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Take a laptop, any laptop and tell me if they will act like a monitor when I plug in my Nintendo Switch via USB-C. The problem is not fear of I/O. The problem
by bzzzt 3y ago
Take a laptop, any laptop and tell me if they will act like a monitor when I plug in my Nintendo Switch via USB-C.
The problem is not fear of I/O. The problem is it's expensive to cater to all possible scenario's (different expectations regarding connectivity, resolution, color space and refresh) so you'll end up with a mix of scenarios that work and a lot that don't. Besides that, I didn't buy a laptop as an external monitor for a game console so why should I pay more to get that scenario supported?
- ShadowBanThis01 3y agoI never mentioned laptops. This isn't a laptop. It's a device that already suffers from gimped capabilities compared to a computer of similar bulk and cost. So any way you can add utility to it is worth considering.
- adrianmsmith 3y agoNot a laptop, but as evidence this sort of thing is sometimes possible, you used to be able to use iMacs as external monitors.
- MenhirMike 3y agoThere's a video on Cathode Ray Dude [CRD]'s YouTube channel about Alienware's combo laptop/monitor where he goes into the inner layout of supporting all sorts of inputs/outputs, which I found pretty enlightening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otln0Ao2z6M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otln0Ao2z6M (starting about 8 minutes in, with a pretty neat diagram at 12:39). And yeah, you're exactly right: It adds cost, even with a seemingly "simple" device like an iPad that has only 3 possible signal paths (To Display, Out to USB-C, In from USB-C).