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Old 09-06-2006, 02:52 PM
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Perplexed new owner of Westinghouse LVM-42w2

Greetings,

I was wondering if someone could shed some light on the Westinghouse LVM-42w2 monitor I just bought!

The Westinghouse website clearly states that this monitor supports 1080p through the HDMI port (URL is http://www.westinghousedigital.com/p...-monitor.aspx). Yet, on page 20 of the owner's manual, it says that HDMI supports up to 720/1080i. The owner's manual does state that the DVI ports both support up to 1080p.

I do not yet own a Blu-ray player to test the HDMI port's ability (or inability) to accept a 1080p signal. So, should I believe the website or the owner's manual? And, if the HDMI port in fact does NOT support 1080p, will I be able to get full 1080p through the DVI port by using an HDMI to DVI adapter or cable to connect a Blu-ray player?

**UPDATE** Just a few minutes after I posted this message, I found the following text on the web page I mentioned above.

Quote:
Please note that the User Manual incorrectly states (on page 20) that the LVM 42w2 has the ability to ONLY reproduce 1080i on HDMI. This is a misprint; this model allows HDMI input to reproduce 1080p and 1080i quality video. We regret the error.
I have some other questions about this monitor, in case someone has the time and knowledge to address them:

When viewing a 1080i signal, if I go to the monitor's menu and ask what resolution I'm in, it tells me 1920 x 540. The picture quality definitely LOOKS like 1080, but why is the monitor reporting 540?

Also, I've noticed that when watching cable TV (I have Comcast and I noticed this on channels like Discovery HD), a very thin vertical white line appears on the extreme left side of the image WHILE the channel's logo is displayed on the lower right-hand corner of the screen. When the channel chooses to remove their logo, this thin white line disappears along with the logo. Might this be a limitation of the component video input (YPbPr)? Should I spend the $80-$100 to connect my cable box to the TV set via a DVI cable instead of the component video cables?

Any and all info would be greatly appreciated!

Alra111

Last edited by alra111; 09-06-2006 at 03:10 PM.
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