Question by Dueces: How Do I Know If A LCD Monitor Supports HD (1080p)?
Ok so here I go. I am in the market for a new monitor. Now I would like my monitor to support the highest level of HD so I can sometimes play with my 360. How can I tell if an LCD Monitor supports 1080p. I have seen some monitors say HD Ready but when you look at the specs nothing is different from the monitors that don’t say that. I am in the market for a 20″ – 22″ monitor. I already have some monitors singled out but I want to know how to tell if the have HD support, especially 1080p. Does it have anything to do with HDCP or DVI-D. I would also like to know if for a monitor to support 1080p it must have a HDMI thing.
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That is weird because my friend is telling me that he is running his 360 on 1080p. Or at least that’s what I think he said. He is using one of these monitors.

http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=012400&cid=MT.983

http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=010527&cid=MT.983

Is there any way he could be running in 1080p maybe with component or something like that?
He is using VGA. To do this. To get 1080p. He says that it is not True 1080p but how much worse is it, and can I use DVI to do this, or would DVI be better. I was wondering if I could use DVI-D to do this and what is the diff between DVI-D and all the other DVI’s.
Yes but I don’t have enough money for a Full HD TV. I can get a 22″ Monitor with D-Sub.DVI-D for about 220$ . This D-Sub/DVI-D, will I be able to do what my friend is doing by having 1080p that is not true? Also what is the difference between DVI/DVI-D and VGA.

ALSO: The DVI-D has a resolution of 1680 x 1050 (WSXGA+), what does teh WSXGA+ mean.

Best answer:

Answer by Jake
1080p is a resolution. 1080p is 1920×1080. look for a monitor with that reolution. its normally and monitor 24″ or larger has 1080p resolution

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