AllOutOfBubbleGum@lemmy.world to Sysadmin@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago"I hooked up a second monitor and neither are working!"message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up177arrow-down1message-square"I hooked up a second monitor and neither are working!"AllOutOfBubbleGum@lemmy.world to Sysadmin@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
I go to investigate, and they had managed to plug the HDMI cable of one monitor into the other monitor.
minus-squareag10n@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 day agoHD Base-T does exist but I know what you mean.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoYes, HDMI over cat5e is definitely a thing. As is Ethernet over HDMI, but as far as I know literally no retailer sells those.
minus-squarebestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·23 hours agoI bought HDMI cables that support ethernet years ago from Amazon’s store brand.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·15 hours agoAnd were you able to use that functionality?
minus-squarebestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·12 hours agoNone of my devices support it.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agoRight. Because as far as I know, no retailer sells that equipment.
HD Base-T does exist but I know what you mean.
Yes, HDMI over cat5e is definitely a thing. As is Ethernet over HDMI, but as far as I know literally no retailer sells those.
I bought HDMI cables that support ethernet years ago from Amazon’s store brand.
And were you able to use that functionality?
None of my devices support it.
Right. Because as far as I know, no retailer sells that equipment.