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Common Wide XGA resolutions



Resolution



Usage



Aspect ratio



1280720



Monitors



16:9



1280768



Monitors



15:9 (5:3)



1280800



Monitors



16:10 (8:5)



1360768



LCD TVs



16:9 (approx.)



1366768



LCD and PLASMA TVs and some laptop monitors



16:9 (approx.)



Wide XGA (WXGA) is a set of non standard resolutions derived from the XGA display standard by widening it to a wide screen aspect ratio. WXGA is commonly used for low-end LCD TVs and LCD computer monitors for widescreen presentation.



When referring to televisions and other monitors intended for consumer entertainment use, WXGA is generally understood to refer to a resolution of 1366768, with an aspect ratio of 16:9. In 2006 this was the most popular resolution for liquid crystal display televisions while XGA was for Plasma TVs flat panel displays.



When referring to laptop displays or monitors intended primarily as computer displays, WXGA is most commonly used to refer to a resolution of 1280800 pixels with an aspect ratio of 16:10. This resolution is particularly popular for most laptops with a 14" or 15" screen. The exact resolution this refers to is somewhat variable, however, as the 1280xnnn resolutions were among the first widescreen resolutions commonly used, and term entered use (especially for laptop displays) prior to the broad standardization 16:10 for widescreen computer displays.



Overall, several resolutions have been labeled as WXGA. These are the most common resolutions given the label (in ascending order by total number of pixels):



1280720



1280768



1280800



1360768



1366768



1280720 provides perfectly square pixels at an aspect ratio of 16:9, while the additional pixels in 1280768 and 1280800 must be ignored to give the 16:9 ratio without vertical stretching of the image. 1360768 and 1366768 come very close to 16:9, displaying exactly square pixels if 1360765 pixels of the display are used.



Recent widespread availability of 1280x800 pixel resolution LCDs for laptop monitors can be considered an OS driven evolution from the previously popular 1024x768 screen size. In Microsoft Windows operating system specifically, the task bar when fit to the bottom of the screen occupies about 30 pixels, allowing a program window sized 1024x768 pixels to fit on screen without obstruction(800-768=32). Operating the Windows Sidebar in editions newer than XP can utilize the remaining width of 256 pixels (1280-1024).



720p, the HDTV video mode, is a related standard, measuring 1280720 pixels.



1440900 resolution displays have also been found labeled as WXGA; however, the correct label is actually WSXGA or WXGA+.



Comparison chart



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x



(width)



y



(height)



Mega



pixels



Aspect Ratio



Percentage of difference in number of pixels



Typical sizes



Non-wide



version



Uses



Name



WXGA



WSXGA



WSXGA+



WUXGA



WQXGA



WQUXGA



WXGA



1280



800



1.05



1.6



0%



19%



41%



54%



74%



89%



1519 in



XGA



Normal use; viewing 720p (1280720) video content.



WSXGA



Wide XGA+



1440



900



1.3



1.6



24%



0%



27%



44%



68%



86%



1519 in



XGA+



WSXGA+



1680



1050



1.76



1.6



68%



36%



0%



23%



57%



81%



2022 in



SXGA+



WUXGA



1920



1200



2.3



1.6



120%



78%



31%



0%



44%



75%



2328 in



UXGA



Viewing 2 full pages of text side by side; viewing 1080p (19201080) video content.



WQXGA



2560



1600



4.1



1.6



290%



216%



132%



78%



0%



56%



30+ in



QXGA



Advanced graphic design; other professional applications; high-end consumers.



WQUXGA



3840



2400



9.2



1.6



778%



611%



422%



300%



125%



0%



QUXGA



See also



Limitations of Extended display identification data



References



^ TV Panels Standard VESA TV Panels StandardPDF



^ Microsoft PowerPoint - VESA Asia presentationsPDF - slide 21



^ Acer projector, 1280720 as WXGA



^ Planar 17" LCD monitor, 1280768 as WXGA



^ Dell laptop displays, 1280800 as WXGA



^ Lenovo laptop displays, 1280800 as WXGA



^ Hitachi plasma TVs, 1366768 as WXGAPDF



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