WUXGA
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WUXGA stands for Widescreen Ultra eXtended Graphics Array and is a display resolution of 1920×1200 pixels with a 16:10 screen aspect ratio.
It is a wide version of UXGA, and is appropriate for viewing North American HDTV content (ATSC), which uses a 1920×1080 image at a 16:9 ratio (the image is slightly letterboxed, but maintains an appropriate aspect ratio).
WUXGA resolution is equivalent to 2.3 Megapixel. A WUXGA image has an uncompressed size of 6.3MB
Products
This resolution is currently available in high-end LCD televisions and computer monitors. As of 2006, Alienware, Dell, HP , Hypersonic and Sony sell notebooks with 15.4" and/or 17" LCD screens that have WUXGA resolution.
- Acer sells a 24" widescreen monitor (AL2416) which has a native resolution of 1920x1200.
- Alienware sells Aurora notebooks with a native resolution of 1920 x 1200.
- Apple's Cinema Display has a 23" variant that displays this resolution.
- Dell sells the M90, XPS M170, Inspiron 9200, 9300, 9400, and E1705 laptops which all have a 17" WUXGA+ UltraSharp Widescreen. All are capable of a resolution of 1920x1200. The Latitude D820 and Precision M65 and M70 all support WUXGA, in a 15.4" screen (presently none in the Inspiron line do).
- Dell sells 24" widescreen LCD monitors with this native resolution (2405FPW/2407WFP).
- Eizo 24" and 22" widescreen monitors (S2410W, CE240W, CG220) have 1920x1200 native resolution.
- Hypersonic sells the Aviator range (Ex7, CX7 and FX7) with 17" screens.
- Samsung has their 24" Widescreen monitors 240T, 242T and 244T which have a resolution of 1920x1200 pixels.
- Sony VAIO Top-of-the-range 17" A-series notebook had a resolution of 1920x1200 pixels, but the newer AX models have lower resolutions.The new AR-series also features a 17" display with this resolution.
- ViewSonic Pro Series 23" widescreen monitors (VP231wb, VP2330wb) have 1920x1200 native resolution.
| Computer display standard |
| Video hardware |
|---|
| MDA | Hercules | CGA | EGA | VGA | MCGA | 8514 | XGA |
| Display resolutions ([Image]) |
| QVGA | VGA | SVGA | XGA | SXGA | SXGA+ | UXGA | QXGA | QSXGA | QUXGA | HXGA | HSXGA | HUXGA |
| Widescreen variants |
| WXGA | WSXGA/WXGA+ | WSXGA+ | WUXGA | WQXGA | WQSXGA | WHXGA | WHSXGA | WHUXGA | WQUXGA |
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