HP Spectre 360 13-4179ng and external monitor

[GMAC-G]

Hello Community,

I own a HP Spectre 360 (13-4179ng with Intel Graphics 520) which I would like to run with an external monitor, preferrably with an ultrawide monitor. I am not sure which kind of monitors would be suitable for that purpose. I am currently looking at the LG 34 UB67-B (21:9, 2,560 x 1,080 ). But again, I am not sure if my Spectre (1.920 x 1.080) would be able to use the full screen of a 21:9 monitor.

Basically I would like to know, what specifications of the notebook limits the selection of external monitors. May be I could also combine the Spectre with a 4k monitor?

Thanks for your input.

GMAC-G

[banhien]

@GMAC-G 

The HP Spectre x360 40xx and 41xx series machines have

• HDMI 1.4b port  supporting up to 1920×1200 at 60 Hz only
• DisplayPort 1.2 port supporting higher resolution

I believe DP 1.2 supports 21:9 monitors. Please check the following note first

               https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort

In short, you can't use direct HDMI port, you have to use DP connection.

Regards.