 1,228,800
SXGA 1280 × 1024 5:4 1.25 1,310,720
WXGA 1366 × 768 16:9 1.778 1,049,088
WXGA+ 1440 × 900 16:10 1.6 1,296,000
Apple PowerBook G4 (final version) 1440 × 960 3:2 1.5 1,382,400
SXGA+[8] 1400 × 1050 4:3 1.333 1,470,000
WSXGA 1600 × 1024 25:16 1.5625 1,638,400
UXGA 1600 × 1200 4:3 1.333 1,920,000
WSXGA+ 1680 × 1050 16:10 1.6 1,764,000
WUXGA 1920 × 1200 16:10 1.6 2,304,000
TXGA 1920 × 1400 48:35 1.371 2,688,000
QXGA 2048 × 1536 4:3 1.333 3,145,728
WQXGA 2560 × 1600 16:10 1.6 4,096,000
QSXGA 2560 × 2048 5:4 1.25 5,242,880
QSXGA+ 2800 × 2100 4:3 1.333 5,880,000
WQSXGA 3200 × 2048 25:16 1.5625 6,553,600
QUXGA 3200 × 2400 4:3 1.333 7,680,000
WQUXGA 3840 × 2400 16:10 1.6 9,216,000
Ultra Definition 3840 × 2160 16:9 1.778 8,294,400
HXGA 4096 × 3072 4:3 1.333 12,582,912
WHXGA 5120 × 3200 16:10 1.6 16,384,000
HSXGA 5120 × 4096 5:4 1.25 20,971,520
WHSXGA 6400 × 4096 25:16 1.5625 26,214,400
HUXGA 6400 × 4800 4:3 1.333 30,720,000
WHUXGA 7680 × 4800 16:10 1.6 36,864,000

[edit] Television

Analog television standards
Standard Resolution[9] DAR Pixels
PAL, SECAM ~520 × 576 lines 4:3 ~201,600
PALplus ~520 × 576 lines 16:9 ~201,600
Undecoded PALplus ~520 × 432 lines 16:9 ~151,200
NTSC ~440 × 486 lines 4:3 ~129,600
Laserdisc ~580 × 480 (NTSC) 4:3 ~268,800
~570 × 576 (PAL/SECAM) ~322,560
Betamax ~320 × 480 (NTSC) 4:3 ~120,000
~310 × 576 (PAL/SECAM) ~144,000
Betamax Superbeta ~380 × 480 (NTSC) 4:3 ~136,800
~370 × 576 (PAL/SECAM) ~164,160
VHS ~320 × 480 (NTSC) 4:3 ~115,200
~310 × 576 (PAL/SECAM) ~138,240
S-VHS ~530 × 480 (NTSC) 4:3 ~192,000
~520 × 576 (PAL/SECAM) ~230,400
Digital television standards
Standard Resolution DAR Pixels
Video CD 352 × 240 (NTSC) 4:3 (non-square pixels) 84,480
352 × 288 (PAL) 101,376
UMD 480 × 272 ~16:9 130,560
China Video Disc 352 × 480 (NTSC) 4:3 (non-square pixels) 168,960
352 × 576 (PAL) 202,725
SVCD 480 × 480 (NTSC) 4:3 (non-square pixels) 230,400
480 × 576 (PAL) 276,480
SDTV 480i, EDTV 480p 640 × 480 4:3 or 16:9 307,200
704 × 480 337,920
852 × 480 408,960
DVD 720 × 480 (NTSC) 4:3 or 16:9 (non-square pixels) 345,600
720 × 576 (PAL) 414,720
720p (HDTV, Blu-ray) 1280 × 720 16:9 921,600
1080p, 1080i (HDTV, Blu-ray) 1920 × 1080 16:9 2,073,600

