Want To Learn About Screen Resolutions

[Lanfear]

I don't really understand screen resolutions. I know the Gp2x is 320x240 and thats about it. What is the resolution of a normal tv show? a normal dvd? and the snes res?

Thanks for any help you can give.

 

[EvilDragon]

TV and DVD: 720*576 PAL, 720*480 NTSC

SNES: Max. Screen Resolution--512 x 448 pixels (though 99,9% of the games only use 256x224 pixel)
NES: 256x240 pixels

... need more?
Just google

 

[lucoxade]

The wikipedia has an enormous amount of information and is a great place to start for anything realy! Heres a link

Also Emultor Zone has a nice easy to read breakdown for each console, including screen resolutions.

 

[mr.mirko]

I don't really understand screen resolutions. I know the Gp2x is 320x240 and thats about it. What is the resolution of a normal tv show? a normal dvd? and the snes res?

Thanks for any help you can give.

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Normal 19" TFT : 1280 x 1024
TV PAL : its analog, so there is no real resolution. I would compare it to 640x480.
DVD : 720x~300 depends on movie, or anamorphic 720x576 (scaled back to x300)
HDTV: 1920x1088

 

[finraziel]

HDTV has different resolutions, 1080i is 1920x1080 interlaced indeed, 720p is 1280x720 (not interlaced)