Dell All-in-One HDMI problem

Odessite · 21 Oct 2016

Thanks.

Our main concern now is whether both sound and video sent via the USB 3 to an HDMI socket on an aged Panasonic TV would simulate HDMI-out on the computer to HDMI-in on the TV. The question, therefore, is whether a USB 3 port can actually "transmit" both video and sound from the same source.

The little gadget mentioned earlier is purported to be able to deal with that once the drivers are installed. We have been advised by the distributor that in many cases, Windows 10 recognises the gadget without the need to install the driver provided. We shall see.

I wonder whether Dell should provide both HDMI-in and HDMI-out on their computers.

Will report back on progress, possibly next week as we are visiting family.

Again, thanks.

alphanumeric · 21 Oct 2016

I see what your saying now that I gave it more thought. I have a couple of laptop docking stations that connect to the laptop via USB. They don't have HDMI but they do have sound jacks for speakers. Basically a USB sound card and a USB video card. I have to go and change the default audio device in Windows for them to work. Hopefully yours does what you want.