What is horizontal and vertical resolution?
A video or computer image is made up of rows of horizontal and vertical pixels. Its resolution is limited by the number of distinguishable rows, or lines, that the monitor or LCD device can form. “Horizontal resolution” or, more properly, “horizontal lines” is the number of distinct lines that you can count going across the image–but if you look at your monitor, these lines would actually go up and down, or vertically. “Vertical resolution” measures the number of distinguishable lines you can count from top to bottom in the image. In computer projection, the number of lines is only limited by the signal coming out of the computer and the quality of the projection device. In television, the number of vertical lines of resolution is fixed: the American, or NTSC, standard is 525 vertical lines. The number of horizontal lines will vary with the quality of the monitor or projector used, but is still limited to less than 400 by NTSC standards. This limit is one of the barriers that will be
A video or computer image is made up of rows of horizontal and vertical pixels. Its resolution is limited by the number of distinguishable rows, or lines, that the monitor or LCD device can form. “Horizontal resolution” or, more properly, “horizontal lines” is the number of distinct lines that you can count going across the image–but if you look at your monitor, these lines would actually go up and down, or vertically. “Vertical resolution” measures the number of distinguishable lines you can count from top to bottom in the image. In computer projection, the number of lines is only limited by the signal coming out of the computer and the quality of the projection device. In television, the number of vertical lines of resolution is fixed: the American, or NTSC, standard is 525 vertical lines. The number of horizontal lines will vary with the quality of the monitor or projector used, but is still limited to less than 400 by NTSC standards. This limit is one of the barriers that is broke
