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.
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.
"No, they're working exactly as intended."
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To be generous, maybe they're familiar with DisplayPort daisy-chaining, which is a thing.
Interesting. Never heard of that. It'd just be a guess, but I'm doubting this was a person familiar with that. Just a humorous oopsy.
You just blew my mind. I didn’t know it’s even possible.
Displayport is pretty versatile. You can get an active DP hub and split DP into more independent screens if your GPU will support the total resolution.
And you can use it over TB/USB-C.
You are a saint with that kind of compassionate thinking - well done!
TIL. Nice
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