"Why can't they just say how many pixels the bloody thing's got?"

[unixronin]

Ever get lost in the alphabet soup of UXGA, WXGA, WSGXA+, WUXGA and wonder WTF they all actually mean?

Here's a handy key (along with an explanation of how we got into this mess).

Comments

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I find the article suspect because HDTV is a 16:9 aspect ratio, not 16:10.

Ummmm ... and this conflicts how, exactly, with what he says? I quote:

"High Definition Television (HDTV) specifies a screen width to height ratio of 16 to 9; digital broadcast HDTV uses a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels for high resolution mode, which conforms precisely to this ratio."

[ithildae.livejournal.com]

Under the 4x3 section:

Note that the ancient IBM CGA actually has a pixel ratio of 16/10, just like the hottest new wide-screen HDTV displays.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Huh. I missed that. I guess my brain registered "CGA" and recoiled in horror. It's misleading though — CGA has a 4:3 screen, it just has horribly non-square pixels. And then there's the high-definition mode ... Ugh. Let's just leave CGA quietly dead.