I’ve got these things locally available in the $50-60 range. This being a generic brand, I imagine a buncha those are available globally. Anyone tried 'em, do they work OK with modern desktops (gnome, plasma)? Touch? DP-Alt or are they DisplayLink? Do they have PD?
Sellers are helpful nada, same with youtube videos, just marketing fluff.
I have a touchless one. About 40 bucks in Taobao a couple years ago. It has mini HDMI input, or a USB C video in. There’s a second USB C labeled only for power. You can use the USBC to both send image and power, but seems it doesn’t take a lot of it this way, and its brightness is a bit dimmed, as if in power saving mode. Better to feed it with the additional usbc cable too. Image quality (1080p@60Hz) is decent but nothing special.
It includes some hidden speakers that, to my surprise, get rather loud without much distortion for how thin this thing is. There’s a wheel/button thingy that you use to control brightness, sharpness, volume and other settings.
Useful as second monitor for work when traveling with the laptop. Or for the steam deck. Or to have a desktop running from your phone.
so one cable for both video and power via USB Type-C? phone, laptop, which model? tried it under wayland, issues? thanks
Yeah, running KDE Neon Wayland and I think i didn’t have any issues. Well, other than the Surface not feeding enough power to be fully lit, so it was in a bit dimmed/power saving mode.
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Just to confirm again - Yes, it works with a single cable both for power and video. But seems it doesn’t get all the power is wants, and it works on a slightly dimmed mode.