So we all know 144p, 240p, 360p, 480p, 720p, and 1080p. But why is there no setting for something like 550p?
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480p exists mainly because that’s standard NTSC horizontal resolution, or thereabouts (which is why 640×480 was a popular “high resolution” for computer displays in the 90s). 720p and 1080p follow the typical resolutions that were brought in for “HD Ready” and “HD” television sets. Since the existence of those resolutions meant a lot of LCD panels were built to that scale, it really made very little sense to introduce an intermediate resolution for video, because it would display like garbage on both a 480p and 720p display.
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