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So many monitors run on similar controllers internally - it would be absolutely wonderful if one or more of those had open source firmware so these bugs could be fixed

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Would also be wonderful if they could use a halfway modern CPU so the monitor didn't take 30 seconds to wake up. My CRG9 takes long enough that my macbook will fall asleep again from the password prompt as I'm waiting for the monitor to light up, if I don't keep hitting keys.

That thing looks fancy! Perhaps make sure there isn't a "light sleep" or similar option in its OSD that allows it to blank the screen without fully sleeping.

On my monitor (~5ish year old Dell) I have the "Deep Sleep" option disabled and it suits me very well like this.

That's a good catch. There is an 'eco saving' setting that I found after you mentioned it, and it does seem to help the monitor wake up faster. Still not going to win any speed contests, but waking up before the computer goes back to sleep is a win!

I have the same monitor (and a mac), and it sure does take a long time to wake up.

I found that disabling all forms of eco saving and deep sleep settings will make the monitor wait for the Mac when waking up.

I no longer have to keep hitting keys. It still takes a while to wake up, but at least it's predictable.

Yeah I tried disabling the eco saving mode and that definitely helps a bit. I wonder if perhaps turning off the automatic input detection would help further. I can switch inputs manually the occasional time I need to do so.

I have auto input detection off, too.

It's a bug with most modern LCDs. Ever since HDMI days they started taking ages to turn on or change modes. I have LCDs from 1997 that turn on and change modes in about 100ms, as opposed to the new 3s-10s. I suspect something extremely stupid, like maybe HDCP crap takes a long time to do its thing (regardless of whether its used) and the process gets blocked on that.

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