With PC motherboard manufacturers implementing 40 Gbps USB4, one wonders what's next for the [mostly] universal connectivity standard. Turns out, it is USB4 2.0, which yields the connector 80 Gbps of data bandwidth per direction, and 60 W of power-delivery (PD). Power delivery for USB4 2.0 can be as...
  • notaviking@lemmy.world
    16·
    2 months ago

    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

    • lud@lemm.ee
      11·
      2 months ago

      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.

      • notaviking@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 months ago

        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