The physical resolution of a display device, expressed in the number of vertical by horizontal pixels.

The physical structure of some types of displays, including LCDs and plasma panels, defines how many pixels can be displayed at once. The display produces the sharpest picture when used at its so-called native resolution. Other types of displays, such as CRTs, create pixels independently of the physical structure of their screens and do not have a native resolution. As a result, a CRT's image quality is generally the same across a range of resolutions.

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The actual number of pixels forming the LCD panel. This is typically expressed as the number of pixels in a line by the number of lines, e.g. 1024x768. The native resolution may also be expressed in megapixels, which is calculated by multiplying pixels per line by total lines.

Refers to the resolution at which a TV or monitor is designed to display images without conversion. Image signals higher or lower than a specified native resolution must be converted to display accurately. For example, a television with a native resolution of 1080i will need to upconvert 480p images to 1080i to display properly. CRT TVs can have multiple resolutions but flat panel TVs can only have one native resolution.

Usually describes the actual resolution of the display device. If you see native resolution used with LCD, DLP, dILA or Plasma, this will be an exact number. With CRTs, this number is an approximation. Either way, if you see a Max Resolution for the display device, your device will simply scale the image down to it's native resolution. See Scaling / Doubling for more information on that subject.

The resolution at which the video file was captured.

The physical resolution of a fixed-pixel display (plasma, LCD, DLP, LCoS TVs).

The resolution at which the print head manufacturer recommends operation.

All projectors in this test have a native XGA resolution. This means they have 1,024 × 768 pixels with which to create an image. Lower resolution source images will be scaled up to match this native resolution and higher resolution source images will be scaled down. It should also be remembered that when these projectors are switched to the 16:9 aspect ratio for widescreen movies, some resolution is lost.

The level of detail at which your set was designed to present images. Displays scale up smaller images and scale down larger ones to fit into the area of the native resolution. It's the same effect as losing clarity and sharpness when you enlarge a small image in Photoshop or see digital artifacts after shrinking an image to view on your iPod nano. « back Page 3 of 11 next » !-- adtag_place_ad_here("160x600");

When speaking of a Plasma TV’s resolution, it is common to refer to “true” or “native” resolution. If a projector’s native resolution is 800 x 600, that means that the actual number of physical pixels on the display device is 800 x 600. High resolution plasmas are able to show more picture details than low resolution Plasma TVs. Also, since there are more pixels used to make the image, each individual pixel is smaller, so the pixels themselves become less visible on the screen. You will pay more for high resolution, so choosing the right resolution for your intended use is the first step in finding the right Plasma Screen TV.

The original resolution of a video recording.

The native resolution of a LCD, LCo S or other flat panel display refers to its single fixed resolution. As an LCD display consists of a fixed raster, it cannot change resolution to match the signal being displayed as a CRT monitor can, meaning that optimal display quality can be reached only when the signal input matches the native resolution. An image where the number of pixels is same as in the image source and where the pixels are perfectly aligned to the pixels in the source is said to be pixel perfect.