How can I easily get the manufacturer and model of my monitor?

Get Manufacturer and Model of Monitor(s) via Command Line

You can use wmic for the task of getting the monitor make and model information from a Windows system. I tested and confirmed this works with both Windows 7 and Windows 10.

Bonus

Furthermore, if you need to get the serial number, I've included a resource below that has some PowerShell script examples that I also confirmed works with both Windows 7 and Windows 10.

It's important to run the command prompt (and PowerShell) elevated as administrator to ensure this works properly.

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Command Example

wmic desktopmonitor get Caption, MonitorType, MonitorManufacturer, Name

Example Results

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Further Resources

• wmic

• SpiceWorks - PowerShell Get Monitor Serial Number, etc

  $LogFile = "C:\test\monitors.txt"
  
  function Decode {
      If ($args[0] -is [System.Array]) {
          [System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetString($args[0])
      }
      Else {
          "Not Found"
      }
  }
  
  echo "Name, Serial"
  
  ForEach ($Monitor in Get-WmiObject WmiMonitorID -Namespace root\wmi) {  
      $Name = Decode $Monitor.UserFriendlyName -notmatch 0
      $Serial = Decode $Monitor.SerialNumberID -notmatch 0
  
      echo "$Name, $Serial" >> $LogFile
  }
  

  

Try the free DumpEDID utility created by Nir Sofer of NirSoft. It's a command line utility, so you will need to run it from a command prompt. There's no installation process needed; you can run the program after extracting it from the downloaded zip file. I've included output from the program below as an example of the information it provides.

C:\Program Files\NirSoft\dumpedid>dumpEDID
DumpEDID v1.06
Copyright (c) 2006 - 2017 Nir Sofer
Web site: http://www.nirsoft.net

*****************************************************************
Active                   : No
Registry Key             : DISPLAY\HWP2904\1&8713bca&0&UID0
Monitor Name             : HP S2031
Serial Number            : 3CQ0311PV2
Manufacture Week         : 31 / 2010
ManufacturerID           : 61474 (0xF022)
ProductID                : 10500 (0x2904)
Serial Number (Numeric)  : 16843009 (0x01010101)
EDID Version             : 1.3
Display Gamma            : 2.20
Vertical Frequency       : 50 - 76 Hz
Horizontal Frequency     : 24 - 83 KHz
Maximum Image Size       : 44 X 25 cm (19.9 Inch)
Maximum Resolution       : 1600 X 900
Support Standby Mode     : No
Support Suspend Mode     : No
Support Low-Power Mode   : Yes
Support Default GTF      : No
Digital                  : No

Supported Display Modes  :
     720 X  400  70 Hz
     640 X  480  60 Hz
     800 X  600  60 Hz
    1024 X  768  60 Hz
    1280 X  720  60 Hz
    1440 X  900  60 Hz
    1280 X 1024  60 Hz
    1600 X  900  60 Hz

*****************************************************************

*****************************************************************
Active                   : No
Registry Key             : DISPLAY\HWP2904\4&2199b20&0&UID16843008
Monitor Name             : HP S2031
Serial Number            : 3CQ0311PV2
Manufacture Week         : 31 / 2010
ManufacturerID           : 61474 (0xF022)
ProductID                : 10500 (0x2904)
Serial Number (Numeric)  : 16843009 (0x01010101)
EDID Version             : 1.3
Display Gamma            : 2.20
Vertical Frequency       : 50 - 76 Hz
Horizontal Frequency     : 24 - 83 KHz
Maximum Image Size       : 44 X 25 cm (19.9 Inch)
Maximum Resolution       : 1600 X 900
Support Standby Mode     : No
Support Suspend Mode     : No
Support Low-Power Mode   : Yes
Support Default GTF      : No
Digital                  : No

Supported Display Modes  :
     720 X  400  70 Hz
     640 X  480  60 Hz
     800 X  600  60 Hz
    1024 X  768  60 Hz
    1280 X  720  60 Hz
    1440 X  900  60 Hz
    1280 X 1024  60 Hz
    1600 X  900  60 Hz

*****************************************************************

C:\Program Files\NirSoft\dumpedid>

In the above example, from the "Monitor Name" line I can determine the monitor was manufactured by HP with a model number of S2031.