video mode

Screen output configuration

Video mode refers to a display setting that determines how images appear on a screen—resolution, color depth, refresh rate.

On older computers, switching video modes meant choosing between text and graphics displays or different resolutions: The game runs best in 640×480 video mode.

Modern systems handle this automatically, though the term persists in gaming and display settings.

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pixel · pixel perfect · refresh · refresh rate · settings · fullscreen · windowed · 720p · 1080p · 4K · aspect ratio · widescreen · letterbox · VGA · HDMI · monitor · interlaced · progressive

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video modesound mode

Configured audio output setting

motion capture

video modephoto mode

In-game photography feature

picture mode · burst mode

device state

video modestandby mode

Low-power waiting state

idle mode · sleep mode

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