Pixel Aspect Ratios of Common Video Formats
Pixel aspect ratio values for common standard-definition video formats are listed below. Note that for each video format, two different types of pixel aspect ratio values are listed:
- Rec.601, a Rec.601-compliant value, which is considered the real Pixel Aspect Ratio of standard-definition video of that type.
- Digital, which is roughly equivalent to Rec.601 and is more suitable to use in Digital Video Editing software.
Note that sources differ on PARs for common formats – for example, 576 lines (PAL) displayed at 4:3 (DAR) corresponds to either PAR of 12:11 (if 704×576, SAR = 11:9), or a PAR of 16:15 (if 720×576, SAR = 5:4). See references for sources giving both, and SDTV: Resolution for a table of storage, display and pixel aspect ratios.
| Video system | DAR | Picture dimensions (px × px) |
PAR | PAR (decimal) | Width (px) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rec.601 | Digital | Rec.601 | Digital | Rec.601 | Digital | |||
| PAL | 4:3 | 704×576, 352×288 |
59:54 | 12:11 | 1.0925 | 1.09 | 769, 385 | 768, 384 |
| 16:9 | 118:81 | 16:11 | 1.4567… | 1.45 | 1026, 513 | 1024, 512 | ||
| NTSC | 4:3 | 704×480, 352×240 |
10:11 | 0.90 | 640, 320 | |||
| 16:9 | 40:33 | 1.21 | 853, 427 | |||||
| HDV / HDCAM | 16:9 | 1440×1080 | 4:3 | 1.3 | 1920 | |||
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