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Digital and analog television standards resolution reference.

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

Analog TV Standards

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


References

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