Ah that makes sense, never used or physically seen the portable ones.To whoever said that the USB-C monitors are normally powered by the device connected to it. That differs to my experience, all the monitors I have and use, the monitor powers and or charges the device and you get display and sound and USB uplink to the monitor. This is the standard usb-c setup for modern phone- monitor or laptop- monitor setup, the monitor is now the 'hub' of the desktop and the only thing plugged in.
That was me. But I think we're talking about different things. Portable vs desktop USB C input screens so we're probably both correct. And, yeah, I should have been clearer.
Either way, I still don't see video over USB C as apropriate for the Pi. There are many more HDMI/DVI screens about than there are USB C ones so the end result for many would be needing a different adapter (likely one with PD pass through). Or a new monitor which further increases the cost of by in.
Annoyingly a lot of monitors are DP (so that's easy for USB-C DP with yet another adaptor), and HDMI seems to be getting dropped more and more, or at least less of them provided. So much that some we had where DP and VGA, go figure.
The Cs will filter though in 3 or so years time as they go on the office resel lists. And no doubt Smart TVs will have them to supplement HDMI over time.
One advantage is DP will (ok can) daisy chain.
Some X years down the line it'll make sense and make the Pi compact, or give space to better things than hugh ports,
You can drop the ethernet, drop the HDMI, drop the USB and just have 3 or 4 usb-c dp, let people buy loads of hubs and adaptors, they do anyway Image may be NSFW.
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Laptop, table, phone, Dell/Lenovo/Appple/.. etc laptop style.
They could even make a Pi X and have a PiDockHubThing that is the PSU, Multi port old style USB/uHDMI adaptors/ Ethernet, nice and compact at a bargain Pi price (and not a Dell/Apple price). Or whatever new connector the future brings.
In white with raspberry red hints, or plain black.
Anyway, probably way too much for people to debate over. It's not needed at at the moment.
Statistics: Posted by bensimmo — Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:27 am
