Resolution has always referred to the amount of horizontal lines, (480, 720, 1080) probably due to the abomination that is interlacing. Refresh rates also work horizontally, which is why if you take video of a screen and the refresh rate is not synced with the camera, it has a visible line crawling down it.
This is the only reason I can think of that we do this. I always just state the whole resolution, as I have since my early days with computer monitors. (800x600, 1024x768, all old 4:3 resolutions) ////Greg Balint ///Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer quick q - i'm curious why 1280x720 resolution tends to be referred to as 720 rather than 1280. i always have to catch myself when a client asks for 720, seems bass-ackwards. thanks!
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