What Device Class is a TV or Projector?

Question

I am trying to figure out what class and GUID a TV or Projector belongs to in Windows OS?

Theres over 20 of them and I'm not sure which one a TV or Projector is part of. Here is the complete list

I suspect its one of the following HIDClass, Monitor, Media, etc.

DONT CLOSE THIS: I need to know this because knowing what class a TV is will tell me what GUID I need to use for the function SetupDiGetClassDevs(). This a relevant programming question!!

Answer 1

Here are the differences between HID and USB device APIs:

API Namespace                                Access type

USB Windows.Devices.Usb                      exclusive read & exclusive write
HID Windows.Devices.HumanInterfaceDevice     shared read & exclusive write

Here are some CLSIDs for Device specific toolbars:

CLSID                                      Device
{29c93b94-45ef-44b3-8ad5-5ec104e0f9c6}     NEC LCD Projectors Toolbar

{b686afa8-7ca2-4c19-b9a8-ed364f126907}     AOL Television Toolbar

References

• Windows Store device apps for internal devices

• Windows Media SDK, How to determine a device is a media center device?

• Multimedia Streaming on Microsoft Windows CE 3.0

• CLSID List: Television