You really believe that Apple doesn't test these machines extensively before sending them into mass production? They've been tested for months before they ever see daylight.
Well I just ordered mine after speaking to Apple UK.
They do not think it is a Global Problem,but if I have any probs
I can take it back.
As it is my first Mac,I would like it to be trouble free.
Thing is,if it is a driver or hardware problem,how come some
users are not having any problems at all?
I'll let you know.
Alan
Just had my first experience of this problem.
Screen went black then showed static for about 2 seconds, then all back to normal.
It's certainly odd, and annoying, but if infrequent is not so difficult to live with until Apple get on to making some kind of software update.
Is it time to cancel orders? I've got a 2.6 mid-Mini coming next week with plans to use as HTPC with HDMI-out to a Samsung TV. Very disappointing
yeah and they most likely saw this and deemed it acceptable since the blackout is under a second and everything works after a second or 2 (the most common symptom) . They knew that mac rumors and other sites would start a thread like this while they work on a fix. In a few weeks to a month a fix would come out.
This black out is annoying but everyone I have had is under 2 seconds and the machine goes back to normal. Now for some people and certain work projects a 1 or 2 second blackout is not acceptable. In fact I have 3 new base models that I will upgrade and sell on ebay and I am waiting on the fix since I don't want a customer telling me I have sold them a lemon.
Yesterday I connected the hdmi straight to my 1080i tv without the adapter for most of the day and didn't experience any blackouts or static even once. As soon as I started to use the stock adapter again, the problem came back almost right away. Maybe the adapter is the culprit.
The more I go back and forth between the Mini and iMac forum, the more I think about buying a PC.
I honestly think it's terrible for this issue to be occurring for so many on the new Mini considering how much they cost.
God knows what I'll read about when the new iMacs are released.
This reminds me of my experience with AppleTV 2nd gen when they first came out. There was definitely an HDMI handshake issue between the ATV and my admittedly somewhat older projection Toshiba TV. Sometimes I'd have to pull the power cord from the TV thereby re-forcing the handshake, before ATV would finally play HDCP protected content from Netflix.
Eventually the problem completely went away, after a few months, probably after a firmware update.
I had that issue with my ATV2. Turned out my HDMI cable had gone bad. Having worked in the cable TV industry for a number of years, it was surprising to find. A digital cable shouldn't just go bad over time. Strange but replacing the HDMI cable fixed the problem and I never had an issue again.
Two other pieces to add to the pile this morning.
I took my mini to the genius bar this morning.
The initial reaction was typical (i must be doing something wrong). So to try and demonstrate the issue, I hooked up my mini to the sony TV they have for the apple TV to demonstrate the issue and fortunately it occurred almost immediately.
This of course set off a flurry of activity with them checking various things including cable swaps and looking at the power save functions on both the mini and the TV (even though I explained I tried all of that already)
Finally after it did it again and they had changed everything, they told me that they would open an incident nationally and offered to refund my purchase. I told them that others were experiencing the same issue (and pointed them here) and that I wondered if I would not just end up with another mini doing the same thing.
I decided to hold on to the one I have after the store manager notated my issue and told me that until it's resolved, I had the option of returning it, even if it was outside the 14 day window.
The other data point is that after reading here, i tried a minidisplayport to HDMI adapter I had for my mbp already. Short story, after about 30 minutes, black screen
I also get the blackouts in Windows 7 so I don't think it is a driver issue.