[TriLUG] Display adapter and cable to monitor

[David Burton via TriLUG]

According to one of the answers on Amazon, from someone who sounds like he
knows, that monitor's two HDMI ports are not the same. One supports HDMI
2.0, and the other supports only HDMI 1.4.
https://www.amazon.com/forum/-/Tx3LIYIUAIL9C0N/ref=ask_ql_ql_al_hza?asin=B01FGCJBGK

Dave


On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 6:00 PM, Brian McCullough via TriLUG <
trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> Thank you all for the interesting discussion. ( and information )
>
> Since the machine is currently running ( I am using it to drive this
> conversation ), I can't look at the card itself, but it has three
> connectors, DVI, HDMI and VGA.
>
> lspci, lshw and X.0.log all show more information than I gave, but
> support what Ron suggested, that a newer card would be worthwhile.
>
> As I said, a DP -> DVI or DP -> HDMI are of no use to me with this card.
>
> From what I can see, the monitor treats the three input connectors as
> separate devices, inputs.
>
> It is a "HP Pavilion 32-inch QHD Wide-Viewing Angle Display" which has
> two HDMI and one DP input, maximum and native resolution of 2560x1440.
>
>
> I thought that I had written this earlier, when I started this message
> about four hours ago, but I think that the suggestion that I get a newer
> card is the correct one.
>
>
>
> Thanks again,
> Brian
>
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