Image Resolution - Resolution in Various Media

Resolution in Various Media

This is a list of traditional, analog horizontal resolutions for various media. The list only includes popular formats, not rare formats, and all values are approximate (rounded to the nearest 10), since the actual quality can vary machine-to-machine or tape-to-tape. For ease-of-comparison, all values are for the NTSC system. (For PAL systems, replace 480 with 576.)

  • Analog and early digital
    • 352×240 : Video CD
    • 300×480 : Umatic, Betamax, VHS, Video8
    • 350×480 : Super Betamax, Betacam
    • 420×480 : LaserDisc, Super VHS, Hi8
    • 640×480 : Analog broadcast (NTSC)
    • 670×480 : Enhanced Definition Betamax
    • 768×576 : Analog broadcast (PAL, SECAM)
  • Digital
    • 720×480 : D-VHS, DVD, miniDV, Digital8, Digital Betacam
    • 720×480 : Widescreen DVD (anamorphic)
    • 1280×720 : D-VHS, HD DVD, Blu-ray, HDV (miniDV)
    • 1440×1080 : HDV (miniDV)
    • 1920×1080 : HDV (miniDV), AVCHD, HD DVD, Blu-ray, HDCAM SR
    • 1998x1080 : 2K Flat (1.85:1)
    • 2048×1080 : 2K Digital Cinema
    • 4096×2160 : 4K Digital Cinema
    • 7680×4320 : UHDTV
    • 15360x8640 : 16K Digital Cinema
    • Sequences from newer films are scanned at 2,000, 4,000, or even 8,000 columns, called 2K, 4K, and 8K, for quality visual-effects editing on computers.
    • IMAX, including IMAX HD and OMNIMAX: approximately 10,000×7000 (7000 lines) resolution. It is about 70 Mpix, which is currently highest resolution single sensor digital cinema camera (as of January 2012).
  • Film
    • 35 mm film is scanned for release on DVD at 1080 or 2000 lines as of 2005.
    • The actual resolution of 35 mm camera original negatives is the subject of much debate. Measured resolutions of negative film have ranged from 25-200 lp/mm, which equates to a range of 325 lines for 2-perf, to (theoretically) over 2300 lines for 4-perf shot on T-Max 100. Archivists generally agree that 4k scanning of 35mm is more than adequate for archival purposes.
  • Print
DPI Pixels cm
800 1000 3,18
300 1000 8,47
200 1000 12,7
72 1000 35,28
DPI Pixels cm
800 3150 10
300 1181 10
200 787 10
72 283 10
DPI Pixels mm Paper size
300 11114x14008 941x1186 A0
300 7016x11114 594x941 A1
300 4961x7016 420x594 A2
300 3508x4961 297x420 A3
300 2480x3508 210x297 A4
300 1748x2480 148x210 A5
300 1240x1748 105x148 A6
300 874x1240 74x105 A7
300 614x874 52x74 A8

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