You need a 23"/24" monitor for full 1080p output. Since widescreen 
monitors are 16:10 ratio and TV's are 16:9, you have an extra 120 pixels 
on the monitor (23"/24" widescreen LCD's are 1920x1200, 1080p is 1920x1080).

-Adam


Peter Fairweather wrote:
> But despite all the hype about huge resolution, none of then have an
> output exactly at 1080 which is needed for widescreen or support the
> 1080p standard.
> 
> Or should I be more sceptical about what I read on the internet?
> 
> Peter
> 
> On 30/10/2007, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Date: 2007/10/30 Tue AM 12:55:09 GMT
>>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: Re: OT - Dual DVI Video Cards
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> To: <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 6:39 PM
>>> Subject: Re: OT - Dual DVI Video Cards
>>>
>>>
>>>> I see card mfrs like XFX and Jaton that I've never heard of before. Last
>>>> time I shopped for a video card was for a Pentium 133.
>>> Matrox, Gigabyte, ASUS, ATI and NVidia (PNY Technologies) are all good brand
>>> names.
>>> The graphics industry is pretty hot on Matrox, Noritsu uses Matrox cards in
>>> their photo labs.
>>> The Parhelia card that I just bought supports 4 monitors through dual DVI at
>>> an embarrassingly high resolution and pixel count.
>> All the ones I've seen that are that advanced sound about as loud as an F16 
>> with the afterburner on.  Yours?
>>
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