A short story of me trying out different USB-C hubs, taking them apart, and slowly descending into madness.

I was looking for a new USB-c hub and came across this article. It’s an interesting write-up of what is on the inside of some popular options

  • Aganim@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Tell that to the brand new, pretty expensive laptop I recently got from work which has a whopping 1 USB-C port that also doubles as the charging port. In no way can I get a multifunctional adapter to charge and output DisplayPort or HDMI at the same time. I’m starting to dislike USB and the clusterfuck of incompatible or optional protocols it can carry.

    • thecdc1995@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Wow, really? I guess that unfortunately makes sense. I have a dock for my work laptop that charges and works for HDMI/etc but it uses an entire two USB-C ports at once.

    • polle@feddit.deEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      What about a real usbc/thunderbolt Dockingstation of lenovo/hp/dell? These cost ~200€, though.

      • Aganim@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I could try that, but at the moment I’ve spent enough on adapters and docking stations.

        Currently I have peripherals, network and charger connected to a docking station and just plug in HDMI directly into my laptop. Not ideal, I would have preferred everything over a single connector, but it is workable enough I guess.