Mac Mini Thunderbolt 1920x1080

I've got a Acer x243H Monitor. I put it in my Mac Mini with a thunderbolt adapter, But it can reach the resolution of 1920x1080. I've got two black lines on the left and the right.. Who can help me?
Kind regards,
Collin

When ypu say that it can't reach 1920x1080, do you mean
it is not a selection in System Preferences->Display or is
it that the monitor is just not diplaying properly?
I don't know what it is called in Acer monitors, but every
monitor/TV usually has a menu item somewhere to force
the monitor to fit the incoming image to the screen. Try
to find this function in your monitor's set up menus and
enable it.
If you can't select 1920x1080 from the mini, then that is something
different.

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