Patent ID: 8661497

Claim:
A media presentation device for modifying sink device extended display identification data (EDID), the media presentation device comprising: a data storage device that stores EDIDs received from a plurality of sink devices, wherein each stored EDID stores with it one or more output settings for use in converting media signals to an output format supported by a respective sink device; a processor that, responsive to a sink device connection to the media presentation device and a user selection, changes one or more of the output settings associated with a corresponding stored EDID for at least one of the plurality of sink devices, wherein the data storage device stores a list of EDIDs for previously-connected sink devices with the one or more changed output settings for overriding the stored EDID output settings upon a subsequent hot plug connection of the at least one of the plurality of sink devices; and a sink-interaction port that receives extended display identification data (EDID) of a sink device connected via a hot plug connection to the media presentation device, wherein the processor, upon the hot plug connection of the sink device: determines whether the received EDID matches one of the EDIDs in the list of EDIDS for previously-connected sink devices, and in response to a determination that the received EDID matches one of the EDIDs in the list of previously-connected EDIDS, selects the one or more changed output settings for the matching EDID for use in converting the media signals for the sink device connected to the media presentation device, wherein the media signals carry media content.