Tech Note for Nerds

From The Frame Grab Tutorial: http://tvcrit3.tvcrit.com/content/view/58/102/.

NTSC, HDTV, and computer-monitor resolutions. Computer monitors may be set to various different resolutions, but 800x600 and 1024x768 are currently the two most common.

NTSC TV HDTV (ATSC) Computer Monitor Computer Monitor
Total horizontal lines
525
1,125
 
 
Active lines
486
1,080
800
1,024
Pixels per line
720
1,920
600
768
Aspect ratio (to 1)
1.33
1.78
1.33
1.33
Total pixels
349,920
2,073,600
480,000
786,432
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