Vector Video Standards

Came across this picture which I find it very informative. It could be a good reference for screen resolutions.

Windows mobile devices are limited to WVGA. I wonder when that limitation will be voided. As for monitor displays, they are almost reaching the end of the chart. What will be beyond that?

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Wide Video Graphics Array

A screen that is 800x480 (WVGA), like the Touch HD, has an astounding 384,000 pixels. WVGA resolution is the highest that Windows Mobile supports, and devices with this resolution offer a crisper image and the ability for lots of screen data to be displayed at once. This is ideal for movies, web browsing, and remote desktop. That said, the Touch HD is among the WinMo elite that have such a high resolution display.

The Touch HD is the first HTC device that sports a WVGA screen. Since then, more and more new devices that appears in the market uses this screen resolution.


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Video Graphics Array

Video Graphics Array (VGA) was the last graphical standard introduced by IBM that the majority of PC clone manufacturers conformed to, making it today (as of 2009) the lowest common denominator that all PC graphics hardware supports, before a device-specific driver is loaded into the computer. For example, the MS-Windows splash screen appears while the machine is still operating in VGA mode, which is the reason that this screen always appears in reduced resolution and color depth.

Twenty years ago, you can only find VGA screens in desktops and laptops. But now, everything that is displayed on the screen during that time, is now capable of being displayed on mobile devices. Imagine that you're now carrying it right in your pocket. Modern high end mobile phones such as HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro are VGA screens.


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