What Does Resolution Mean?

What Does Resolution Mean?

Resolution is a measure used to describe the sharpness and clarity of an image or picture. It is often used as a metric for judging the quality of monitors, printers, digital images and various other hardware and software technologies.

The term is popular in the mobile industry for describing a mobile device's display capabilities, and also in the entertainment media to distinguish the visual quality of movies to distinguish between high definition and standard definition movies. It is also used to determine the resolution of a screen, monitor, or TV.

Resolution is also referred to as screen resolution.

What is 4K resolution?

4K resolution refers to a horizontal display resolution of around 4,000 pixels. The higher pixel count in 4K offers a clearer and more detailed image. This makes it good for TV, gaming, and professional video editing.

Resolution is as old as the television-which means it was first demonstrated in 1927. The term was coined to refer to how images appeared on the screen and at what frequency. The first TVs had only 60 lines of pixels. Since then, media players like TVs and mobile devices have evolved to support different video resolutions, including:

lStandard definition (SD): 640x480 pixels or 480p

lHigh definition (HD): 1280x720 pixels or 720p

lFull high definition (full HD): 1920x1080 or 1080p

lQuad HD (2K): 2,560x1,440 pixels or 1440p

lUltra high definition (Ultra HD) or 4K: 3840x2160 pixel

l8K resolution: 7680x4320 pixels