EDID Limitation for iMac 27 inch (Really Advanced Question)

I need a display engineer/programmer to answer my question: is it possible for Apple to set the EDID of 27in iMacs to accept 1080p rather than just 1440p/720p, is it even possible? And if it is possible, would it be a software-based (ex: flashing firmware) upgrade or a hardware-based upgrade? Please, no n00b answers. Appreciate the help.

I am not the engineer that you requested, but I think that you are missing the boat with the question. The 27" iMac already accepts 1080p. Any new Mac with a mini-DisplayPort can connect with the 27" iMac with a simple and inexpensive m-DP to m-DP cable and drive the iMac's display at its full resolution, 2560x1440 pixels.
So if this is a bassackwards way of inquiring about why an XBox or some other device is limited to 720p, it is because the adapter (~US$150) used limits the resolution to 720p. If you use a scaler (~US$299), which has its own graphics chip, instead of an adapter, then it can drive the iMac's display at 1080p.
http://www.atlona.com/ATLONA-HDMI-MINI-DISPLAYPORT-TO-MINI-DISPLAYPORT-SCALER-AN D-SWITCHER.html

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