Cameras are moving away from TVL (TeleVision Lines) for analogue cameras to digital megapixels. Often it is difficult to convert between the two let alone using aspect ratios.
Here are a few interesting conversions, names and sizes to help you.
| MP | Width (Vertical Pixels) | Height (Horizontal Pixels) | Total（Pixels） |
| 1MP/720P | 1280 | 720 | 921,600 |
| QVGA/960P | 1280 | 960 | 1228,800 |
| 1.3MP | 1280 | 1024 | 1310,720 |
| 2MP/1080P | 1920 | 1080 | 2073,600 |
| 2.3MP | 1920 | 1200 | 2304,000 |
| 3MP | 2048 | 1536 | 3145,728 |
| 5MP | 2560 | 1920 | 4915,200 |
| 6MP | 3032 | 2008 | 6088,256 |
| 8MP | 3264 | 2448 | 7990,272 |
Resolution names
| Resolution name | Horizontal x Vertical pixels | Other names | Devices |
| 8K | 7,680×4,320 | none | Concept TVs |
| “Cinema” 4K | 4,096x[unspecified] | 4K | Projectors |
| UHD | 3,840×2,160 | 4K, Ultra HD, Ultra-High Definition | TVs |
| 2K | 2,048x[unspecified] | none | Projectors |
| WUXGA | 1,920×1,200 | Widescreen Ultra Extended Graphics Array | Monitors, projectors |
| 1080p | 1,920×1,080 | Full HD, FHD, HD, High Definition | TVs, monitors |
| 720p | 1,280×720 | HD, High Definition | TVs |
Aspect ratios – Typical sizes
| 4:3 | 600 x 800 768 x 1024 864 x 1152 960 x 1280 1050 x 1400 1080 x 1440 1200 x 1600 1260 x 1680 1440 x 1920 |
1536 x 2048 1920 x 2560 2100 x 2800 2400 x 3200 3072 x 4096 1024 x 1280 2048 x 2560 3000 x 3750 |
| 16:10 | 960 x 600 1152 x 720 1280 x 800 1440 x 900 1680 x 1050 1920 x 1200 |
2560 x 1600 2880 x 1800 3840 x 2400 5120 x 3200 |
| 16:9 | 960 x 540 1024 x 576 1280 x 720 1366 x 768 1600 x 900 1920 x 1080 2048 x 1152 |
2400 x 1350 2560 x 1440 2880 x 1620 3554 x 1999 3840 x 2160 |
If you know one number and not the other, you can either calculate it with a calculator with ratio or use the many wonderful screen ratio calculators online. Hope this helps.
Handykam.com team
