galen 0 Posted November 21, 2007 OK I know I should know this but that's why I'm asking. What is the difference in D1 and cif? I know D1 is better but what exactly is CIF, in relations to resolution. Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jameslou 0 Posted December 5, 2007 CIF = 352x240 in NTSC and 352x288 in PAL. You may google "Definition of CIF" for more detail definition. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sinbad 0 Posted December 5, 2007 http://www.afterdawn.com/glossary/terms/cif.cfm CIF Common Intermediate Format Back in history, this acronym's name comes from video conferencing tools in late 1980's and early 1990's. Nowadays the term CIF is used to mean specific video resolution: 352x288 in PAL 352x240 in NTSC CIF is 1/4th of "full resolution" TV, also called as D1 and is best-known because VideoCD standard uses this resolution. http://www.afterdawn.com/glossary/terms/d1.cfm D1 So-called "full resolution" for TV specs. Normally D1 can mean one of the following video resolutions: 704x576 (TV PAL) 704x480 (TV NTSC) 720x576 (DVD-Video PAL) 720x480 (DVD-Video NTSC) Subsets of D1 are CIF and QCIF. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
