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.

    • insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      Nowhere in my comment did I say it didn’t exist. Also, from your link:

      Cons: Expensive and relatively unavailable

      • BCsven
        1·
        4 months ago

        That article is 2021. Relarively Unavailable has changed

        • insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafeEnglish
          2·
          4 months ago

          I was looking at options, one brand listed Thunderbolt 3.0 but others just listed alt-mode.

          Prices weren’t too bad for monitors (if the specs make sense for your setup), but I went with an older monitor (HDMI 1.4, even though the monitor itself isn’t that old) because it was a lower price for larger size (+better contrast ratio, known brand) considering I didn’t upgrade my GPU anyway.

          EDIT: Rushed a bit, I’m seeing now could’ve made a (very similar) better choice for the same price, but can’t change order now…