Video Resolutions Used in Videoconferencing and Video Streaming (Q123)
The information in this article applies to:
As a matter of convenience, people working in the videoconferencing space often refer to display sizes using a shorthand name for the video display resolution. We refer to that as the display "mode name" in the tables below.
These tables are intended to serve as a quick reference guide. Even those who are experts in the field often forget how many horizontal pixels there are for each of the various modes. Thus, we felt this would be a handy page for everybody.
Below are most of the more modern display modes:
| Mode Name | Resolution |
|---|---|
| 90p | 160x90 |
| 180p | 320x180 |
| 240p | 352x240 |
| 360p | 640x360 |
| 480p (SD = Standard Definition) | 640x360 |
| 720p (HD = High Definition) | 1280x720 |
| 1080p (FHD = Full HD) | 1920x1080 |
| 2K | 2048x1080 |
| 1440p (QHD = Quad HD) | 2560x1440 |
| 2160p (UHD = Ultra HD) | 3840x2160 |
| 4K | 4096x2160 |
| 5K | 5120x2880 |
| 8K | 7680x4320 |
| 16K | 15360x8640 |
Below are the wide-screen and standard PC screen resolutions:
| Mode Name | Resolution |
|---|---|
| w288p | 512x288 |
| w448p | 768x448 |
| w576p | 1024x576 |
| VGA | 640x480 |
| SVGA | 800x600 |
| XGA | 1024x768 |
| WXGA | 1366x768 |
| SXGA | 1280x1024 |
| WUXGA | 1920×1200 |
| QXGA | 2048×1536 |
Below are the historical display modes:
| Mode Name | Resolution |
|---|---|
| CIF | 352x288 |
| QCIF | 176x144 |
| SQCIF | 128x96 |
| 4CIF | 704x576 |
| 16CIF | 1408x1152 |