Comment Re:Lowest common denominator (Score 2) 70
s/done/sometimes done/
Try attaching any monitor above 1920x1080 via HDMI. So if the cable is known to be good, the computers in question have all "HDMI 2.0 4k" in big letters in their specs, all should work, right? Mwahahaha.
The particular case on my disk right now: EDID and DDC properly report 1920x1200 (native), 1920x1080, 1600x1200, etc., yet it fails to work in the first mode. 1920x1200 needs HDMI 1.4 bandwidth, the two other HDMI 1.3. The same monitor, the same cable work with some computers, fail with others. Hrm.
My low-res monitors are DVI, which is supposed to be carried over HDMI (same protocol), but guess what? It's also random which computers they work with.
Meanwhile, in the DP land, I have yet to see my first failure. But sometimes I need HDMI for $REASON.