List of common display resolutions


This article lists computer monitor, television, digital film, and other graphics display resolutions that are in common use. Most of them use certain preferred numbers.

Computer graphics

; Pixel aspect ratio : The horizontal to vertical ratio of each pixel.
; Storage aspect ratio : The horizontal to vertical ratio of solely the number of pixels in each direction.
; Display aspect ratio : The combination of both the pixel aspect ratio and storage aspect ratio giving the aspect ratio as experienced by the viewer.

Television and media

For television, the display aspect ratio is shown, not the storage aspect ratio ; analog television does not have well-defined pixels, while several digital television standards have non-square pixels.

Analog systems

StandardResolution
Display aspect
ratio, :
Total
pixels
CCIR System B/G ~520 × 5764:3
CCIR System D/K/L ~627 × 5764:3
CCIR System I ~573 × 5764:3
CCIR System N ~440 × 5764:3
PALplus~520 × 57616:9
Undecoded PALplus~520 × 43216:9
NTSC, PAL-M~440 × 4864:3
LaserDisc~580 × 486 4:3
LaserDisc~570 × 576 4:3
VHS, Betamax, Video8~320 × 486 4:3
VHS, Betamax, Video8~310 × 576 4:3
Betamax Superbeta~380 × 486 4:3
Betamax Superbeta~370 × 576 4:3
Betacam~387 × 486 4:3
Betacam~387 × 576 4:3
Betacam SP~453 × 486 4:3
Betacam SP~453 × 576 4:3
S-VHS, Hi8~560 × 486 4:3
S-VHS, Hi8~560 × 576 4:3
Hi-Vision~1920 × 103516:9
HD-MAC~1040 × 11525:3
CCIR System A ~503 × 3774:3
819-line~816 × 7364:3

Digital standards

StandardResolution
NameScanFrame rate
Display aspect
ratio, :
Total
pixels
VCD, LDTV 352 × 240SIF 525240p304:384,480
VCD, LDTV 352 × 288SIF 625288p254:3101,376
CVD352 × 480480i304:3, 16:9168,960
CVD352 × 576576i254:3, 16:9202,725
SVCD 480 × 480480i304:3, 16:9230,400
SVCD 480 × 576576i254:3, 16:9276,480
DVD720 × 480NTSC480i, 480p24, 304:3, 16:9345,600
DVD720 × 576PAL576i, 576p254:3, 16:9414,720
SDTV, EDTV 352 × 480480i, 480p304:3, 16:9168,960
SDTV, EDTV 480 × 480480i, 480p304:3, 16:9230,400
SDTV, EDTV 528 × 480480i, 480p304:3, 16:9253,440
SDTV, EDTV 544 × 480480i, 480p304:3, 16:9261,120
SDTV, EDTV 640 × 480480i, 480p304:3, 16:9307,200
SDTV, EDTV 704 × 4804SIF 525480i, 480p304:3, 16:9337,920
SDTV, EDTV 720 × 480NTSC480i, 480p304:3, 16:9345,600
SDTV, EDTV 480 × 576576i, 576p254:3, 16:9276,480
SDTV, EDTV 544 × 576576i, 576p254:3, 16:9313,344
SDTV, EDTV 704 × 5764SIF 625576i, 576p254:3, 16:9405,504
SDTV, EDTV 720 × 576PAL576i, 576p254:3, 16:9414,720
HDTV 1280 × 720HD720p24, 25, 30, 50, 6016:9921,600
HDTV 1280 × 1080Full HD, HD Lite1080i25, 3016:91,382,400
HDTV 1440 × 1080Full HD, HD Lite1080i25, 3016:91,555,200
HDTV 1920 × 1080Full HD1080i, 1080p24, 25, 3016:9, 2.21:12,073,600
UHDTV 3840 × 21604K UHDTV2160p24, 25, 30, 50, 60, 100, 12016:98,294,400
UHDTV 7680 × 43208K UHDTV4320p24, 25, 30, 50, 60, 100, 12016:933,177,600

Many of these resolutions are also used for video files that are not broadcast. These may also use other aspect ratios by cropping otherwise black bars at the top and bottom which result from cinema aspect ratios greater than, such as 1.85 or 2.35 through 2.40, while the standard horizontal resolution, e.g. 1920 pixels, is usually kept. The vertical resolution is usually a multiple of 8 or 16 pixels due to most video codecs processing pixels on such sized blocks. A widescreen FHD video can be for a ratio or for roughly, for instance.

Films

The below distinguish SAR, DAR, and the corresponding PAR, though it currently contains some errors, as flagged.

Video conferencing

StandardResolutionStorage
aspect ratio
Total
pixels
SQCIF 128 × 961.33:112,288
QCIF 176 × 1441.22:125,344
CIF 352 × 2881.22:1101,376
4CIF 704 × 5761.22:1405,504
16CIF 1408 × 11521.22:11,622,016

CCTV

960H is a resolution used in analog CCTV equipment. 960H represents the number of horizontal pixels in a video signal transmitted from a camera or received by a DVR. The resolution of 960H depends on whether the equipment is PAL or NTSC based: 960H represents or pixels. 960H represents an increase in pixels of some 30% over standard D1 resolution, which is pixels, or pixels. The increased resolution over D1 comes as a result of a longer horizontal scan. The difference is that whilst D1 has a 4:3 aspect ratio 960H has a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio. The extra pixels are used to form the increased area to the sides of the D1 image. The pixel density of 960H is identical to standard D1 resolution so it does not give any improvement in image quality, merely a wider aspect ratio.
Alternative analog video transport technologies carrying higher resolutions than 960H include HD-TVI, HDCVI, and AHD.