List of common resolutions


This article lists computer monitor screen resolutions that are defined by standards or in common use. Most of them use certain preferred numbers.

Computer graphics

; Pixel aspect ratio : The horizontal to vertical ratio of each, rectangular, physical 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

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 TV standards

StandardResolution
Display aspect
ratio, :
Total
pixels
PAL, SECAM~520 × 5764:3
PALplus~520 × 57616:9
Undecoded PALplus~520 × 43216:9
NTSC~440 × 4864:3
LaserDisc~580 × 486 4:3
LaserDisc~570 × 576 4:3
Betamax~320 × 486 4:3
Betamax~310 × 576 4:3
Betamax Superbeta~380 × 486 4:3
Betamax Superbeta~370 × 576 4:3
VHS~320 × 486 4:3
VHS~310 × 576 4:3
S-VHS~420 × 576 4:3
Hi-Vision~1920 × 103516:9
HD-MAC~1040 × 11525:3

Digital TV standards

StandardResolution
NameKScanFrame rate
Display aspect
ratio, :
Total
pixels
PixelVision120 × 904:310,800
VCD, LDTV 352 × 240SIF 525240i304:384,480
VCD, LDTV 352 × 288SIF 625288i254:3101,376
UMD 480 × 272½K272p~16:9130,560
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
DVD352 × 480480i, 480p24, 304:3168,960
DVD704 × 4804SIF 525480i, 480p24, 304:3337,920
DVD720 × 480D-1 NTSC480i, 480p24, 304:3, 16:9345,600
DVD352 × 576576i, 576p254:3202,752
DVD704 × 5764SIF 625576i, 576p254:3405,504
DVD720 × 576D-1 PAL576i, 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 × 480D-1 NTSC480i, 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 × 576D-1 PAL576i, 576p254:3, 16:9414,720
HDTV 640 × 7201⅓K720p24, 25, 30, 50, 604:3, 16:9460,800
HDTV 960 × 7201⅓K720p24, 25, 30, 50, 604:3, 16:9691,200
HDTV 1280 × 720HD-11⅓K720p24, 25, 30, 50, 6016:9921,600
HDTV 960 × 10802K1080i, 1080p24, 25, 304:3, 16:9, 2.21:11,036,800
HDTV 1280 × 10802K1080i, 1080p24, 25, 304:3, 16:9, 2.21:11,382,400
HDTV 1440 × 10802K1080i, 1080p24, 25, 304:3, 16:9, 2.21:11,555,200
HDTV 1920 × 1080HD-2, FHD2K1080i, 1080p24, 25, 3016:9, 2.21:12,073,600
HDTV+ 960 × 540qHD1K540p24, 25, 30, 50, 6016:9518,400
HDTV+ 1600 × 900HD+1⅔K900p24, 25, 30, 50, 6016:91,440,000
HDTV+ 2560 × 14402⅔K1440p24, 25, 30, 50, 6016:93,686,400
HDTV+ 3200 × 18003⅓K1800p24, 25, 30, 50, 6016:95,760,000
UHDTV 2880 × 21604K2160p24, 25, 30, 50, 60, 100, 12016:96,220,800
UHDTV 3840 × 2160UHD-14K2160p24, 25, 30, 50, 60, 100, 12016:98,294,400
UHDTV 7680 × 4320UHD-28K4320p24, 25, 30, 50, 60, 100, 12016:933,177,600
UHDTV 15360 × 864016K8640p24, 25, 30, 50, 60, 100, 12016:9132,710,400

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 pizels 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