Q: New HP 27cw being detected as a 'TV' instead of a monitor by MacBook Air easily 2015.

Bought a new HP 27cw FHD monitor and connected it to MacBook Air early 2015 via miniDP to HDMI cable. Display shows up fine. However would like to know if anyone had any issues with this being detected as a 'TV'? or for that matter any large monitor being detected as a TV. I am overall more than happy with this beautiful monitor but just have this nagging bit bothering me. Because right at top right where the display preferences icon is it says 'connected TV': HP 27cw. It is greyed out though (see pic). Also under display preferences - refresh rates - it is showing options for NTSC and PAL, which further makes me think that this might be detecting this as a TV. Any help will be hugely appreciated as I am new to the Mac OS and finding it difficult to find any information on this. HP doesn't provide any Mac Drivers for this monitor (which is strange because 90% users are connecting this to MacBooks).

Thanks!

MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Sep 5, 2016 12:36 AM

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Luis Sequeira1 Sep 5, 2016 2:11 AM in response to arjunny
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Sep 5, 2016 2:11 AM in response to arjunny

1) You forgot to add the picture...

2) A rose by another name...
I would not be bothered at all, since you say the display works fine.
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arjunny Sep 5, 2016 4:49 AM in response to arjunny
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Sep 5, 2016 4:49 AM in response to arjunny
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Luis Sequeira1 Sep 5, 2016 4:56 AM in response to arjunny
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Sep 5, 2016 4:56 AM in response to arjunny

This is not the "Display Preferences" menu, it is the AirPlay menu.
I don't know why the display is detected as a TV, but it really doesn't matter. I often connect monitors and also TV to my mac. As long as they work as intended, I do not care about how they define themselves.
However, you may be curious to see how the display is described in Display Preferences proper - press option-F2 or go to System Preferences->Displays.
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arjunny Sep 5, 2016 9:21 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1
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Sep 5, 2016 9:21 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

It in fact picks up the monitor name correctly as soon as it is hooked up. Correct name being HP 27cw. Thanks for your quick replies. It does give me some relief from the nagging thought.
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