[GRLUG] Used/Cheap monitor with HDMI?

[Josh]

You might need to set the hdmi drive level in your config options to 2 so
there enought power coming out of the r-pi to start the display

On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 2:07 PM, megadave <megadave at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Steven Scherbinski
> <steve.scherbinski at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I think I read somewhere that the RPi doesn't implement the whole hdmi
> > standard.  Which is probably one reason not everything works.
>
> Ok.. That certainly could be part of the issue (I note that I was also
> trying to test the HDMI -> DVI-D adapter with a tablet I have that has
> an HDMI output port, also without any success)
>
> I suppose I will have to see if I can find any info on what parts of
> the standard or does or does not support, and how that affects its
> compatibility with DVI-D
>
> >
> >
> > On 10/27/12 12:51 PM, Joseph McLaughlin wrote:
> >
> > how cheap?
> >
> http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Coby+-+19%22+Class+-+LCD+-+720p+-+60Hz+-+HDTV/1457277.p?id=1218429316492&skuId=1457277
> >  I got something at best buy on sale - (probably not this one) and my Pi
> > works & I get tv & I get vga - bring pi & hdmi cable to best buy & head
> to
> > the tv dept!
> >
> >
> > There is still a bug in the program must use RAID!
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> > Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 12:14 PM
> > Subject: [GRLUG] Used/Cheap monitor with HDMI?
> >
> > Does anyone know of somewhere local one can pick up an inexpensive TV
> > or Monitor? It doesn't have to be very big, 15" would be plenty.
> >
> > But it absolutely has to have an HDMI input.
> >
> > It seems sad to me that a cheap computer (r-Pi) cannot be used with
> > old used monitors, which have only VGA.
> >
> > Composite is so old its almost impossible to find, and HDMI hasn't
> > been around long enough to be cheap yet.
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