windows 11 with LG ultrawide monitor

Anonymous
2021-11-01T15:43:59+00:00

I recently updated to Windows 11. I have a LG 34 inch ultrawide monitor (21:9 aspect ratio, 2560x1080 resolution). Windows 11 selects the generic Pnp monitor driver, which has a max 1920x1080 resolution, so the screen is fuzzy and stretched out - really unusable. LG does not have an updated driver, Windows 11 has all updates installed has no updates available related to this driver and it will only select this as the recommended resolution.

Is there no support for 2560x1080 HDMI monitors in windows 11?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Display and graphics

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-06-26T10:58:14+00:00

    I wanted to add this for anyone frantically googling. I got a new laptop (Dell xps15, 2023), and connected to my widescreen monitor (LG 25UM58 25 inch Ultrawide), and even when I selected the right resolution (the 'recommended' option, which matched what the monitor is meant to show) in Display Settings and updated all drivers, the screen was stretched. The monitor had been fine with my previous laptop.

    The problem resolved when I changed a setting on the monitor itself: Using the buttons on the monitor, I went into the screen menu to Settings>General>HDMI Compatibility Mode and switched this ON. That fixed the problem. Hope that helps someone else pulling their hair out.

    So if your screen is stretched in Windows 11 and none of the settings or drivers fix it, try fiddling with the hardware menu options too, that might solve the problem.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-06-26T11:16:51+00:00

    Great answer. I had the same problem. I am not sure what I did, but when I started to use the controls on the monitor itself, it suddenly reset and started working properly.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-06-27T01:46:29+00:00

    Glad you got it working!

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-07-04T20:06:36+00:00

    Amazing! Thank you, thank you thank you!

    Googled everywhere and nothing worked... until this!

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-07-21T14:30:31+00:00

    This worked for me after trying many other options. Thanks a lot

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