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Why are they making these so complicated when average people don't even make the difference between a VGA and DVI cable? For a few years I didn't buy new hardw
by tsukurimashou 7y ago
Why are they making these so complicated when average people don't even make the difference between a VGA and DVI cable?
For a few years I didn't buy new hardware and recently I started seen "HDMI cables with / without ETHERNET" I thought it was some crappy marketing, wrong Chinese translation of just a "scam" like the HDMI to water tap adapter, but after looking on the internet I discovered it was real.
- crispyambulance 7y ago> Why are they making these so complicated... I think part of it is that vendors all through the supply chain have learned that churn caused by obfuscation is good for their bottom line. If consumers could clearly understand what they needed and were able to select the right product for themselves, you would end up with a small number vendors selling solid, good quality gear. That would be bad for the chip vendors and resellers. Monitor makers need to get their act together as well... do we really need VGA, DVI, HDMI, mini-HDMI, DP, mini-DP, thunderbolt, and USB-C all existing at the same time as ways to connect your monitor to a computer?
- tikiman163 7y agoThe honest truth? Laptops. Businesses are buying laptops more often than desktops for the past 10 years and different manufacturers have been utilizing different approaches to minimize the number of cables needed per accessory. The case of HDMI with ethernet net is the same. This way you can share your screen and internet connection from a mobile device with a single cable. It's only needed in specific circumstances, but as USB has become more advanced, more cables/ports are quietly just turning into differently shaped USB cables that limit which data channels are available.