Raspberry Pi 2 supports its HDMI display for 1080p resolution. But, when you want a smaller resolution whether it is in a large display panel, you can configure it manually from terminal. 1) Get the lists of supported resolutions and modes of your monitor tvservice -d edid edidparser edid 2) Edit the configuration file nano /boot/config.txt 3) Find configuration for HDMI group and HDMI mode. The mode is the code shown in the result of first step. DMT group is 2 and CEA group is 1. For example, hdmi_group=2 #(DMT) hdmi_mode=85 #(code 85) 4) Restart your Raspberri Pi More References: http://www.cpmspectrepi.webspace.virginmedia.com/raspberry_pi/MoinMoinExport/OptimisedDisplaySettings.html