19" lcd hi-def?

[yh125d]

Most 19" lcd's native resolution is 128x1024, so thats 1024 horizontal lines of pixels, right? so isnt that like a High-def TV, but smaller?

 

[xollox]

HD is widescreen, the monitors you're looking at aren't. 1080i and 1080p run at 1920x1080.

 

[BassBomb]

His monitor can display HD resolution

720P you can view (but with black bars)

 

[ForumMaster]

well it can display 720p HD video. not full 1080P videos which is 1920x1080.

 

[yh125d]

So, if its displaying in 720p, there will be bars like watching a regular def widescreen movie on a standard ratio TV?

What about 19" widescreens? what will they display? 1080p?

 

[Matt2]

1280x720 = 720p

1920x1080 = 1080i/p

Those are your only choices for hi def.

As long as your display's native resolution is higher than 1280x720 then you can view 720p content.