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[–] drspod@lemmy.ml 65 points 2 weeks ago (18 children)

This must be for commercial displays where it is beneficial for installation to have power and data over a single cable.

I can't think why I would want power delivery to my PC monitor over the display cable. It would just put extra thermal load on the GPU.

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 49 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

I think it's aimed at TVs in general, not computer monitors. Many people mount their TVs to the wall, and having a single cable to run hidden in the wall would be awesome.

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Even in that scenario it will complicate the setup. Now your Roku will also have to power your TV? No, any sane setup will have a separate power cable for the TV.

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

I don't think you'd ever have a peripheral power the tv. The use case I'm envisioning is power and data going to the panel via this single connector from a base box that handles AC conversion, as well as input (from Roku etc) and output (to soundbar etc.). Basically standardizing what some displays are already doing with proprietary connectors.

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