wallpaper
A post which is intended to be, or is worthy of being, used as a background picture on computer displays.
This tag applies to:
- Posts that have an exact size and aspect ratio that allows it to fit on common displays without any zooming, stretching or cropping.
Some common screen sizes are listed below. Click on a link to search for images for a specific screen size:
Ultra-Wide
- UWHD (2560x1080, 21.3:9): width:2560 height:1080
- UWQHD (3440x1440, 21.5:9): width:3440 height:1440
- UW4K (3840x1600, 21.6:9/24:10): width:3840 height:1600
16:9
- FWVGA (854x480): width:854 height:480
- 540p: width:960 height:540
- WSVGA (1024x600): width:1024 height:600 (Roughly 16:9)
- 720p, 720i (1280x720) width:1280 height:720
- Faux "HD" (1366x768): width:1366 height:768 ("Standard HD" screen size on recent notebooks, in contrast to 1920x1080 "Full HD"; Roughly 16:9)
- HD+ (1600x900) width:1600 height:900
- FHD, 1080p, 1080i (1920x1080) width:1920 height:1080
- QWXGA (2048x1152) width:2048 height:1152
- WQHD (2560x1440): width:2560 height:1440
- 3K (3200x1800): width:3200 height:1800
- 4K, 2160p (3840x2160) width:3840 height:2160
- 5K UHD+ (5120x2880) width:5120 height:2880
- 8K, 4320p (7680x4320) width:7680 height:4320
5:3
- WVGA (800x480): width:800 height:480
- WXGA (1280x768): width:1280 height:768
16:10
- WXGA (1280x800): width:1280 height:800
- WXGA+ (1440x900): width:1440 height:900
- WSXGA+ (1680x1050): width:1680 height:1050
- WUXGA (1920x1200): width:1920 height:1200
- WQXGA (2560x1600): width:2560 height:1600
- QWXGA+ (2880x1800): width:2880 height:1800
3:2
- HVGA (480x320): width:480 height:320
- DVGA (960x640): width:960 height:640
- WXGA (1152x768): width:1152 height:768
- 854 (1280x854): width:1280 height:854
- 960 (1440x960): width:1440 height:960
- Surface 3 (1920x1280): width:1920 height:1280
- FHD+ (2160x1440): width:2160 height:1440
- Surface Pro 4 (2736x1824): width:2736 height:1824
- Surface Book (3000x2000): width:3000 height:2000
4:3
- QVGA (320x240): width:320 height:240
- VGA (640x480): width:640 height:480
- SVGA (800x600): width:800 height:600
- XGA (1024x768): width:1024 height:768
- XGA+ (1152x864): width:1152 height:864
- SXGA- (1280x960): width:1280 height:960
- SXGA+ (1400x1050): width:1400 height:1050
- UXGA (1600x1200): width:1600 height:1200
- 1440 (1920x1440): width:1920 height:1440
- WQSXGA (2048x1536): width:2048 height:1536
5:4
- SXGA (1280x1024): width:1280 height:1024
- QSXGA (2560x2048): width:2560 height:2048
Wallpaper resolution for some devices:
iDevices
- iPhone 3*/Original (480x320, 3:2): width:320 height:480
- iPhone 4* (960x640, 3:2): width:640 height:960
- Parallax: width:744 height:1216
- iPhone 5*/SE (1136x640, 71:40, ~16:9): width:640 height:1136
- Parallax: width:744 height:1392
- iPhone 6*/7*/8* (1334x750, 16:9): width:750 height:1334
- Parallax: width:852 height:1608 or width:890 height:1590?
- iPhone X (2436x1125, irregular): width:1125 height:2436
- Parallax: width:1579 height:2890 or width:1301 height:2820?
- iPhone 6*/7*/8* Plus (1920x1080, 16:9):
- Rotatable: width:2208 height:2208
- Parallax: width:1438 height:2592
- Parallax-Rotatable: width:2592 height:2592 or width:2662 height:2662?
- iPad (1024x768, 4:3):
- Rotatable: width:1024 height:1024
- Parallax: width:1262 height:1262
- iPad Retina (2048x1536, 4:3):
- Rotatable: width:2048 height:2048
- Parallax: width:2524 height:2524
- Apple Watch 38mm (340x272, 5:4): width:272 height:340
- Apple Watch 42mm (390x312, 5:4): width:312 height:390
Handhelds
- Nintendo 3DS (400x240, 5:3) width:400 height:240
- PlayStation Portable (480x272, 30:17): width:480 height:272
- PlayStation Vita (960x544, 30:17): width:960 height:544
Android
Note: See the table above for resolution of most devices. Change the width and height in search if you want a vertical wallpaper. Some wallpaper pickers might ask for double the screen resolution's width so that the wallpaper can be panned, change the number accordingly. Here are some special Android device resolutions:
- 1440x720, 18:9 : width:720 height:1440
- 2032x1080, 16.9:9 : width:1080 height:2032
- 2040x1080, 17:9 : width:1080 height:2040
- 2160x1080, 18:9 : width:1080 height:2160
- 2560x1312, 17.6:9 : width:1312 height:2560
- 2880x1440, 18:9 : width:1440 height:2880
- 2960x1440, 18.5:9 : width:1440 height:2960
Android Wear resolutions vary widely. Please manually check their resolution
Double horizontal resolution:
- 480p: width:960 height:854 or 5:3: width:960 height:800
- 540p: width:1080 height:960
- 720p: width:1440 height:1280
- 1080p: width:2160 height:1920 or 18:9: width:2160 height:2160
- 1440p: width:2880 height:2560 or 18:9: width:2880 height:2880
See Also
References
- Wikipedia Entry on Aspect Ratio (External Link)
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Wikipedia List of Common Resolutions (External Link)