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will my hp 2009m lcd monitor put out hd picture?

i recently bought an xbox 360 cable to hook up to this monitor. now i just want know whether or not it will look better than my regular home tv. its a 20 inch lcd computer monitor

Answer:

The monitor is 1600 x 900 so it will be able to display 720p but not full 1080, however the spec also says the following :- Support for HDCP enables the monitor to display HDTV resolution if connected by the DVI connector. A monitor without HDCP support, or connected by analog VGA, causes the displayed video to be downgraded in quality to a DVD-like resolution that is less than HDTV. wether that means it has its own 1600 x 900 interpolation of a 1080 signal or not is open to question.
Never press the red off button on your remote, thats the standby shortcut, actually get up and press the button in on the monitor, then it might actually switch itself off. Then finally before going to bed at night, unplug it from the mains in the wall.

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