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.
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