Television Standards

Digital and analog television standards resolution reference.

Digital TV Standards

Standard	Resolution (dots × lines)	DAR (H:V)	Pixels
PixelVision	120 × 90	4:3	10,800
Video CD	352 × 240 (NTSC)	4:3	84,480
Video CD	352 × 288 (PAL)	4:3	101,376
UMD	480 × 272	~16:9	130,560
China Video Disc	352 × 480 (NTSC)	4:3 or 16:9	168,960
China Video Disc	352 × 576 (PAL)	4:3 or 16:9	202,725
SVCD	480 × 480 (NTSC)	4:3 or 16:9	230,400
SVCD	480 × 576 (PAL)	4:3 or 16:9	276,480
SDTV 480i, EDTV 480p	640 × 480	4:3 or 16:9 or 3:2	307,200
SDTV 480i, EDTV 480p	704 × 480	4:3 or 16:9 or 3:2	337,920
SDTV 480i, EDTV 480p	720 × 480	4:3 or 16:9 or 3:2	345,600
SDTV 480i, EDTV 480p	852 × 480	4:3 or 16:9 or 3:2	408,960
SDTV 576i, EDTV 576p	480 × 576	4:3 or 16:9	276,480
SDTV 576i, EDTV 576p	544 × 576	4:3 or 16:9	313,344
SDTV 576i, EDTV 576p	704 × 576	4:3 or 16:9	405,504
SDTV 576i, EDTV 576p	720 × 576	4:3 or 16:9	414,720
SDTV 576i, EDTV 576p	768 × 576	4:3 or 16:9	442,368
DVD	720 × 480 (NTSC)	4:3 or 16:9	345,600
DVD	720 × 576 (PAL)	4:3 or 16:9	414,720
720p (HDTV, Blu-ray)	1280 × 720	16:9	921,600
1080i, 1080p (HDTV, Blu-ray)	1920 × 1080	16:9	2,073,600
2160p (UHDTV)	3840 × 2160	16:9	8,294,400
4320p (UHDTV)	7680 × 4320	16:9	33,177,600

Standard	Resolution (lines × dots)	DAR (H:V)	Pixels
PAL, SECAM	576 × ~520	4:3	~299,520
PALplus	576 × ~520	16:9	~300,000
Undecoded PALplus	432 × ~520	16:9	~220,000
NTSC	486 × ~440	4:3	~213,840
Laserdisc	480 × ~580 (NTSC)	4:3	~268,800
Laserdisc	576 × ~570 (PAL/SECAM)	4:3	~322,560
Betamax	480 × ~320 (NTSC)	4:3	~120,000
Betamax	576 × ~310 (PAL/SECAM)	4:3	~144,000
Betamax Superbeta	480 × ~380 (NTSC)	4:3	~136,800
Betamax Superbeta	576 × ~370 (PAL/SECAM)	4:3	~164,160
VHS	480 × ~320 (NTSC)	4:3	~153,600
VHS	576 × ~310 (PAL/SECAM)	4:3	~178,560
S-VHS	480 × ~530 (NTSC)	4:3	~192,000
S-VHS	576 × ~520 (PAL/SECAM)	4:3	~230,400

~ = horizontal resolution is an approximation based on the sampling theorem