07-25-2013, 07:12 AM
PeterB wrote:
1) Neither of those resolutions (1360 x 768 or 1920 x 1080) is an option in the Displays preferences
2) I tried adjusting the sharpness, it unfortunately just made stuff even more fuzzy!
As mentioned by srf1957, your display is showing up as a TV, not a monitor. Does your TV have a setting for changing modes? If I select PC on my Samsung TV/monitor, suddenly the Mac knows how to communicate properly.
PeterB wrote: Yes, I could use either an HDMI to VGA or Lightning to VGA, but I'd assume that both of those would give poorer quality video than what HDMI is supposed to be capable of. Also, it's kind of ridiculous to be doing that, when there are HDMI ports on both the Mini and the TV...
You can't use a passive cable for HDMI to VGA. Thunderbolt to VGA is the other cable option.
PeterB wrote: Edit: could this be an OS problem? I found this old post of Black's...: http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1...msg-750190
Could be. I don't run Mountain Lion. I though Apple had fixed the problem with 10.6.8, but who knows?