Pixels vs Resolution?

[shadesc]

Hi,

I've recently bought a new monitor (LG W2361V) and it's got a native screen resolution of 1920x1080, everything seems fine and it runs in this resolution according to windows/games. However, when I was browsing backgroundpictures.org I noticed a caption stating "Your actual screen resolution is 1676x943 px.". Confused, I googled for a couple of other websites which did the same thing and reported the same resolution, so JavaScript tells me I have 1676x943.

Does anyone have any knowledge about this? Have I been ripped off buying a monitor which supports a 1920x1080 resolution yet only has 1676x943 pixels? If so are all monitors like this? Surely this would mean that my monitor is in fact not full HD becuase it would be downscaled on input. Does anyone else get odd pixels amounts?

Any insight into this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Chris

[Steve R Jones]

everything seems fine and it runs in this resolution

What excatly more would you like to do if everything "Looks" Fine?

What does Windows say the resolution is?

[shadesc]

I'm more just curious as to whether I'm paying for pixels that don't exist and if manufactuers advertise and produce for 1920x1080 resolution to boost sales even if the monitor can't display it all, the monitor as it is looks great and I probably wouldn't even change it though just feel a bit cheated. Windows says 1920x1080 as does dxdiag.