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    • RE: 10" HDMI 1080P displays

      @Dashrender said in 10" HDMI 1080P displays:

      So I'm going to have a 4K TV on the main output from the receiver, and a 1080p or less on the secondary one - does anyone thing this won't work when I'm watching 4K content? i.e. the secondary monitor won't work?

      At the end of the day, you should just try it. Got a spare TV or Full-HD HDMI monitor?

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: 10" HDMI 1080P displays

      @Dashrender said in 10" HDMI 1080P displays:

      But the ability to force this type of change seems unlikely on AV equipment. So I'm wondering, does the AV equipment know what the receiving display is capable of outputting, or does it not care and just output whatever it's set to?

      Both ends negotiate about protocols, codecs, resolution and so on. After this "handshaking" the sender will choose the best that was offered by the receiver. A good sender may allow you to choose a mode from a list. I'm not a Yammi fanboy, so I can't help with your receiver.

      https://www.videopro.com.au/t-hdmi-demystified.aspx
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: 10" HDMI 1080P displays

      @Dashrender said in 10" HDMI 1080P displays:

      @thwr said in 10" HDMI 1080P displays:

      @Dashrender What exactly are you trying to accomplish?

      my AV equipment is in a remote location to viewing area.

      I want to put a monitor where the viewing equipment is so I can make changes, updates and see that the output is working without having to go back to the viewing room each time I make a change.

      Don't you have a monitor out on your AV receiver?

      HDMI splitter may also work

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: StarWind vs Storage Spaces Direct

      @KOOLER That's basically everything what I've learned about the current situation on hyperconvergence and VSAN's during the last couple of months. Really appreciate your introductory disclaimer. Just remembering one of your posts a couple of months ago over at SW where you said something like "Actually, I'm the sales prevention guy here at StarWind".

      Anyway, thanks for your excellent writeup.

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: 10" HDMI 1080P displays

      @Dashrender What exactly are you trying to accomplish?

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: Linux VNC client

      Thanks, will check that out later, but don't have the time right now to fiddle around with something new.

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: ML - HTTP 503

      Well, at least it is working again 😉 Just wanted to let you know

      posted in Announcements
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    • Linux VNC client

      Anyone knows a good Linux VNC client? Requirements:

      • Connect from console / script
      • Upscaling (good quality)
      • Keep aspect ratio
      • Fullscreen on connect
      • Not enforcing encryption (this is just between two RPi's for a fair)

      Tried remmina, xtightvnc and a few others so far.

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: ML - HTTP 503

      Ah ok, was like 5 minutes ago

      Looks like this:
      0_1464181461790_ml-503.png

      posted in Announcements
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    • ML - HTTP 503

      "This forum is temporarily unavailable due to excessive load."

      @scottalanmiller: Had this for a few seconds. Just to let you know. Doesn't seem to be on the CF side, but on your host.

      posted in Announcements
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    • RE: What Are You Doing Right Now

      Right now: Building a system to stream the desktop from Raspberry Pi2 #1 to Pi2 #2 for a fair using VNC. Pi #2 will be attached to some large screen while Pi #1 does some presentation on the official Raspberry Pi 7" touchscreen. There will be a little distance (a few meters) between both.

      Why no HDMI wireless repeater? You can render to both (DSI and HDMI) just fine, but not on X on a Pi AFAIK. There's just a single framebuffer [1, 2, 3, 4]. That's why I had to fetch a stream from the desktop 😉 Transfer via VNC over Ad-Hoc-Wifi or CAT 6a.

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: 10" HDMI 1080P displays

      About your initial question: Embedded displays like those in some tablets. China is your friend here 🙂 Maybe a car entertainment screen?

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: 10" HDMI 1080P displays

      @Dashrender said in 10" HDMI 1080P displays:

      Honestly I have no idea in the TV space.

      When you hook up a 1366 x 768 monitor to a PC, the video card knows the resolution of the monitor and attempts to us only that.

      I don't know if TVs work the same way or not. I want to make sure that my new TV will be displaying at it's best resolution possible, even if a lower res one is attached to the second output.

      TVs and monitors store their possibile resolutions in a small IC and your PC will query this (keyword is EDID).

      Anyway, most modern TVs and monitors support some form of upscaling, thus they are calculating the rest of the picture. If your screen doesn't support that, you can:

      • Place an upscaling device in front (Denon AV receivers for example are doing a good job here). Something else (just an example): http://www.amazon.com/Panlong-PL-SH2H-Converter-Upscaler-Consoles/dp/B00D86UYBS
      • Upscale the content on the video source. Relatively easy with a PC, hard with something like an old video cam.

      You could even DIY, but that requires some knowledge. What is the exact use case / purpose? Digital (HDMI) or analog source?

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: VM from ESXi to Xenserver

      @JaredBusch said in VM from ESXi to Xenserver:

      @momurda said in VM from ESXi to Xenserver:

      Did you remove esxi tools from guest before export? This is important.

      Migrating from VMWare to Hyper-V, I have never found this to be required. In fact, it causes more issues many times.

      I typically remove the VMWare tools afterward.

      Did the same (vSphere 5.5 -> Hyper-V 2012 R2), just remove them past-import.

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: What Are You Doing Right Now

      @hobbit666 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      Feeling a bit lonely it's 11:53 here and there's been no posts 😞

      Our most active spammer contributor literally hit the road 😉 Maybe it's a bit quiet here because of that.

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: User's thoughts on Windows 10. #frustrated

      @BRRABill said in User's thoughts on Windows 10. #frustrated:

      @BBigford said

      To name a few... WiFi Sense, Telemetry, Cortana. The list is extensive though, so much that people developed programs and PowerShell scripts to disable the atrocities that were the "features".

      Bitlocker keys sent to Microsoft.

      Bitlocker enabled by default.

      Any source?

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: What Are You Doing Right Now

      @brianlittlejohn said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      Hmmm....

      http://techcrunch.com/2016/05/19/audio-fingerprinting-being-used-to-track-web-users-study-finds/

      Not new, but scary. GPU/Driver/OS fingerprinting is also in broad use...

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: What Are You Doing Right Now

      Removing branding from new mobile 😉 Really don't like bloatware.

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: User's thoughts on Windows 10. #frustrated

      @BBigford said in User's thoughts on Windows 10. #frustrated:

      @Breffni-Potter said in User's thoughts on Windows 10. #frustrated:

      Now, I have my own thoughts and feelings about this but the user is someone I know and they are keen for this to be seen so I'm "sharing" in the old fashioned way.

      https://www.facebook.com/christine.daniel.129/videos/10153391239151910/

      I have no idea what happened prior to the uploading of the video. I leave this here for the community to give an opinion on the video above. Yes it is only on Facebook but you don't need an account to view.

      Opinions?

      Nana couldn't get to Facebook for 2 hours... And doesn't own a smart phone? The afternoon is absolutely ruined.

      I know if my mom couldn't get to Facebook to see her grand kids she'd... Probably just give up on waiting and physically go and see them. Problem solved.

      I still call my family on Sunday's... Then again I don't have Facebook anymore because of the crap my family thinks people want to hear about.

      Too bad you're only able to upvote once.

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: Weekend Plans

      @scottalanmiller said in Weekend Plans:

      We have made it to Chisinau, but are in a temp apartment until our real one is ready. We managed to get out and get everyone fed, though. Very tired. Hoping to sight see tomorrow.

      Back to the future already? Thought you don't have Wifi/3G/4G/whatever? Stay offline, your wife and kids will most probably love it 😉

      posted in Water Closet
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