The resolution of the 2405FPW is 1920x1200, so yes it has enough pixels to run a 1080i resolution. However that little i stands for Interlaced, and by its nature an LCD panel will not draw an interlaced video frame if I remember correctly (someone feel free to correct me.) Pretty much all computer monitors draw the frame one line at a time, not interlaced...so basically I doubt the 2405FPW would do 1080i.

720P is better most of the time anways, being progressive scan motion is smoother and the picture is sharper. Depending on how the component input works you may have a small screen surrounded by black, and you'd want to use the controls on the monitor to "aspect" I believe to not stretch the image.

Read your users guide on support.dell.com

APPEND: Reading some reviews people have seemed to be able to attach a PS2 and run Gran Tourismo at 1080i...so maybe it just draws the frames interlaced becuase I doubt it can deinterlace/combfilter/etc

Message Edited by LCD_Ninja on 03-14-2005 10:14 PM

This monitor can display 1080i resolution percectly. It also does 480P very well when you connect a dvd (thats not encoded in macrovision), and does 720P, and even does 1080P.

The Dell 2405FPW Panel is a Samsung LTM240M1 - L01 and is manufactured by BenQ:
It utilizes a Genesis Gm1601 scaler/deinterlacer chip. All very quality parts