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I go to investigate, and they had managed to plug the HDMI cable of one monitor into the other monitor.

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[-] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Never been a sysadmin, but used to sell electronics. People really have absolutely no idea how any of it works, including pretty straight forward stuff, like displays. Had to explain to a shockingly large number of people that there was no such thing as an ethernet to HDMI adapter and that even if there was, plugging ethernet into their non-smart TV's HDMI port wouldn't let them watch Netflix on it.

[-] ag10n@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

HD Base-T does exist but I know what you mean.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, HDMI over cat5e is definitely a thing. As is Ethernet over HDMI, but as far as I know literally no retailer sells those.

[-] saltesc@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

"No, they're working exactly as intended."

close ticket

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

To be generous, maybe they're familiar with DisplayPort daisy-chaining, which is a thing.

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