Hi guys, firstly a brief history of my Mac mini experiences. I've had a fair few in my time, mostly used for plex. I currently still have an old shape 1.83Ghz model (used as a web server now), a 2010 model, 2011 model and now the 2012 i7. Prior to the new model I only really had issues with the display output from the Dvi->HDMI connection from the 1.83Ghz model and to get around this I worked with the developer of Black Light to produce the 16-235 HD option that it now includes and it worked a retreat. When the minis began to have the HDMI port as standard I found there was no need for Black Light any longer as selecting the HD-709 Color space was all that was needed after a simple calibration. Both the 2010 and 2011 models worked great out of the box.
With the new i7 model I was anxious to purchase a beefier Plex Media Server as my main machine in the living room, to be the successor in the long line of minis I have used. As soon as I plugged it in I noticed an immediate problem with the HDMI signal. When viewing files in the Finder in list view, the horizontal striped background is non existent. Any subtle gradients in GUIs are rendered flat. Basically the whites are crushed and no changing of Color space or calibration of tv makes any difference.
I've tried every combination of workaround that my history of experiences with many models of mac minis has afforded me to no avail. Something is definitely wrong with the mini I have and I'm worried to think that it's either the new HD4000 graphics card or the drivers for that card.
For the moment I've connected the 2011 model back on TV, until the issue is confirmed by others and/or a driver fix is released. It's definitely the hardware as I booted all 3 HDMI enabled minis off an external OS just to prove to myself that I wasn't going crazy.
Thanks for listening and hopefully someone else notices something with their unit as well. BTW, I ordered the upgraded 2.6Ghz i7 model.
Cheers,
Steve
With the new i7 model I was anxious to purchase a beefier Plex Media Server as my main machine in the living room, to be the successor in the long line of minis I have used. As soon as I plugged it in I noticed an immediate problem with the HDMI signal. When viewing files in the Finder in list view, the horizontal striped background is non existent. Any subtle gradients in GUIs are rendered flat. Basically the whites are crushed and no changing of Color space or calibration of tv makes any difference.
I've tried every combination of workaround that my history of experiences with many models of mac minis has afforded me to no avail. Something is definitely wrong with the mini I have and I'm worried to think that it's either the new HD4000 graphics card or the drivers for that card.
For the moment I've connected the 2011 model back on TV, until the issue is confirmed by others and/or a driver fix is released. It's definitely the hardware as I booted all 3 HDMI enabled minis off an external OS just to prove to myself that I wasn't going crazy.
Thanks for listening and hopefully someone else notices something with their unit as well. BTW, I ordered the upgraded 2.6Ghz i7 model.
Cheers,
Steve