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Re:Ask HN: Can you recommend an “instant-switch” Monitor? Do... by yjftsjthsd-h on Monday December 19, 2022 @02:40AM (#34049517)
Ah. And we couldn't stick... What, 4 ints of metadata in the video steam (width, height, depth, frame rate)? Not like we don't have the bandwidth. I can believe that, but it's disappointing that nobody bothered.
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Re:Ask HN: Can you recommend an “instant-switch” Monitor? Do... by TylerE on Monday December 19, 2022 @02:45AM (#34049552)
Historically speaking bad things happen when you hand a display something it can’t handle - including not being able to see the settings dialog to fix it.
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