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Show HN: I built a website to better compare USB-C hubs found on Amazon
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#242Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm reluctant to spend that much if it can't even fully power my laptop.
I was surprised how little difference using a 60W instead of 87W charger mattered for MBP15, at least according to this article the actual power draw and recharge rate were pretty close: https://9to5mac.com/2018/09/25/60w-usb-c-charger-good-for-al...
Even plugged to my 45W PD monitor, it's fine in practice.
The MBP16 gets so hot and loud when you draw this kind of power anyway, you probably don't want to do that for longer periods of time.
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#243That lack of consistent height across cards is killing me.
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#244I’d personally like to be able to filter by DisplayPort ports.
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#245Earlier quoted context omitted.
That‘s not generally true. Apple‘s newer model multiport adapter does 4k60 and USB 3 on devices supporting DisplayPort 1.3 (which is required to fit 4k60 into two instead of four lanes).
That's the magic of displayport for you. It won't do that on HDMI, except with active converted from DP to HDMI :)
I'd assume that all of these hubs are using DisplayPort though?
HDMI alternate mode hasn't really caught on, especially since it uses all high-speed lanes on USB-C. This leaves no room for USB 3 ports on a combined hub.
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#246Needs to filter whether it can show HDMI 4K at 30Hz or 60Hz. And related to that, for video, it’s possible to have 2 4K 60hz through or one or none. Also filter whether it’s one USB-C connects to computer or two USB-C connects to computer. With two USB-C connected to computer, can pass through more types of USB to accessories. Finally, it doesn’t show matches that I know are matches. // I buy these to test, but don’t…
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.
> 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?
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#247This is really good work! I have been trying to find a hub that I can use between Macbook Pro and LG 27UK850-W USB Type C display but so far didn't have a chance
MacbookPro USB-C Hub Display
Currently, the display can provide enough power to RMP, I would like to have hub in between so that I still have only one cable but it seems impossible to find
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#248Thanks so much people, I really appreciate all your feedback. I read all comments, already answered to some them. I will try to respond to every one, but can't promise that.
I noted down all the feedback and ideas for improvement and will tackle those points:
* better filters (video resolution, displayPort, card readers, power delivery) and sorting by price, "no-feature" search
* Better and cleaner design
* Moar data: definitely Thunderbolt 3 hubs and usb-c hubs of higher quality (anker?)
* implement reviewmeta to check the reviews of each product
* better quality of product data/prices and so on
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#249No option for DisplayPort? Currently trying to find a way to run two screens from my 2 port MacBook Pro (Macs don't support display daisy chaining for some reason) and the HDMI dongles I've used before have been so incredibly janky and unreliable.
The two ports on this laptop are an absolute nightmare, this wasn't my choice because it's a work machine but please no one else buy this thing because it's pure suffering, hubs never work reliably only cables that work are the single C to display port cable and the single official Apple C to A cable.
Every hub I try has drives disconnecting on their own, HDMI displays freaking out and so on. This isn't pro level computing if my data and displays don't work reliably.
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#250I am extremely frustrated at the lack of options for USB-C multiport adapters. The majority of the models seem to be manufactured by brands I have never heard of. Any that seem to be decent quality and have decent port selection are also extremely expensive. Apple decided to eliminate all data ports except USB-C on its notebooks several years ago, yet they don't offer a robust multiport adapter? (I guess you can spen…
>yet they don't offer a robust multiport adapter?
After struggling with countless hubs now, having drives disconnect and displays freak out I'm now convinced the reason Apple only offers adapters like single USB-C to USB-A and no hub solution is because deep down they know that the hub technology just isn't reliable or feasible at all and only 1 to 1 port conversions are actually reliable in this spec.
Happy to be proven completely wrong, but honestly I've yet to see a hub that can reliably keep drives connected and only the Apple single C to A cable manages to do it reliably enough across 5+ hours and the fact Apple doesn't even ship a $100-$300 hub speaks volumes to me.