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USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness - Dennis Schubert (overengineer.dev)
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I was looking for a new USB-c hub and came across this article. It's an interesting write-up of what is on the inside of some popular options

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[–] ShortFuse@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alt-Mode HDMI stopped at 1.4b. Everything now is DisplayPort Alt-Mode to HDMI. The translation is simple enough it can be done passively and components can fit inside the connector, meaning it looks like a simple cable.

Drawbacks are you can't get GSync, Freesync, or VRR. Also Nvidia's drivers only output 2.0 Audio over DisplayPort, so no surround sound.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Til. Shame, but DP is much better anyway. That explains why I can rarely get more than 1080p out of those anyway, only have a few good ones that go to qwxga.

Hdmi is such a disaster of a standard, I wish they'd just make new versions a different connector running DP, everyone would be happy, though the 5 people using the ethernet support would be SOL.

[–] njinx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

HDMI has ethernet support?

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I mean, technically:

https://thehometheaterdiy.com/hdmi-with-ethernet/

Never seen anyone use it before, but it's there.

[–] njinx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

HDMI has ethernet support?