A 1680x1050 monitor that can display 1920x1080??

[fredblair88]

Hello, Im thinking of getting a 22" monitor, looking at a Philips Brilliance S-line 220S2CB, 16:10 display with 1680x1050 resolution. Although Im a bit concerned about how it will display games that are in 16:9, such as 1920x1080 res?

The bizarre thing is that on p.27 of the manual, it lists 1680x1050 as the max resolution, but then lists other possible resolutions which includes 1920x1080 (see near the bottom of list below). How can a monitor with native/max width of 1680 also be capable of 1920 pixel width? Whats going on here?

H. freq (kHz) Resolution V. freq (Hz)
31.469 640x350 70.086
31.469 720x400 70.086
31.469 640x480 59.940
35.000 640x480 67.000
37.500 640x480 75.000
35.156 800x600 56.250
37.879 800x600 60.317
46.875 800x600 75.000
48.363 1024x768 60.004
60.023 1024x768 75.029
63.981 1280x1024 60.020
79.976 1280x1024 75.025
55.469 1440x900 59.901
55.935 1440x900 59.887
70.635 1440x900 74.984
66.587 1920x1080 60.000 (reduce blinking)
65.290 1680x1050 60.000
64.674 1680x1050 60.000

Here is the monitor home page;

http://www.philips.co.uk/c/pc-monitor/brilliance-22-55.9-cm-s-line-wsxga-plus-220s2cb_00/prd/;jsessionid=FE6F1FFD78A0F690AD34330C9F4649B4.app101-drp1?t=specifications

(manual is a PDF in the support tab)

 

[MauveCloud]

16:10 monitors vary in how they handle 16:9 content - some add black bars at the top and bottom to preserve aspect ratio, some stretch it to full screen height, and some give you the choice of which to do. If a monitor has multiple input types, the behavior might even vary between input types. I think that monitor has 1680x1050 as the native resolution, but it can downscale from a 1920x1080 input (much like "720p" HDTVs can often still accept 1080i/p signals)