Configuration options for display devices

A method, comprising:

• sending video data to a display device at a highest resolution and a highest refresh rate via all data lanes of a data cable that has data lanes to transfer video data and non-video data;
• receiving a selection to lower a refresh rate or to lower a screen resolution based on a modified report of a number of supported resolutions or refresh rates to change a configuration of the data cable, wherein the selection is made on an on-screen display menu of the display device, wherein the on-screen display menu is to display different selectable configuration options for the display device that are associated with different data transfer configuration options of the data cable;
• and
• sending the video data to the display device at the lower refresh rate or at the lower screen resolution in accordance with the selection using less than all of the data lanes of the data cable.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a processor of, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising:

• instructions to display different selectable configuration options for a display device that are associated with a plurality of different data transfer configuration options of a data cable that has data lanes to transfer video data and non-video data via an on-screen display (OSD) menu of the display device;
• instructions to receive a selection of a configuration option associated with a data transfer configuration option of the plurality of different data transfer configuration options from the OSD menu of the display device;
• instructions to modify a reported number of supported resolutions or refresh rates in accordance with the data transfer configuration option that is selected;
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• instructions to transmit the reported number of supported resolutions or refresh rates that is modified to a computing device connected to the display device via the data cable to transmit data via the data cable in accordance with the configuration option that is selected.