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480p is the shorthand name for a family of video display resolutions.The p stands for progressive scan, i.e. non-interlaced.The 480 denotes a vertical resolution of 480 pixels, usually with a horizontal resolution of 640 pixels and 4:3 aspect ratio (480 × 4 ⁄ 3 = 640) or a horizontal resolution of 854 (848 should be used for mod16 compatibility) [1] pixels for an approximate 16:9 aspect ...
The history of film technology traces the development of techniques for the recording, construction and presentation of motion pictures. When the film medium came about in the 19th century, there already was a centuries old tradition of screening moving images through shadow play and the magic lantern that were very popular with audiences in ...
This chart shows the most common display resolutions, with the color of each resolution type indicating the display ratio (e.g., red indicates a 4:3 ratio). This article lists computer monitor, television, digital film, and other graphics display resolutions that are in common use. Most of them use certain preferred numbers.
This list of motion picture film formats catalogues formats developed for shooting or viewing motion pictures, ranging from the Chronophotographe format from 1888, to mid-20th century formats such as the 1953 CinemaScope format, to more recent formats such as the 1992 IMAX HD format.
SDTV resolution by nation: for historical reasons, different countries use either 480i or 576i as their standard-definition picture format. Standard-definition television (SDTV; also standard definition or SD) is a television system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either high or enhanced definition. [1]
U2 3D was the first live-action film to be shot, posted, and exhibited entirely in 3D, [124] the first live-action digital 3D film, [125] and the first 3D concert film. [126] Regarding its production, it was the first 3D film shot using a zoom lens , [ 127 ] an aerial camera , [ 128 ] and a multiple-camera setup . [ 125 ]
In NTSC-system countries, the TV scan rate of 30 frame/s would cause a perceptible speedup if the same were attempted, and the necessary correction is performed by a technique called 3:2 pulldown: Over each successive pair of film frames, one is held for three video fields (1/20 of a second) and the next is held for two video fields (1/30 of a ...
The first film made for the Kinetoscope, and apparently the first motion picture ever produced on photographic film in the United States, may have been shot at this time (there is an unresolved debate over whether it was made in June 1889 or November 1890); known as Monkeyshines, No. 1, it shows an employee of the lab in an apparently tongue-in ...