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Pixel aspect ratio

A pixel aspect ratio (PAR) is a mathematical ratio that describes how the width of a pixel in a digital image compares to the height of that pixel.

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Use of pixel aspect ratio

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Modern standards and practices

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Confusion with display aspect ratio

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Introduction

Background

Inconsistency in defined pixel aspect ratio values

Modern standards and practices

Use of pixel aspect ratio

Confusion with display aspect ratio

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Pixel aspect ratio

Nodes62
Edges61
Triples162
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032258
Components1

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Pixel aspect ratio

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related to Main sources · 44
Pixel aspect ratio → Active, Algorithms, Archived, As, CEA Standard CEA-861-E, Charles, Chris, Consumer Electronics Association, Digital Video, DTV Profile, EBU Technical Recommendation R92-1999, European Broadcasting Union, HDMI, HDTV, Interfaces, International Telecommunication Union, ISBN, ITU Online Bookstore, ITU-R, ITU-R Recommendations
related to Supplementary sources · 31
Pixel aspect ratio → Adobe, Adobe After Effect CS4, Adobe After Effects CS4, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, Adobe Systems Incorporated, An, Archived, Aspect Ratio Conversions, Aspect Ratios, August, Brother John, CC, Common Pixel Aspect Ratios, Creative Commons Attribution, Digital Video Resolution, Documentations, English, German, Germany, ITU-R BT
related to background · 13
Pixel aspect ratio → As, Digital, Furthermore, Historically, However, Line Duration, Lines, NTSC, PAL, Standard-definition, Such, The, Video
related to Use of pixel aspect ratio · 12
Pixel aspect ratio → C64, CGA, EGA, Hercules, In, MSX, PC-88, Pixel, SNES, The, Video, X68000
related to Confusion with display aspect ratio · 11
Pixel aspect ratio → Also, DAR, Display, Due, Note, PAR, Pixel, SAR, Standard-definition TV, Storage, This
related to Introduction · 9
Pixel aspect ratio → DAR, HDTV, If, In, PAR, Rearranging, SAR, The, TV
related to Issues of non-square pixels · 8
Pixel aspect ratio → An, Directly, For, NTSC, Pixel, Special, This, TVs
related to Analog-to-digital conversion · 7
Pixel aspect ratio → As, Based, ITU-R BT, MHz, Rec, The, To
related to Inconsistency in defined pixel aspect ratio values · 7
Pixel aspect ratio → Commonly, Internet, Otherwise, See, Supplementary, Therefore, To
related to Pixel aspect ratios of common video formats · 6
Pixel aspect ratio → Digital, Digital Video Editing, Note, PAL, Pixel, Rec

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aspect pixel ratio video digital pixels image display also pictures 576i systems television non-square ratios 16 standard pal lines 480i

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
film there is no notion of pixelinstance of3 display.In analog images0.80text
nor notion of SAR or PARinstance of3 display.In analog images0.80text
but in the digitization of analog images the resulting digital image has pixelsinstance of3 display.In analog images0.80text
hence SARinstance of3 display.In analog images0.80text
NTSC 480iinstance ofanalog video systems0.80text
PAL 576iinstance ofanalog video systems0.80text
instead of employing progressively displayed framesinstance ofanalog video systems0.80text
employ fields or interlaced half-frames displayed in an interwoven manner to reduce flickerinstance ofanalog video systems0.80text
double the image rate for smoother motion.Analog-to-digital conversionAs a result of computers becoming powerful enough to serve as video editing toolsinstance ofanalog video systems0.80text
video digital-to-analog convertersinstance ofanalog video systems0.80text
analog-to-digital converters were made to overcome this incompatibilityinstance ofanalog video systems0.80text
centimeters or inchesinstance ofin a unit of length0.80text

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