Recent content by rsbrux

Well, I ordered an EDID dongle, but I have sent it back already. Installing the Intel drivers seems to have fixed the problem. Thanks Intel!

No such luck here. We don’t even have Amazon, but I prefer to deal with loacl vendors anyway.

Thanks for the tip. The one in the Amazon link you provided seems to be no longer available, but I found one from a local e-tailer for about USD 20. It’s just crazy that one needs a HW fix to replace a SW option that MS arbitrarily decided to remove from the OS ;-( Auto-detect could still be...

This sounded promising, but once WIndows finds the receiver, it can’t see the TV, IOW, no Display 2.

FWIW, it seems that there is no posssibility in Windows desktop editions: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/disabling-monitor-auto-detection-in-windows-10/e4f6bbc3-b45f-4880-8b06-3e339d62ac59 Apparently I’m not the only one looking for such a feature. ;-(

Thanks for the detailed explanation and for the references. Windows recognizes my TV as 4K capable, so I presume this means that the cable is adequate. I don’t even have any 4K source materials. Meanwhile, with @Scott ’s help, I jhave figured out where the mysterious lower resolution comes...

Thanks, that clarifies the situation, which I had oversimpilfied a bit. The monitor (TV) is connected to the PC via an A/V receiver, not directly. The receiver and TV are configured to switch on and off together, but the receiver turns on first. If both are turned on before I start the PC...

Sorry, I don't understand. It's an HDMI cable. What should I check? What could be wrong? Everything else works perfectly. When the monitor is powered up after the PC, the PC's display settings show a resolution of 1920x540, which isn't even a standard resolution. Where is Windows getting that?

The recordings are not made from the monitor, but from a built-in DVB-C tuner. The recording software is irrelevant. Even without recording, if I turn on the HTPC with the monitor turned off and then turn on the monitor, I get an unusable display resolution and aspect ratio.

I have Windows installed on an HTPC which wakes up to make recordings when the connected monitor (a TV) is turned off. When I turn the screen on, Windows has chosen an inappropriate resolution and aspect ratio, apparently attempting an auto-detect of the missing monitor. It then fails to...