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I eagerly await the day all these display standards problems go away. I can throw away the large box of miscellaneous USB-C, DisplayPort, HDMI and adapter dongles I have and might grow some hair back. Just yesterday I was arguing with something that had a USB-C to HDMI which didn’t support 60Hz on one monitor but was fine on another. Grr.

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What makes you think it will go away? If anything I think it will get worse as there will be even more USB connector types introduced, and screens with even higher resolutions and refresh rates that todays cables don't have the bandwidth to support.

I often dream of a centralized service where everyone can send in all their backup cables and then pay a subscription to get any of someone else's cables in exchange if they need it. things that aren't used for >5 years get responsibly recycled.

too scared about the warehousing and the complexity to do it myself but its probably something I'd pay $5 a month for just for the peace of mind and freed up space.

> I eagerly await the day all these display standards problems go away.

Based on the history of display standards, you will be waiting a while.

Displayport was meant to be the magical works-for-everything standard... then the various versions of Displayport started showing up.

Are you talking about versions of Displayport or something else?

Because people want to use 4k@120hz+ or 5k+ displays. Which require more bandwidth

Oh, I'm just talking about how it was seen at the time it was introduced. It was never going to be a permanent fix, but it was kind of seen that way, after a lot of weirdness with DVI extensions and proprietary stuff and pushing VGA way beyond its practical limits.

This lasted right up until multiple DP versions started showing up, and then it became transportable over Thunderbolt and then USB-C, but with the version of DP dependent on the chipsets on both sides, and... suddenly everything is terrible again.

USB-4/TB3 _may_ become the next "it fixes everything!" standard... until people want 8k screens.

And you can bet by the time that day comes we'll have a new USB-D / USB 6 connector to get new adapters for and Apple will bravely drop USB-C from their laptops in favor of this new standard.

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