Just had an oh-shit! moment at the library.

Depending on how things go, if the USB Implementers Forum can:

  • get the naming debacle figured out to where it's useful to people without sounding like gibberish.
  • develop USB-C to be more powerful than HDMI & DisplayPort.
  • lower licensing fees.

then USB-C could potentially overtake HDMI and DisplayPort in the graphics display cable market.


The reason I'm saying this is cause:

  • USB-C just_works.™️ for external/multi-monitor displays (it even works on my current dogshit NixOS laptop).
  • some manufacturers have already previously experimented/and sold graphics cards (GPUs) with USB-C as a display option.

As manufacturers already have to pay for HDMI/DisplayPort licensing fees, now it's just a matter of who can provide the most with the least overhead costs.

While it's not guranteed that USB-C is the true end solution, it does provide manufacturers with another option, which technically should lower costs for them to manufacture GPUs.

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[–] 18 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

The current implementation is problematic, with specific edge cases causing DisplayPort synchronization issues. This results in intermittent black screens lasting 5 to 20 seconds.

Driver updates often resolve the problem, though not consistently.

Signed an IT professional managing an environment with 4000 USB-C docks.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    God fucking damnit. I'm an electrician, I'm not supposed to do IT, but they call me for IT because computers are electricity. My number 1 call is USB-C dock related, usually a destroyed cable because it's been folded over 10k times or the port on the laptop because it has been plugged and unplugged 5x the MTF.

    I feel your pain, we only have a dozen docks.

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