By: anonymou5 (no.delete@this.spam.com), December 10, 2020 9:59 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
> Ultimately, not to criticize, and hindsight is 20/20, I think the real
> mistake is to buy a monitor that only has one type of input port.
> I understand the appeal of the single cable, but monitors are the kind of things that last
> long enough, and move from one machine and use case to another enough, that I suspect it's
> worth *always* getting at least two types of input ports so that you're always covered. If
> not directly then one probably one dongle step away; and the older port probably has a reasonable
> selection of dongles available even if the newer one is not yet at that point.
I think in this specific case the driving factor wasn't the single cable but
the true 4K resolution (4096x2304, not 3840x2160) and the compact 21.5" size.
And it doesn't look like USB-C carrying DP alt-mode was a bad choice for the
connector, thanks for DP-to-C and HDMI-to-C cables and adapters existing now.
If I get it to work over the holidays, I will report back. Must! Have! Pixels!
:)
> mistake is to buy a monitor that only has one type of input port.
> I understand the appeal of the single cable, but monitors are the kind of things that last
> long enough, and move from one machine and use case to another enough, that I suspect it's
> worth *always* getting at least two types of input ports so that you're always covered. If
> not directly then one probably one dongle step away; and the older port probably has a reasonable
> selection of dongles available even if the newer one is not yet at that point.
I think in this specific case the driving factor wasn't the single cable but
the true 4K resolution (4096x2304, not 3840x2160) and the compact 21.5" size.
And it doesn't look like USB-C carrying DP alt-mode was a bad choice for the
connector, thanks for DP-to-C and HDMI-to-C cables and adapters existing now.
If I get it to work over the holidays, I will report back. Must! Have! Pixels!
:)
