With PC motherboard manufacturers implementing 40 Gbps USB4, one wonders what's next for the [mostly] universal connectivity standard. Turns out, it is USB4 2.0, which yields the connector 80 Gbps of data bandwidth per direction, and 60 W of power-delivery (PD). Power delivery for USB4 2.0 can be as...
These motherfuckers naming USB standards like Capcom named fighting games in the early 2000s. I think I'll wait to upgrade until USB4 2.0 Vs Alpha comes out.
Can we have a way to tell apart the cables first. Finding out this cable is not compatible for this thing. USB C needs a distinctive and intuitive way for the average consumer to differentiate between different types of cables
Yes I agree but I will admit that it's probably pretty hard to do that unless you force all the features on every USB-C cable which is obviously not a good solution.
Yeah agree, but maybe they could have like 4 categories:
A-general
B-power
C-display
D-specialised
And then have a second rating system like 1-10 for example
1-bare bones
5-decent
10-the bells whistle
Like on a computer monitor I state I need a C5 or higher to work. Or I buy a A4B4 cable that is for general purposes or something.
This is just a quick idea, horrible idea actually, but because currently I do not know if for example I can use this cable in my drawer to charge my phone or use it as a display cable. So I feel like with USB C they wanted to make a universal cable, but now I feel like there is even more confusion than with USB B
Sigh... I just bought a usb-c cable that doesn't support display stream compression but is fine for 160w power. No where did it ever say it wasn't capable of driving multiple monitors...
Yes, but what's the length/distance capabilities. I'm tired of new cables being able to handle this and that but only over a distance of 18" without being actively extended.