Mac Mini M4 supported screen resolutions? (Need 576p for projector.)

[Erik dP]

I have searched the internet for a detailed list of (lower) screen resolutions supported by the M4 Mac Mini. I havn’t found any detailed lists so far. Can anyone that have an M4 Mac Mini please take a screen shot of low resolution settings and post, or copy/paste a list?

I’m aiming for a M4 mini and I’m new to Mac. I’d like to connect it to my (very) old CRT projector with a HDMI cable.

I need resolutions around 576p (which I think is 720*576@50Hz). I guess 800*600 @50Hz would work as well. 480p could work. But the only settings I’ve seen are much higher.

 

[blufrog]

Minimum is possibly 640x480: https://apple.stackexchange.com/que...on-for-macos-sierra-on-mac-mini-2011-or-later

 

[RaceTripper]

I have the M4 Pro Mac mini. When I set Displays under Settings to show all resolutions it includes 1024 x 576 and 1024 x 576 (HiDPI). The standard M4 mini might be different though.

 

[LuisN]

I have searched the internet for a detailed list of (lower) screen resolutions supported by the M4 Mac Mini. I havn’t found any detailed lists so far. Can anyone that have an M4 Mac Mini please take a screen shot of low resolution settings and post, or copy/paste a list?

I’m aiming for a M4 mini and I’m new to Mac. I’d like to connect it to my (very) old CRT projector with a HDMI cable.

I need resolutions around 576p (which I think is 720*576@50Hz). I guess 800*600 @50Hz would work as well. 480p could work. But the only settings I’ve seen are much higher.

Resolutions displayed in control panel are dependent on the monitor connected to the computer. Perhaps someone with a similar projector reads this post.
FWIW resolutions my monitor: Samsung HD. With another monitor resolution displayed are different

 

[MrGimper]

Resolutions displayed in control panel are dependent on the monitor connected to the computer. Perhaps someone with a similar projector reads this post.
FWIW resolutions my monitor: Samsung HD

Correct, when I look at the resolutions on my M4 connected to a 4K display and a 3440x1440 display, I see no 576 resolutions available.

 

[Erik dP]

My projector doesn’t have pixels. (It’s a CRT. From the 90:s.) I don’t think it gives any information to the computer. It has an analog VGA/RGB input and I use a HDMI-to-VGA converter in between. I can pretty much feed it with any resolution I like, though resolutions around 576p 50Hz or 480p 60Hz works the best. I read somewhere that there are hidden, or extended, settings in the advanced settings of the MacOS. With a Windows PC I can set the resolution quite freely.

 

[Chancha]

From this other post, we were discussing the HiDPI behaviour of the M4 and someone posted a full mode list of all supported resolutions by using BetterDisplay:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/5k2k-at-120hz-with-mac-mini-m4.2441289/page-10?post=33567149#post-33567149

The ones that you may want to use:
217 - 640x480 75Hz 10bpc Unsafe
218 - 640x480 48-75Hz 10bpc Unsafe
219 - 640x480 60Hz 10bpc Unsafe
227 - 720x400 70Hz 10bpc Unsafe
228 - 720x400 48-70Hz 10bpc Unsafe
229 - 720x480 60Hz 10bpc Unsafe
230 - 720x480 48-60Hz 10bpc Unsafe
231 - 720x576 48-50Hz 10bpc Unsafe
232 - 720x576 50Hz 10bpc Unsafe

 

[Erik dP]

From this other post, we were discussing the HiDPI behaviour of the M4 and someone posted a full mode list of all supported resolutions by using BetterDisplay:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/5k2k-at-120hz-with-mac-mini-m4.2441289/page-10?post=33567149#post-33567149

The ones that you may want to use:
217 - 640x480 75Hz 10bpc Unsafe
218 - 640x480 48-75Hz 10bpc Unsafe
219 - 640x480 60Hz 10bpc Unsafe
227 - 720x400 70Hz 10bpc Unsafe
228 - 720x400 48-70Hz 10bpc Unsafe
229 - 720x480 60Hz 10bpc Unsafe
230 - 720x480 48-60Hz 10bpc Unsafe
231 - 720x576 48-50Hz 10bpc Unsafe
232 - 720x576 50Hz 10bpc Unsafe

Thanks! So if MacOS doesn’t have the resolutions I need, I just download BetterDisplay (trying the free wersion first).

 

[Chancha]

I am kind of positive that macOS will see your VGA correctly and give you some of those above options. And you are right, BetterDisplay can fully unlock these if somehow macOS refuses to.