Video Issues - Physical Cabling and Source Selection Flashcards
Physical cables that carry digitals signals will completely make the signal disappear when they fail
HDMI
DisplayPort
Thunderbolt
DVI-D
Physical cables that carry analog signals will deteriorate in quality as they wear down
VGA
DVI-A
Broken cable
Cables can wear down over time in office environments
Cables are not properly inserted
Make sure to check that they are…?
Cheap cable
Limited top speeds which will prevent top resolution to display
HDMI, DisplayPort, and Thunderbolt carry audio as well
This means audio issues can come from these cables as well
Incorrect Data source selected
Having a monitor with multiple source ports. Wrong sources might be selected in the monitor, which will not display the image.
HMDI device issues
Some devices use HDCP, which protects the audio and video signals between the systems