square vs rectangular pixels

Okay so NTSC uses tall rectangular pixels and photoshop and other graphic programs use square pixels.
What are the pixel dimensions of these formats:
1- 1080i
2 - 720p
3 - PAL

1- 1080i

Full square pixel 1080HD is 1920x1080 in interlaced or progressive or PsF

HDCAM SR is 1920x1080 in interlaced or progressive or PsF

HDCAM and DVCproHD 50i are both 1440x1080i Anamorphic 16:9 Widescreen

HDV2 is 1440x1080i

DVCproHD 60i is 1280x1080i


2 - 720p

Full square pixel 720p is 1280x720 in progressive only

HDV1 is 1280x720p

DVCproHD 60p Varicam is 920x720


3 - PAL

Full square pixel PAL 4:3 is 768x576 interlaced

Full square pixel PAL 16:9 is 1024x576 interlaced

PAL D1/DV is 720x576 interlaced and stretched to 4:3 or 16:9



Ben



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Thank you very much - very useful information.
Does this mean that all the HD formats that aren't full size (1920x1080)
are using non-square pixels to achieve thier size.

What is PsF ?

Sorry should have put this down but:

PsF

Is sometimes referred to as: Progressive Segmented Frame

and sometimes as: Progressive Sequential Fields

Basically they mean the same thing.

This is where a progressive frame is split up into two parts and spread across an interlaced format such as PAL or NTSC or 1080i but retains the progressive look.


Ben



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