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TypeResolution
WxHxColor-Bits
Aspect Ratio1Total PixelsNameUsePPI - Pixels/inchLCD
10.5"11.3"13"15"17"21"19"20"23"
QCIF176x144x8    Quarter Common Interchange Format. (H.263 Video) 
CIF352x288x8    Common Interchange Format. (H.320 Video) 
CGA 320x200x2 16:10 64K Color/graphics adapter   Handheld video players
EGA 640x350x4 1.8 224K Enhanced Graphics Adapter   Handheld video players
VGA 640x480x8 4:3 307K Video graphics array 8% 77 71 64        
SVGA
(†EVGA)
800x600x8 4:3 480K Super VGA
(Enhanced VGA)
18%   89 80 78 68    
WVGA 854x480 16:9 409K Wide VGA                
XGA 1024x768x4 4:3 786K Extended Graphics Array 7%       100 85 68  
EVGA† 1024x768x8 4:3 786K Extended VGA         100 85 68  
WXGA ‡ 1280x800 16:10 1.0M Wide XGA       115        
WXGA ‡ 1366x768 16:9 1.0M Wide XGA                  
WXGA+ ‡ 1400x900 16:10 1.2M Wide XGA                  
SXGA 1280x1024x8 5:4 1.3M Super XGA UNIX Workstations 2%       120 105 85  
TypeResolution
WxHxColor-Bits
Aspect Ratio‡Total PixelsNameUsePPI - Pixels/inchLCD
10.5"11.3"13"15"17"21"19"20"23"
WSXGA 1440x900 16:10 1.3M Wide XGA+                
SXGA+ 1400x1050 4:3 1.5M                  
UXGA 1600x1200 4:3 1.9M Ultra XGA 1%           105   100
WSXGA 1600x1024 25:16 1.6M Wide SXGA                  
WSXGA+ Apple 20" 1680x1050 16:10 1.8M Wide SXGA+                  
WUXGA 24" 1920x1200 16:10 2.3M Wide UXGA                   98
QWXGA 23" 2048x1152
Samsung
16:9 2.36M Quad Wide XGA                   103
WQXGA 30" 2560x1600 16:10 4.1M     100 PPI              
TV - Video
NTSC analog 330x480 4:3 158K                    
NTSC DVD 720x480 4:3 346K                    
SDTV 480i 640x480 4:3 307K                    
EDTV 480p 852x480 4:3 409K                    
HDTV 720p 1280x720 16:9 921K Regular HDTV                  
HDTV 1080p/i 1920x1080 16:9 2.1M Full HDTV                  
HDTV 768p 1366x768 16:9 1M                    
4K 4096x2160 19:10 8.8M 4K                  
4K 3840x2160 16:9 8M Quad FUll HD                
4K 4096x1714 7M Digital Cinema                  
4K 3996x2160 8.6M Digital Cinema                  
4K 4096x3112 13M Full Aperture                  
5K 5120x2880 14.7M                  
More computer monitors
_ 1920x1440 4:3 2.8M                    
AGP 2048x1536x24 4:3 3.1M Accelerated Graphics Port Digital
QXGA 2048x1536 4:3 3.1M Quad XGA                  
QSXGA 2560x2048 5:4 5.2M Quad SXGA                  
QUXGA 3200x2400 4:3 7.7M Quad UXGA                  
WQSXGA 3200x2048 25:16 6.5M Wide Quad SXGA                  
HSXGA 5120x4096 5:4 21M Hex SXGA                  
HUXGA 6400x4800 4:3 31M Hex UXGA   77 107 96          
WHSXGA 6400x4096 25:16 26M Wide Hex SXGA                  
WHUXGA 7680x4800 16:10 36M Wide Hex UXGA   77 107 96          
tablets below
* Consumer usage in 2000 (55% didn't know)
HDTV actual broadcast images are encoded as 1920x1088 pixels because MPEG-2 encoding requires the number of vertical lines to be a multiple of 16.

† Note EVGA has been used for both Enhanced VGA and Extended VGA.

‡ WXGA (Wide Extended Graphics Array) is a set of non standard resolutions. WXGA can be 1280x720 ir 768 or 800 for monitors and 1360x768 or 1266x768 for LCD TVs but becoming more popular for laptops and projectors.

* Viewable area is typically less than the nominal size (measured diagionally) for CRT's.
LCD sizes are for viewable area.
Resolutions of 100 pixels/inch or higher are difficult to read on a CRT, however the clarity of flat panel displays make them usable at higher resolutions.

1. Aspect Ratios: Width to Height
Standard TV - 4:3; HiDef TV 16:10, SLR cameras 3:2, compact digital cameras 4:3
5:4 - 1.25, 4:3 - 1.33, 16:10 - 1.6, 16:9 - 1.78, 25:16 - 1.56
Note: Some LCD (e.g. Viewsonic VP171b) pivot to a portrait mode to give either 4:5 or 5:4.

Color Depth:
32bpp, 24bpp, 16bpp, 8bpp grayscale, and 8bpp pseudo color.
bpp - Bits per pixel
32 bit 16,777,216 (True Colors + Alpha Channel)
24 bit 16,777,216 (True Colors, SVGA)
16 bit 65,536 (High Color, XGA)
8 bit 256 colors (VGA)
4 bit 16 colors (EGA)
2 bit 4 colors (CGA)
1 bit 2 colors (monochrome)
24 and 32 bit modes produce the same number of colors - 16.7 million. They differ only in the organization of video memory (3 bytes per pixel for 24 bit, 4 bytes per pixel for 32 bit).

