HD video
High-definition moving pictures
HD video is video with high definition—a resolution of at least 720 horizontal lines, significantly sharper than older standard-definition formats.
The term emerged in the early 2000s as televisions and cameras upgraded from fuzzy analog signals to crisp digital images: The concert was filmed in HD video.
Now largely baseline, HD is being superseded by 4K and higher resolutions.
- 1080pVideo resolution standard
- full HDHigh-resolution display standard
- 4KHigh-resolution video standard
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- pixelsDisplay's smallest points
aspect ratio · crisp · sharp · crystal clear · clarity · streaming · live stream · footage · slow motion · widescreen · Blu-ray · raw footage · cinema · upload · YouTube · frame · frame rate · render
- Security Camerassecurity cam, doorbell cam, nest cam, wireless cam, IP camera
- video callsmute, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, screen share, Discord
- video typesMP4, movies, AVI, films, clips
- mobile TVportable TV, streaming services, Netflix app
- streamingNetflix, Hulu, streaming, stream, YouTube
HD videostandard definition
Commonly accepted interpretation
480p · 480i · DVD quality
HD videoVHS
Analog tape format
analog video · Betamax · composite video · VHS-C · analog television
video, videos, videotape, videotaping, videotaped, videographer, videography, higher, highest