Yosemite 10.3.3 2nd monitor resolution problem

I just updated to the new Yosemite 10.3.3 on my Mac Pro 2011 and my second monitor will not let me choose my correct display resolution. It only lets me choose 1080i, 1080p, 720p. It worked fine at 1920x1080 before the update and filled the screen correctly but now i have the TV top and bottom black bars on the monitor and is driving me nuts. The monitor i am using is a production monitor JVC DT-V20L3DY. I have tried the restart and the button inside and same thing. Any ideas how to fix this?

I have the same issues with the 10.10.3 release, running on an older (2009) MacBook Pro. Graphics system for mine is the NVIDA GeForce 9400M chipset. Touchstone is spot on, the 10.10.3 build does not seem to have a selection in the scaled display settings for 1920x1080.
However, on a much older iMac, (2007?) I have, this is not the case. I'm running Dell S2490W Monitors as secondary on both systems, and the iMac build has retained the correct scaled resolution of 1920x1080 as an option. This option does not appear on the MacBook pro load. Obviously, this worked properly until the update (in 10.10.2) on my MacBook Pro
I suspect we have a driver issue with out MacBook Pro graphics chiptset and the 10.10.3 release. I would love to hear from the community if this is a common problem. I would hate to hear a "We don't support that hardware anymore"!

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‎05-06-2013 07:34 PM
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Personally I always go with the digital cables over the analog cables."
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