Sample Resolutions:
LCD Prices and Resolutions.

Cell Phone Resolutions:
Summer 2004:
  Motorola 176x220
  Nokia 176x208
  Sony Ericcson 128x160

PDA Resolution:
Tungsten T3 320x480
Tungsten E, Zire 72: 320x320
Zire 31, Handspring Visor: 160x160
See Audio/video here.
PC, Video & Multimedia at TDC
Television
NTSC 646x486 (N. America)
PAL 768x576 (Europe/Japan)
HDTV - High-Definition TV 1920 x 1080
QXGA -Quad XGA

Resolution:
Type  Pixels  Aspect ratio (16:9 - High Definition Std)
Computer Monitors
SVGA  800x600   4:3 1.33:1
WVGA  854x480  16:9 1.78:1
XGA   1024x768  4:3 1.33:1
WXGA  1366x768  16:9 1.78  *
WXGA  1280x768  5:3 1.66:1 *
WXGA  1280x800  16:10 1.60:1 (WXGA 60-1)
WXGA+ 1440x900  16:10
SXGA  1280x1024 5:4 1.25:1
SXGA+ 1400x1050 4:3
SXGA- 1280x960  4:3
WSXGA 1600x1024 25:16 1.56:1
WSXGA+1680x1050 8:5
UXGA  1600x1200 4:3
WUXGA 1920x1200 8:5
WQXGA 2560x1600 8:5
QWXGA 2048x1152 16:9
WQHD  2560x1440 16:9

TV
SD     720x480   4:3 (pixels are rectangular 10:11)
HD    1280x720   720p  16:9
FHD   1920x1080  Full High Def 1080p 16:9
Cameras
SLR  3:2
compact digital 4:3
Cameras in phones, tablets, laptops:
iPhone 5 8Mp
iPhone 4s 5Mp

3rd gen iPad 5Mp
Galaxy Tab 7  3Mp
Nexus 7 tablet 1.2 Mp
12" MacBook iSight 0.3 Mp

Tablets and Smart Phones
Model Size resol
(px)
PPI
202 Samsung Galaxy Note 5" 1280x800 285
203 Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 7" 1280x800 196
204 Nook Tablet 7" 1024x600 170
205 Amazon Kindle Fire 7" 1024x600 170
Nook Color 7" 1024x600 170
Samsung Galaxt TAB 7 7" 1024x600 170
Sony Tablet S 9.4" 1280x800 159
ASUS EEE Pad Transformer 10.1" 1280x800 149
Toshiba Thrive 10.1" 1280x800 149
Apple iPad 2 9.7" 1024x768 132
Apple iPad 3 9.7" 2048x1536 264
Apple iPad Mini 7.9" 1024768 163
Google Nexus 7 (2012) 7" 1280800 216
Google Nexus 7 (2013) 7" 1920x1200 323
Samsung Note 4 5.7" 2560 1440 515
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 5.5" 1920 1080 401
Source: AllTouchTablet.com

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One of the big things Samsung is pushing with the Note 4's screen is its 2560 1440 QHD resolution. The iPhone 6 Plus' Retina HD display offers a resolution of 1920 1080. That means the Galaxy Note 4's display should be sharper than the iPhone 6 Plus'. But in reality, the pixel densities of both screens are so high that your eyes can't perceive any difference between the two.
Source: Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Review: The Best Big-Screen Phone?

Computers 2011
10" Gateway Netbook 1024 x 600
10" Acer Netbook    1024 x 600
11" MacBook Air           1366 x 768 (WXGA)*
11" Sony VAIO VPCYB33KX/B 1366 x 768 
13" MacBook      1280 x 800 (WXGA) *
13" MacBook Air  1440 x 900  WXGA+
13" Asus ZenBook 1600 x 900 
13" Samsung NP900X3A-B01UB 1366 x 768 
15" MacBook Pro 1440 x 900  8:5
17" MacBook Pro 1920 x 1200 8:5
27" iMac        2560 x 1440  16:9
27" Apple Thunderbolt display 2560 by 1440 16:9
13" Toshiba Portege Ultrabook 1366 x 768
14" Dell 14R-2nd Gen i5       1366 x 768 
14" HP Envy 14-2020nr         1366 x 768 
15" Dell 15R-2nd Gen i5       1366 x 768
15" Sony VAIO VPCF234FX/B     1920 x 1080 
17" HP Envy nv17-2290nr       1920 x 1080 
23" samsung  monitor          2048x1152

* WXGA Wide Extended Graphics Array is
a set of non standard resolutions
1280x800 16:10 was common for laptops but 
1366x768 16:9, common on LCD TVs, is more common now
it works better for consumer entertainment with HD 720p



User screen resolution as of Jan. 2011 
85%   higher than 1024x768
14%   using 1024x768
1%    lower



 

See Also:
Video Resolution Explanation
Page Ruler.
LCD's
Colors and Light (Hue, Saturation, Brightness)
Browser Display Statistics
Image Aspect Ratios
FAQs
How Many Dots Has It Got at fourmilab.ch
History of Computer Monitors


last updated 8 Oct 2014