Mac Mini Has Black Blank Screen on Wake Up

Hi Forum
I have started to Sleep/Wake my Mac Mini between midnight and 6 am when not in use and i see that on wake in the morning it appears to have a Blank or Black screen.!?!? anyone have this?
It seems to be working. i think this as i log on to it using my MBP, as the Mini is headless. When i connect ot the Mini on my MBP, i wouldnt be able to activate Screen Share if the Mini didnt react to being connected. Its in my sidebar to connect to, and does connect, and i can access its files. I dont have a screen connected directly to it.
Any ideas? Its fully up to date. i can turn it off and on and i get full view and functionality, although i didnt want to be doing that each and every day

Hey all,
I have the same issues right now, I have a late 2012 MacMini attached via HDMI to a 65 inch LED LG Smart TV. Power saving settings > both on never. Schedule settings > Shutdown at 2am every day, Wake or start up at 8am every day. Security / Privacy settings > Login without password. Screen saver settings > change picture every minute. This is all in an attempt to keep the MacMini going so I can use it as my HTPC.
I am controling the MM using a MBA 2013 via screen share, this works fine when the TV is powered on, but after turning it off the screen sharing becomes sluggish and unresponsive, also causing it to freeze, go black and make the cursor work like a paintbrush/eraser when navigating the screen,  basically everything stated here in the forums. Is Apple ever going to fix this bug? the whole reason I wanted to use Mac Osx is because I want to get rid of Windows all together and create a pure Mac environment in my home.
I have been scouring the forums and google to find a solution for this problem which is becoming quite a disillusion for me right now and it is defeating the purpose of having the MM for my HTPC use.
Look forward to any all replies, cheers, Plucka

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