{"id":398,"date":"2014-08-03T05:38:03","date_gmt":"2014-08-03T05:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalchild.info\/?p=398"},"modified":"2014-08-03T05:38:03","modified_gmt":"2014-08-03T05:38:03","slug":"raspberry-pi-1080p-resolution-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomadult.local\/raspberry-pi-1080p-resolution-fix\/","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Pi 1080p Resolution Fix"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently wrote up my new raspberry pi workstation<\/a> with a nice new ViewSonic VA2246M<\/a> but by default the Pi would only output 1600×1200. The configuration for the HDMI lives in the config.txt<\/a> file in \/boot<\/strong>. I had to work through a few different hdmi_group<\/em> and hdmi_mode<\/em> settings to find the right combination. I found a page<\/a> that outlined all the possible combinations and I set about finding which one worked for my setup.<\/p>\n

To save you an hour or so you’ll need to edit the \/boot\/config.txt file on the pi.<\/p>\n

You’ll need to then find the section that has the following two lines<\/p>\n

\n\n#hdmi_group 1\n#hdmi_mode 5\n\n<\/pre>\n

Remove the comments and set the following<\/p>\n

\n\nhdmi_group 2\nhdmi_mode 83\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recently wrote up my new raspberry pi workstation with a nice new ViewSonic VA2246M but by default the Pi would only output 1600×1200. The configuration for the HDMI lives in the config.txt file in \/boot. I had to work through a few different hdmi_group and hdmi_mode settings to find …<\/p>\n

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