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  • Odd monitor resolution issue

    From Nightfox to All on Sat Jun 11 18:08:12 2011
    I've noticed something strange with my PC monitor recently. This monitor is a flat-panel monitor that has a native resolution of 1920x1080. When it's connected via DVI, the picture is fine, but when it's connected via HDMI, the 1920x1080 resolution works, but the picture is a little too big to fit on the screen, and I have to decrease the resolution a bit in order for the whole picture to fit on the screen. Why might that be? Shouldn't a screen resolution work the same whether it's connected via DVI or HDMI? I had assumed the video information was the same for both DVI and HDMI.

    Nightfox
  • From Mordor@VERT to Nightfox on Wed Jun 15 10:32:24 2011
    Re: Odd monitor resolution issue
    By: Nightfox to All on Sat Jun 11 2011 06:08 pm

    I've noticed something strange with my PC monitor recently. This monitor is flat-panel monitor that has a native resolution of 1920x1080. When it's connected via DVI, the picture is fine, but when it's connected via HDMI, th 1920x1080 resolution works, but the picture is a little too big to fit on th screen, and I have to decrease the resolution a bit in order for the whole picture to fit on the screen. Why might that be? Shouldn't a screen resolution work the same whether it's connected via DVI or HDMI? I had assu the video information was the same for both DVI and HDMI.

    Nightfox

    Does the monitor have a "AUTO" button? This will usually reset the picture
    onto the screen size automatically.

    But you are right, the connection type should not matter.

    Jeff in Australia

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