Resolutions of Computer Graphics Equipment

The following table contains a list of all popular computer display formats. Name CGA QVGA VGA SVGA WVGA XGA XGA+ WXGA Dimension Aspect (w x h) Ratio 320 x 200 320 x 240 640 x 480 800 x 600 854 x 480 1024 x 768 1152 x 768 1280 x 800 1280 x 854 1280 x 960 SXGA SXGA+ WXGA 16:10 4:3 4:3 4:3 16:9 4:3 3:2 16:10 3:2 4:3 Pixels (*) 62.5 k 75.0 k 300 k 469 k 400 k 768 k 864 k 1000 k 1.04 M 1.17 M 1.25 M 1.40 M 1.24 M 1.32 M 1.83 M 1.68 M 2.20 M 3.00 M 3.91 M 5.00 M
Ultra XGA Widescreen Super XGA Plus Widescreen Ultra XGA Quad XGA Widescreen Quad XGA Quad Super XGA Super XGA Super XGA Plus Widescreen XGA (see also 1280 x 800)

Comment
Color Graphics Adapter - first display standard for PCs with color displays. Quarter VGA - Popular format for mobile devices. Video Graphics Array - Standard resolution for PC monitors in the 1990s, nowadays popular display resolution for PDAs. Super VGA - introduced by VESA group. Widescreen VGA - more or less unimportant format. Extended Graphics Array XGA Plus Widescreen XGA (see also 1440 x 900)

1280 x 1024 5:4 1400 x 1050 4:3 1440 x 900 1440 x 960 16:10 3:2

UXGA WSXGA+ WUXGA QXGA WQXGA QSXGA

1600 x 1200 4:3 1680 x 1050 16:10 1920 x 1200 16:10 2048 x 1536 4:3 2560 x 1600 16:10 2560 x 2048 5:4

* number of pixels: 1 k = 1024 and 1 M = 1024 k = 1048576

Resolutions of TV and Video Applications

The following table contains a list of all relevant resolutions defined by digital video standards and used within TV or video equipment. See also the video format page for additional information. Name QCIF CIF NTSC (DV) Dimension Aspect Pixels (w x h) Ratio (*) 176 x 144 352 x 288 720 x 480 4:3(**) 24.8 k 4:3(**) 99.0 k 4:3(**) 338 k 16:9(**) Comment
Quarter Common Intermediate Format - Standard for video conferencing systems. Common Intermediate Format - Standard resolution for video conferencing systems to convert from PAL to NTSC or vice versa. Width and Height is a multiple of 16 to simplify the MPEG encoding (full image can be divided into 16x16 MPEG macroblocks). NTSC is a composite video standard, mainly used in US, Canada, Japan and South Korea. DV is a standard resolution for digital video recording in consumer products according NTSC standard. The DV resolution uses a multiple of 16 for width and height to simplify the MPEG encoding. Thus the number of lines is reduced from 486 to 480 compared with D1. NTSC is a composite video standard, mainly used in US, Canada, Japan and South Korea. D1 is a standard resolution (defined by SMPTE group) for professional video recording with NTSC standard. Necessary resolution to display NTSC (D1/DV) video in 4:3 format by using square pixel. Alternatively, 640 x 480 are used to display NTSC video. PAL is a composite video standard similar to NTSC, mainly used in Europe, Asia and Australia. Since the width and the height of the PAL resolution is a multiple of 16, there is no difference between D1 and DV format. Necessary resolution to display PAL (D1/DV) video in 4:3 format by using square pixel. Necessary resolution to display anamorphic NTSC (D1/DV) video in 16:9 format by using square pixel. Digital Video Cassette PROfessional - SMPTE Standard D12 in 720 p with up to 100 MBit/s. Necessary resolution to display anamorphic PAL (D1/DV) video in 16:9 format by using square pixel. High Definition Television with 1 M Pixel. Popular resolution for LCD TVs with 1 M Pixel. Digital Video Cassette PROfessional - SMPTE Standard D12 in 1080i with up to 100 MBit/s. High Definition Video - standard format for consumer HD digital video with pixel aspect ratio of 1.33. The video is stored by using MPEG-2 compression. Advanced Video Codec High Definition - standard format for consumer HD digital video with pixel aspect ratio of 1.33. The video is stored by using MPEG-4 (H.264) compression. Unimportant format for non-realtime recording of high-resolution digital video as four D1 frames. High Definition Television with 2 M Pixel. Format for non-realtime recording of high-resolution digital video as sixteen D1 frames.

