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
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.
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...