• Jyek@sh.itjust.works
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    14 hours ago

    DP doesn’t do power delivery and DP over thunderbolt doesn’t deliver enough power for a display alone.

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      14 hours ago

      That last one isn’t entirely true. I have a portable monitor that does DP-Alt over USB-C and it is powered and driven via a single cable.

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        13 hours ago

        Small displays can be powered over thunderbolt but full features full sized displays cannot.