NTSC (D1) NTSC (4:3)

720 x 486 720 x 540

4:3 (**) 342 k 16:9(**) 4:3 380 k

PAL (D1/DV) 720 x 576 PAL (4:3) NTSC Widescreen DVCPRO HD 720 PAL Widescreen HDTV 720 768 x 576 864 x 486 960 x 720 1024 x 576 1280 x 720 1366 x 768 DVCPRO HD 1080 HDV AVCHD D4 HDTV 1080 D16

4:3(**) 405 k 16:9(**) 4:3 16:9 432 k 410 k

16:9(**) 675 k 16:9 16:9 16:9 576 k 900 k 1.00 M

1280 x 1080 16:9(**) 1.32 M 1440 x 1080 16:9(**) 1.48 M 1440 x 1080 16:9(**) 1.48 M 1440 x 1024 4:3(**) 1.41 M 16:9(**) 1920 x 1080 16:9 1.98 M

2880 x 2048 4:3(**) 5.63 M 16:9(**)

* number of pixels: 1 k = 1024 and 1 M = 1024 k = 1048576 ** using non-square pixels (see aspect ratio for additional information).

Resolutions of Mobile Devices

The following table contains a list of display resolutions commonly used within mobile devices, like cell phones, PDAs, portable DVD players, digital cameras or navigation systems. Even many displays are mounted in portrait format, the dimension is written here in landscape format (width >= height). Dimension (w x h) 128 x 128 160 x 128 160 x 160 208 x 176 208 x 208 220 x 176 240 x 180 256 x 256 280 x 220 288 x 160 320 x 240 320 x 256 320 x 320 345 x 240 384 x 234 400 x 240 416 x 352 480 x 234 480 x 272 480 x 320 640 x 480 800 x 480 800 x 600 960 x 540 4:3 16:9 3:2 4:3 4:3 5:4 1:1 1:1 5:4 4:3 1:1 Aspect Ratio 1:1 5:4 1:1 Pixels (*) 16.0 k 20.0 k 25.0 k 35.8 k 42.3 k 37.8 k 42.2 k 64.0 k 60.2 k 45.0 k 75.0 k 80.0 k 100 k 80.9 k 87.8 k 93.8 k 143 k 110 k 128 k 150 k 300 k 375 k 469 k 506 k Comment
Square display format, used in MP3 players (some with JPEG viewer) and in a few mobile phones. Used in MP3 players (with JPEG viewer), mobile phones and mobile navigation systems. Square display format, used in a few mobile navigation systems. Used in a few mobile phone models and portable multimedia players. Used in a some mobile phone models. Popular display format, used in several mobile phones and mobile navigation systems. Used in some mobile navigation systems. Unimportant resolution of a few mobile devices. Used in digital cameras. Used in some mobile navigation systems. QVGA standard resolution - very popular display format, used in many mobile phone models, mobile navigation systems and digital cameras. Used in mobile phones. Standard resolution for the first generation of PDAs. Used in a few mobile phone models. Unimportant resolution, used in some small digital photo frames. Used in mobile phones. Used in a few mobile phone models. Used in mobile navigation systems, small digital photo frames and portable DVD players or DVB-T receivers. Popular display format, used in mobile navigation systems, portable multimedia players or camcorders. Standard display format, used in many PDA models. VGA resolution - standard display resolution of many PDAs and digital photo frames. Used in several portable multimedia/video players. SVGA resolution - used in several PDA models. New format for mobile devices with quarter HD resolution - easy to scale down from HD format with 1920 x 1080 resolution.

* number of pixels: 1 k = 1024