HD monitor resolution question

I bought an LG w2361V 23" monitor (full HD) for use with my MPB. I have it hooked up via mini to VGA adapter.
The native resolution is 1920x1080, but at that setting (via Apple, System Preferences, Displays) the right 2 inches of the monitor are not used (i.e. a black bar). At 1680 x 1050 the entire monitor space is used. The problem with 1680 x 1050 is that (in Keynote anyway) things like pie charts look stretched in stead of circular. Why will it not work at the higher resolution? What can I do?
Is there a monitor that works particularly well with Mac? (I don't want to pay the big bucks for an apple monitor).
The monitor has VGA/DVI/HDMI inputs. Is there a mini to HDMI available for mac?
Thanks
bob

OK, I have tried everything in
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2004318&start=0&tstart=0
with no resolution. But I do know how to frame the question better.
I am running Mac Book Pro 10.5.7 with a new external LGw2361v 23" monitor, native 1920x1080 60ghz over a mini to vga cable. The 1920x1080 has always appeared in apple's display utility, but when I choose it, I get a letter box screen image (i.e. two 1" black bars on each side or one 2" black bar on right). I would expect it to fill the entire screen.
Any other ideas how to get rid of the letterbox?
Is there a way to scale or stretch the image? I tried SwitchResX, but that did not resolve the problem.
Thanks
bob

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Bob's question is a common one. And one of the first that most of us struggled to understand. Let's see if I can shed some light to help clarify the matter.
o The image starts out with a given number of pixels from the camera, scanner, or whatever was its source. The resolution only matters when it comes time to print the image.
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AlexisNeel wrote:
> Hi all. Just a quick question...hopefully it is in the
right topic.
>
> I think I remember reading here a long time ago, that
you could write a script
> that would have read the monitor resolution and load the
approperiate
> index.thml file for that screen and viewing size. Was I
just dreaming or is it
> possible to write a code that can detect monitor size
(like 800x600 or
> 1024x768) and load index.html that is right for the
particular monitor the user
> is using. ?
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It's counter productive for us retype what you already have
in your manuals.
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Urami
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