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A visual comparison of common TV display resolutions . A PAL image is made out of 720x576 non square pixels, NTSC is 720x486. However both have an aspect ratio of 4:3, leading to inaccuracies within this image. NTSC DV/DVD have only 480 active lines in order to accommodate compression pixel blocks.
This is a list of image resolutions sorted by the horizontal pixel dimension in ascending numerical order.
It is important to realize 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.
Tables
Computer graphics
For the table below, DAR is the display aspect ratio, based solely on pixel count. It does not take into account pixel aspect ratio.[1]
Computer and handheld screens
Standard
Width
Height
DAR
DAR
Pixels
Apple II HiRes (6 color) and Apple IIe Double HiRes (16 color), grouping subpixels
140
×
192
35:48
0.729
26,880
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 Modes 1 (e.g. TI-99/4a ) and 2, 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 (1 bit per pixel)
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
81,920
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
Quarter SVGA (no official name, selectable in some PC shooters)
400
×
300
4:3
1.33
120,000
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 (1 bit per pixel)
560
×
192
35:12
2.917
107,520
(unnamed)
600
×
480
5:4
1.25
288,000
Atari ST 4 color, CGA mono, Amiga OCS NTSC Hires, Apple IIGS HiRes
640
×
200
16:5
3.2
128,000
HVGA , Handheld PC
640
×
240
8:3
2.667
153,600
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 / nHD [2] [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 , MCGA , Sun-1 color
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
WVGA
768
×
480
8:5
1.6
368,640
WGA or WVGA , ASUS Eee PC 700 and 701 series
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]
WVGA
856
×
480
~16:9
1.783
410,880
3/4 HD
960
×
540
16:9
1.777
518,400
(unnamed, selectable in some first/third-person shooters)
960
×
720
4:3
1.333
691,200
WSVGA
1024
×
576
16:9
1.778
589,824
ASUS Eee PC 900, 901 and 1000 series
1024
×
600
128:75
1.707
614,400
(unnamed)
1024
×
640
8:5
1.6
655,360
XGA
1024
×
768
4:3
1.333
786,432
Sun-1 monochrome
1024
×
800
32:25
1.28
819,200
Network Computing Devices
1024
×
1024
1:1
1.0
1,048,576
NeXT MegaPixel Display
1120
×
832
35:26
1.346
931,840
(unnamed)
1152
×
720
8:5
1.6
829,440
Apple PowerBook G4 (original Titanium)
1152
×
768
3:2
1.5
884,736
XGA+
1152
×
864
4:3
1.333
995,328[5]
BrightView
1280
×
768
15:9
1.667
983,040
Sun-2 Prime Monochrome or Color Video, also common in Sun-3 and Sun-4 workstations
1152
×
900
32:25
1.28
1,036,800
WXGA , min.
1280
×
720
16:9
1.778
921,600
WXGA , avg.
1280
×
768
5:3
1.667
983,040
WXGA , avg.
1280
×
800
8:5
1.6
1,024,000
Apple PowerBook G4
1280
×
854
~3:2
1.499
1,093,120
SXGA-
1280
×
960
4:3
1.333
1,228,800
SXGA
1280
×
1024
5:4
1.25
1,310,720
WXGA , max.
1366
×
768
~16:9
1.779
1,049,088
SXGA+
1400
×
1050
4:3
1.333
1,470,000
WXGA+
1440
×
900
8:5
1.6
1,296,000
Apple PowerBook G4 (final version)
1440
×
960
3:2
1.5
1,382,400
(unnamed)
1440
×
1080
4:3
1.333
1,555,200
WSXGA
1600
×
1024
25:16
1.5625
1,638,400
UXGA
1600
×
1200
4:3
1.333
1,920,000
WSXGA+
1680
×
1050
8:5
1.6
1,764,000
WUXGA
1920
×
1200
8:5
1.6
2,304,000
TXGA
1920
×
1400
48:35
1.371
2,688,000
(unnamed, available on some GPUs/monitors)
1920
×
1440
4:3
1.333
2,764,800
QWXGA
2048
×
1152
16:9
1.778
2,359,296
QXGA
2048
×
1536
4:3
1.333
3,145,728
WQXGA
2560
×
1600
8:5
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
8:5
1.6
9,216,000
QFHD aka 2160p
3840
×
2160
16:9
1.778
8,294,400
HXGA
4096
×
3072
4:3
1.333
12,582,912
WHXGA
5120
×
3200
8:5
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
8:5
1.6
36,864,000
Television
Analog television standards
Standard
Resolution[6]
DAR
Pixels
PAL , SECAM
704/720 × 576 lines
4:3
~404,352
PALplus
704/720 × 576 lines
16:9
~404,352
Undecoded PALplus
704/720 × 432 lines
16:9
~303,264
NTSC
~640 × 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
Movies
Digital film standards
Standard
Resolution
DAR
Pixels
Full Aperture 4K
4096 x 3112
1.32:1
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 × 1556
1.32:1
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 HDCAM SR (1080)
1920 × 1080
16:9
3:2
2,073,600
Sony HDCAM (1080)
1440 × 1080
16:9
3:2
1,555,200
HDV 1080i /p
1440 × 1080
16:9
4:3
1,555,200
Panasonic DVCPRO HD 1080, 50i
1440 × 1080
16:9
3:2
1,555,200
Panasonic DVCPRO HD 1080, 59.94i
1280 × 1080
16:9
3:2
1,382,400
Panasonic DVCPRO HD 720p
960 × 720
16:9
4:3
691,200
D1 PAL
720 × 576
4:3
32:30
414,720
D1 NTSC
720 × 486
4:3
9:10
349,920
DV PAL
720 × 576
4:3
32:30
414,720
DV NTSC
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
Video Conferencing
Video Conferencing standards
Standard
Resolution
DAR
Pixels
SQCIF (Sub Quarter CIF )
128 x 96
1.33:1
12,288
QCIF (Quarter CIF )
176 x 144
1.22:1
25,344
CIF (or FCIF)
352 x 288
1.22:1
101,376
4CIF (4 * CIF )
704 x 576
1.22:1
405,504
16CIF (16 * CIF )
1408 x 1152
1.22:1
1,622,016
Designation
Usage examples
Definition (lines)
Rate (Hz)
Interlaced (fields)
Progressive (frames)
Low, MP@LL Standard, MP@ML Enhanced, HMP@HML High, MP@HL
HDTV , BD , HD DVD , HDV
720
24, 30, 60; 25, 50
1080, 1440
60; 50
24, 30, 60; 25, 50
Ultra-high
Notes
^ 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 subpixels, or 307200 pixels, 800×600 SVGA is 1440000 subpixels, or 480000 pixels, and 1024×768 XGA is 2359296 subpixels, but only 786432 full-color pixels.
^ Device Details -- Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
^ QHD - The Free Online Dictionary
^ Apple Computer ½ Megapixel standard
^ Apple Computer 1 megapixel standard
^ ~ = horizontal resolution is an approximation
References
Myers, Robert L. (2002). "Format and Timing Standards". Display Interfaces: Fundamentals and Standards . Chichester: John Wiley and Sons. p. 132. ISBN 0-471-49946-3.
Rosch, Winn L. (2003). "Display Systems". Winn L. Rosch Hardware Bible (6th edition ed.). Que Publishing. p. 827. ISBN 0-7897-2859-1. ;