Confused about resolutions

[WannaMurderMicrosoft]

So my TV is the SAMSUNG 55NU7093 55'' and as far as I know it's native resolution is 3840x2160 but from Windows I can also select the resolution 4096x2160, while for my monitor that is also 3840x2160 I can't.

 

So why can I select a higher than it's native resolution for my TV?

[Needfuldoer]

Probably has something to do with it being a TV, and 4096x2160 is "Cinema 4K" resolution. It would interpolate that down to its panel's native UHD resolution.

 

https://www.lg.com/us/business/download/resources/BT00001837/BT00001837_1931.pdf

 

I guess a computer monitor would only need to go up to its native resolution under the assumption that the PC would do the scaling for it.

[tikker]

I've wondered the same thing as my TVs show the same. 4096 x 2160 is the DCI 4k standard, but best I've been able to find is just anecdotal guessing that it has to do with some sort of compliance thing, that it could help ensure the TV can get a proper 4k stream from streaming services by being able to signal that it supports that resolution if necessary. Monitors are "dumb" displays and all the processing, streaming etc. is done on/from the PC that is usually attached to it, so they don't have to worry about that I guess.