screen resolution

The number of horizontal and vertical pixels on a display screen. The more pixels, the more information is visible without scrolling. Screen resolutions have a pixel count such as 1600x1200, which means 1,600 horizontal pixels and 1,200 vertical pixels.

Resolution Alphabet Soup
Screen resolutions also have base names, such as HDTV and UHD for TVs and XGA and WQXGA for computer monitors. However, the names are confusing. For example, "Q" can mean "quarter" or "quad." QVGA means one quarter the pixels in VGA, while QXGA means quad (four) times the resolution in XGA. Each of the following resolutions is also an entry in this encyclopedia. See resolution and aspect ratio.

 SCREEN RESOLUTIONSAlphabetic Order(This table is repeated belowin pixel count order.) Pixels Aspect H V RatioHIGH DEFINITION (HD) WIDE SCREEN n=ninth q=quarter Q=Quad F=Full U=Ultra FHD 1920 1080 16:9 HD 1280 720 16:9 nHD 640 360 16:9 QHD 2560 1440 16:9 qHD 960 540 16:9 UHD 4K 3840 2160 16:9 UHD 8K 7680 4320 16:9 VGA (VIDEO GRAPHICS ARRAY) H=Half Q=Quarter W=Wide S=Super D=Double F=Full DVGA 960 640 3:2 FWVGA 854 480 16:9 HQVGA 240 160 3:2 HVGA 480 320 3:2 QQVGA 160 120 4:3 QVGA 320 240 4:3 SVGA 800 600 4:3 VGA 640 480 4:3 WQVGA 400 240 15:9 WQVGA 400 240 5:3 WQVGA 428 240 16:9 WQVGA 480 270 16:9 WSVGA 1024 576 16:9 WSVGA 1024 600 15:9 XGA (EXTENDED GRAPHICS ARRAY) W=Wide S=Super Q=Quarter U=Ultra XGA 1024 768 4:3 QSXGA 2560 2048 5:4 QUXGA 3200 2400 4:3 QWXGA 2048 1152 16:9 QXGA 2048 1536 4:3 SXGA 1280 1024 5:4 SXGA+ 1400 1050 4:3 UXGA 1600 1200 4:3 WQSXGA 3200 2048 25:16 WQUXGA 3840 2400 16:10 WQXGA 2560 1600 16:10 WSXGA+ 1680 1050 16:10 WUXGA 1920 1200 16:10 WXGA 1280 720 16:9 WXGA 1280 768 15:9 WXGA 1280 768 5:3 WXGA 1280 800 16:10 WXGA 1360 768 16:9 WXGA 1366 768 16:9 WXGA+ 1440 900 16:10 XGA+ 1152 864 4:3 XGA+ 1152 900 4:3-5:4 HXGA (HYPER XGA) H=Hex W=Wide S=Super U=Ultra HXGA 4096 3072 4:3 HSXGA 5120 4096 5:4 HUXGA 6400 4800 4:3 WHSXGA 6400 4096 25:16 WHUXGA 7680 4800 16:10 WHXGA 5120 3200 16:10 SCREEN RESOLUTIONSPixel Count Order (low to high)Pixels AspectH V RatioHIGH DEFINITION (HD) WIDE SCREEN n=ninth q=quarter Q=Quad F=Full U=Ultra nHD 640 360 16:9 qHD 960 540 16:9 HD 1280 720 16:9 FHD 1920 1080 16:9 QHD 2560 1440 16:9 UHD 4K 3840 2160 16:9 UHD 8K 7680 4320 16:9 VGA (VIDEO GRAPHICS ARRAY) H=Half Q=Quarter W=Wide S=Super D=Double F=Full QQVGA 160 120 4:3 HQVGA 240 160 3:2 QVGA 320 240 4:3 WQVGA 400 240 5:3 WQVGA 400 240 15:9 WQVGA 428 240 16:9 WQVGA 480 270 16:9 HVGA 480 320 3:2 VGA 640 480 4:3 SVGA 800 600 4:3 FWVGA 854 480 16:9 DVGA 960 640 3:2 WSVGA 1024 576 16:9 WSVGA 1024 600 15:9 XGA (EXTENDED GRAPHICS ARRAY) W=Wide S=Super Q=Quarter U=Ultra WXGA 1280 720 16:9 WXGA 1280 768 5:3 WXGA 1280 768 15:9 WXGA 1280 800 16:10 WXGA 1360 768 16:9 WXGA 1366 768 16:9 XGA 1024 768 4:3 XGA+ 1152 864 4:3 XGA+ 1152 900 4:3-5:4 SXGA 1280 1024 5:4 SXGA+ 1400 1050 4:3 WXGA+ 1440 900 16:10 UXGA 1600 1200 4:3 WSXGA+ 1680 1050 16:10 WUXGA 1920 1200 16:10 QWXGA 2048 1152 16:9 QXGA 2048 1536 4:3 WQXGA 2560 1600 16:10 QSXGA 2560 2048 5:4 WQSXGA 3200 2048 25:16 QUXGA 3200 2400 4:3 WQUXGA 3840 2400 16:10 HXGA (HYPER XGA) H=Hex W=Wide S=Super U=Ultra HXGA 4096 3072 4:3 WHXGA 5120 3200 16:10 HSXGA 5120 4096 5:4 WHSXGA 6400 4096 25:16 HUXGA 6400 4800 4:3 WHUXGA 7680 4800 16:10