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Comment by WorldPeas | Hacker News Reader

behold, a brave new future where your tv is also your power strip

Great, when my power strip dies, so does my TV!

Recently a friend was charging about six different items off of his PC. Not mentioning the poor charging rate. I said to him, hey, maybe you want to get a dedicated charging hub for 40 bucks instead of putting wear and tear on the $250 motherboard and power supply. Just because you can, doesn't always mean you should.

if the wattage is to be believed I bet we'll have no consequences encountered running gaming machines off the display ports of a famously cheaply made generation of tvs with no chassis insulation/earthing, through a cable that'll likely be made lowest-bidder style. Remember those videos of the old apple chargers glowing and sparking when bent?

I would love a legitimate usb power strip. (that looked and functioned like a power strip)

you mean charger with multiple ports ?

basically. A heavy duty strip with an AC power plug, many spaced-out full-power USB ports for charging stuff. Same form factor as an AC power strip, with feet or even those cutouts on the back for attaching to screws on wall or desk.

I have so many devices now that take USB for power. Camera battery chargers. Flashlights. power banks. plenty more I can't think of.

Maybe this is close?

https://www.anker.com/products/a2683-anker-prime-charger-200...

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