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Re:Desktop compositing latency is real by 542458 on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @10:19AM (#15748401)
The obvious ones: Ethernet cables are big (imagine one on a phone), and aren't designed to be plugged and unplugged the massive number of times that USB cables are (spring contacts wear out, little clips break).
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Re:Desktop compositing latency is real by em3rgent0rdr on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @11:09AM (#15748809)
well maybe the actual plug could be modified into a small form, while still being pin-compatible with cat 5/5e/6.
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Re:Desktop compositing latency is real by jririr828283 on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @10:37AM (#15748561)
USB cables have little to do with the question of sending pixels via IP

Outside HDMI and some DisplayPort cables, all display connectors click or screw in

And we’re talking about desktop OS and displays

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Re:Desktop compositing latency is real by digi_owl on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @03:48PM (#15751389)
I'm not even sure about sending it as IP, rather as raw Ethernet frames (or simply just using the cables).
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