I used to have a Mac Mini (4 yrs old or so) that I had connected to a Samsung HDTV @1080i.
Just bought the Mac Mini refresh and tried connecting via HDMI. Graphics and text look over-pixelated, sometimes almost illegible, with artifacts at the edges and so on.
The same Mini, hooked up via Minidisplay to VGA, looks crisp and beautiful.
I went to the Apple Store in Toronto (Yorkdale mall) and had a Genius look at the computer.
He (and his supervisor) told me that the crappy graphics from HDMI are standard and the way it is supposed to look. Using a Sony HDTV in the store, they even tested the HDMI on an earlier Mini and it looked the same -- just terrible.
I'm posting this account out of surprise really. You'd think HDMI would look great, but it doesn't, and weirdly, VGA looks just fine, much closer to the way a Mac looks connected to a monitor.
Also, I have a PS3 and an Xbox 360 connected via HDMI -- they look much better than the Mac Mini.
Anyone else think the HDMI signal looks bad?
Just bought the Mac Mini refresh and tried connecting via HDMI. Graphics and text look over-pixelated, sometimes almost illegible, with artifacts at the edges and so on.
The same Mini, hooked up via Minidisplay to VGA, looks crisp and beautiful.
I went to the Apple Store in Toronto (Yorkdale mall) and had a Genius look at the computer.
He (and his supervisor) told me that the crappy graphics from HDMI are standard and the way it is supposed to look. Using a Sony HDTV in the store, they even tested the HDMI on an earlier Mini and it looked the same -- just terrible.
I'm posting this account out of surprise really. You'd think HDMI would look great, but it doesn't, and weirdly, VGA looks just fine, much closer to the way a Mac looks connected to a monitor.
Also, I have a PS3 and an Xbox 360 connected via HDMI -- they look much better than the Mac Mini.
Anyone else think the HDMI signal looks bad?