Can DisplayPort carry USB?
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Are there any plans in current or future DisplayPort implementations to carry USB? I'm thinking that you could have your keyboard/mouse plugged into your monitor and then two DisplayPort inputs. The input would get routed over DisplayPort and your monitor would act as a keyboard-mouse switch.
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Note: It is now 2020, and this answer was written in 2011. At the time, the OP was probably referring to DisplayPort carried over the standard DisplayPort connector. Nowadays, DisplayPort signals can be carried over USB Type-C connectors, with the a…
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