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Digital film standards
Standard Resolution DAR Pixels
Full Aperture 4K 4096 x 3112 1.33:1 12,746,752
Academy 4K 3656 × 2664 1.37:1 9,739,584
Digital cinema 4K 4096 × 1714 2.39:1 7,020,544
3996 × 2160 1.85:1 8,631,360
Full Aperture Native 2K 2048 × 1536 1.33:1 3,145,728
Academy 2K 1828 × 1332 1.37:1 2,434,896
Digital Cinema 2K 2048 × 858 2.39:1 1,757,184
1998 × 1080 1.85:1 2,157,840
Post-production digital working resolutions
Standard Resolution DAR PAR Pixels
Full Aperture 4K 4096 × 3112 4:3 1:1 12,746,752
Academy 4K 3656 × 2664 1.37:1 1:1 9,739,584
Full Aperture Native 2K 2048 × 1556 4:3 1:1 3,186,688
Academy 2K 1828 × 1332 1.37:1 1:1 2,434,896
Sony HD 1080p 1440 × 1080 4:3 4:3 1,555,200
Panasonic DVCPRO HD 1080p 1280 × 1080 16:9 3:2 1,382,400
Panasonic DVCPRO HD 720p 960 × 720 16:9 4:3 691,200
D1 720 × 540 4:3 1:1 388,800
NTSC 720 × 486 4:3 9:10 349,920
DV 720 × 480 4:3 9:10 345,600
Web 720x 720 × 540 4:3 1:1 388,800
Web 720x HD 720 × 405 16:9 1:1 291,600
Web 640x 640 × 480 4:3 1:1 307,200
Web 640x HD 640 × 360 16:9 1:1 230,400
Web 480x 480 × 360 4:3 1:1 172,800
Web 480x HD 480 × 270 16:9 1:1 129,600
Web 360x 360 × 270 4:3 1:1 97,200
Web 360x HD 360 × 203 16:9 1:1 73,080

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Digital Video Resolutions
Designation
Usage Examples Definition (lines) Rate (Hz)
Interlaced (fields) Progressive (frames)
Low; MP@LL
LDTV, VCD 240; 288 (SIF)   24, 30; 25
Standard; MP@ML
SDTV, SVCD, DVD, DV 480 (NTSC, PAL-M) 60 24, 30
576 (PAL, SECAM) 50 25
Enhanced
EDTV 480; 576   60; 50
High; MP@HL
Visual comparison of common video/TV display resolutions
This table illustrates total horizontal and vertical pixel resolution via box size. It does not accurately reflect the screen or pixel shape (aspect ratio) of these formats, which is either 4:3, or 16:9.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ WUXGA
  2. ^ LCD panels’ resolutions are often quoted in terms of raw subpixels misnamed “pixels” in manufacturer’s specifications. Each real pixel includes one subpixel for each of three colors, so calling subpixels “pixels” inflates the claimed resolution by a factor of three. This bit of disingenuous obfuscation is calculated as horizontal resolution × vertical resolution × 3. For example: 640×480 VGA is 921600 “pixels”, or 307200 pixels, 800×600 SVGA is 1440000 “pixels”, or 480000 pixels, and 1024×768 XGA is 2359296 “pixels”, but only 786432 real pixels.
  3. ^ Quarter-HDTV, mobile phones
  4. ^ Apple Computer ½ Megapixel standard
  5. ^ Widescreen 576-line Extended Graphics Array (XGA) PC standard, VESA
  6. ^ Apple Computer 1 megapixel standard
  7. ^ The term WXGA is used for a range of resolutions with widths of 1280 to 1366 pixels and heights of 720 to 800 pixels.
  8. ^ also 1360 ||×|| 1024, 4:3 DAR, 1,392,640 pixels
  9. ^ ~ = horizontal resolution is an approximation

[edit] References

  • Myers, Robert L. (4 October 2002). "Format and Timing Standards", Display Interfaces: Fundamentals and Standards. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons, 132. ISBN 0-471-49946-3. 
  • Rosch, Winn L. (21 February 2003). "Display Systems", Winn L. Rosch Hardware Bible, 6th edition, Que Publishing, 827. ISBN 0-7897-2859-1.