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PC Laptops, Monitor out rez tops out at 1024 x 768
I’m at a show running laptops into a Screen Pro 2. I’ve just run into 2 recently built laptops that can run their displays at 1600×900 or more but when I go into the graphics properties with multiple displays, the ‘Monitor Out’ resolutions top out at 1024. This includes one with an extra nVidia card, not just the intel 4000 chip. Am I missing something here? (I’m trying to send out 1280×720-16×9), and would settle for 1366×768) But even if I drop the laptop display rez to something lower the monitor output still stops at 1024.
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You need a vga edid manager. Something like this https://www.connectpro.com/prod_vid_ddcVGA.html
Cheers,
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Seth, thanks for the info. I always assumed edit was only passed via digital connections (DVI, HDMI) and not good old analog via. I guess the newer vga connectors try and collect edid info?! The
Screen Pro 2’s edid manager was set to 1280×720 but I doubt its vga connectors were designed to send out that digital info.
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[Eric Lagerlof] “Seth, thanks for the info. I always assumed edit was only passed via digital connections (DVI, HDMI) and not good old analog via. I guess the newer vga connectors try and collect edid info?!”
EDID is a part of VGA’s DDC, or Display Data Channel [link].
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That answers one question. Though in this situation the ScreenPro 2’s EDID manager was set to 1280×720…
On another note, know some good tricks to get a Macbook Pro to send out 1280×720 via its VGA/DisplayPort output? 1280×768 seems to be all that’s on offer. And while the SP2 sees it(1280×768), it doesn’t seem to be able to resize it anywhere close to fitting a 16×9 screen in either 1:1 sampling mode or ‘Oversampling’ Mode. I own a MBPro, non-retina, and I still hate to seem them at shows with Barco or Analog Way switchers…aaarrgh!
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