What is the difference between 4CIF, SXGA, 1080i, etc?

The table below shows some common terms used to refer to video/image resolutions.


TERM

IMAGE SIZE

REFERENCE

PIXEL COUNT

NTSC

PAL

NTSC

PAL

SQCIF

 

128 × 96

Sub Quarter CIF

 

12.3k

QCIF

176 × 120

176 × 144

Quarter CIF

21.1k

25.3k

CIF

352 × 240

352 × 288

Equivalent to VHS

84.5k

102k

4CIF

704 × 480

704 × 576

Equivalent to S-VHS

338k

406k

D1

720 × 486

720 × 576

Max. NTSC / PAL Resolution (DVD)

350k

415k

 

 

 

 

 

 

VGA

640 × 480

 

307k

SVGA

800 × 600

 

480k

9CIF

1056 × 720

Nine times CIF

760k

XGA

1024 × 768

 

786k

HDTV 720

1280 x 720

1 Megapixel

922k

SXGA

1280 × 1024

1.3 Megapixel

1.31M

16CIF

1408 × 960

1.3 Megapixel

1.35M

UXGA

1600 × 1200

2 Megapixel

1.9M

HDTV 1080

1920 x 1080

2 Megapixel

2.1M

QXGA

2048 × 1536

3 Megapixel

3.2M

QSXGA

2560 × 2048

5 Megapixel

5.3M

QUXGA

3200 × 2400

8 Megapixel

7.7M