The image quality of "Laser Designation Pods" is often surprisingly low for those who don't see them that much as they imagine that these would be amazing. The RAF has used 3 different generations which have a approximate "resolution" of their CCD/FLIR as follows -
1st Gen "Pave Spike" from the 70's - approx 128x128 resolution
2nd Gen "Tiald" from the late 80's - approx 256x256 resolution
3rd Gen "Litening 3/Sniper" from mid 2000's to now - approx 1024x1024 resolution
3rd Gen is currently the standard across the RAF, USAF and NATO etc and it's still not what people would consider "HD". Also, even if it were, the way the aircraft actually records the information can have a huge impact on image quality, so much so that what the pilot see's directly on his screens is often better than what we would see as a recording. So for example a Tornado GR4 flying over Syria in 2019 viewing their 3rd Gen Litening 3 pod on just a 800x600 AMLCD screen will still have been recording the images on a multi-track S-VHS tape from the late 80's for viewing back at base!
I worked on aircraft using 2nd and 3rd Gen pods for over 20 years and the only "high resolution" you would ever see from a plane is from specialist Reconnaissance Pods which are absolutely outstanding picture quality but they are very rarely fitted, and even if they were they can't track moving like the Laser pod can as those use a turret design where as Recon pods are fixed.
Alternatively Drones/Surveillance aircraft are now using full 1080p cameras but nothing of that quality is used on fighter/attack aircraft right now that I know of.
