Does your monitor lie to you?

[benoitowns]

I know this sounds completely absurd, but I just found out mine has.
I have a 26 inch television that I use for both PC and console gaming. And this.
Since I have had it, I used 720p for console and a PC resolution of 1600*1200.
I just found out my TVs maximum resolution is 1368*768 or something like that.
I switched it to that resolution, and it looks SO much clearer and less blurry.
But I still am very pissed at my TV for lying. I mean on my 360 I am even able to switch it to 1080p and it will tell me that is what it is projecting at. I guess I truly can't tell the difference from 720p to 1080p. But I am angry.....
So check your monitor's specs on the manufacturer website or whatever and see if your monitor is actually telling the truth.

 

[XavierHarkonnen]

My 27" lcd tv says it can run in 1080p but i'm not so sure. I'm pretty sure before i bought it, it maxed out at 1080i/720p. All the same whenever i load up a ps3 game that runs native 1080p my screen goes black for a second and says in the top right corner that its running 1080p. It's probly upscaling but oh well.

 

[ShakesZX]

I think that's what most monitors do nowadays that run HD/720p

 

[spectrenihlus]

Yes DAMN YOU GUILTY SPARK.

Oh wait wrong monitor.

 

[Hashime]

Yes DAMN YOU GUILTY SPARK.

Oh wait wrong monitor.

HA!
And back to the topic at hand: It probably has a chip that takes the signal and make it work the best it can.