Why This WEIRD USB Connector Exists

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Dalton McCabe
Před 32 minutami
It's been like 40 years and we still don't have easy to use, smart printers 🙄
Luca van der knaap
Před 9 hodinami
"There aren't a whole lot of other devices that use it". WOW, you guys really dropped the ball on this one... Ahum... *clearing throat* ... Printers, scanners, external audio interfaces, monitors, mixers, usb hubs, connectivity hubs (with different ports), serial port converters (e.g. RS232), arduino microcontrollers, active interfaced speakers, home cinema sets, amplifiers, pen tablets, drum computers, literally any synthesizer (that being said, actually pretty much every device that has to do with music recording or audio, after firewire died). *pause to take breath* Routers, docking stations, camera applications, robot automations (that's right we're rhyming now). Any form of electronic interfacing (e.g. oscilloscopes, multimeters). Like really. There are a massive ton of devices that use USB-B connectors. Next to that. The thumbnail actually shows a usb 3.0 B connector, which is not the one you guys talk about. I used to like this channel. Now it just feels like a cashgrab by posting dumb video's with false information. Shame on you!
Samuel Seyller
Před 13 hodinami
Some of your videos cause CSsun to crash 😔
wisico640
Před 18 hodinami
Just a note; USB B connectors are common in the Sound/Lights/DJ (dying*) industry they are used on Lights & DJ controllers. I probably have a 8+ lying arround :)
Gabriel
Před dnem
You guys.... didn't answer your own question...
Lip stick
Před dnem
Fry's closed!!!!!!! Where do we go, now????? I'm not shopping at, BB!!!!!
Dylan
Před dnem
I still use those
Franklin Allen
Před 2 dny
It was universal until type C, in that the end that connects to the PC was always the same. Also any "USB" connector that has more than 2 data wires isn't technically USB, it is UPB, as it sends data in parallel, not serial.
shutseal7206
Před 2 dny
You can transfer a pdf over it...
Star Lord
Před 2 dny
Using printer wirelessly on PC/Notebook, uhh this gives me nightmares...
EasonTekReviews
Před 2 dny
2:03 type c can achieve this. FireWire/Thunderbolt too!
Zach_C
Před 2 dny
Me who already knew this but watched the video anyway
Izzy Ace Speedruns
Před 2 dny
3:39 I feel a printer video/rant coming soon. SOOOO much wrong with printers. Someone make a good one allready
Izzy Ace Speedruns
Před 2 dny
2:51 I agree. Those MicroUsb3Extended or what evet there called are terrible. My usb hub has one and it always comes loose and Im never sure if its ACTUALLY plugged in. Micro USB in general also sucks. My headphones use micro USB and it always falls out. Can EVERYTHING just be usb c allready
ChaosSwissroIl
Před 3 dny
How can there "only be upstream" with DC? Either I'm misunderstanding something or that was a really poor choice of words.
Tim Adams
Před 3 dny
Wow, had a genuine eureka moment.
yasio bolo
Před 4 dny
Do an episode on why printer are always difficult.
Frog 4096
Před 4 dny
Interesting that apparently printer manufacturers often don’t include a cable. All three printers I have had included all of the necessary cables, power, USB, and if they were fax-capable, a phone cord. One of them even included a nice flat Ethernet cable as well. Two of them are HP, one is a Brother.
David Haney
Před 4 dny
HDMI carries power...
Kevin
Před 4 dny
Anyone know how long Gigabyte GPU RMA is? I got a Gigabyte Windforce 2070 super and one of the fan died.
yasio bolo
Před 4 dny
James sounds like Kermit the Frog and Bill Gates.
qopoy dnon
Před 5 dny
Do an episode on why printer are always difficult.
tutacat
Před 5 dny
I've never plugged in a printer over USB
TheMightyKinkle
Před 5 dny
I've used USB B for years on touchscreens and receipt printers
TheMightyKinkle
Před 5 dny
I like it how you didn't actually talk about that weird USB connector in the thumbnail 🙃
Aimee Crawford
Před 6 dny
Luckily my printer is wireless and has worked flawlessly for 8 years... cause I can only imagine the pain of trying to find one of those cables
qopoy dnon
Před 5 dny
another devise use it.
Jacob Long
Před 6 dny
James! Where's the clickbait connector from the thumbnail?
Rannon
Před 6 dny
Ah yes, the printer. Mine decided that there's no paper, at all, in the world. So now it's just a scanner and has been for the last 5-10 years or so.
Jamie Shultz
Před 6 dny
I learned a thing today!
ASOTFAN16
Před 6 dny
Did you know you can charge your powerbank with your powerbank? You just plug a USB-A to USB-Micro B cable from a type A port to the micro B port and it will charge itself using itself! #FreeEnergy
Peter Nicholls
Před 6 dny
I recall reading one of the original designers of usb saying the original standard was made simpler to keep the cost down.
Andrew Cool
Před 6 dny
Is it really hard to figure out a printer?
Baba Gandu
Před 6 dny
My amp uses the USB-B connector for the DAC
SuperWolfkin
Před 7 dny
wait...is this a bit? They actually ignored the USB 3.0 Type B connector in the thumbnail? ha.
shotarcherZ
Před 7 dny
0:33 did you mean 3DS
Benderdick Cumbersnatch
Před 7 dny
James sounds like Kermit the Frog and Bill Gates.
Attila Deák
Před 7 dny
The only computer hardware what i actually hate: printers! Lets burn them ALL!!!!!!!!!
TigerChuu
Před 7 dny
Midi Keyboards always use a weird USB connector, as a music producer it's so annoying because if I forget the cable chances are I wont find another one easily
StaySic4Ever
Před 7 dny
Yeah Type-C to be everywhere is the idea.
mrbunnylamakins
Před 8 dny
I have about 50 of USB-B in a box due to people using their old printer cable when getting their new printers and not even opening them. Besides a printer I never used or seen another devise use it.
Rick Hornsby
Před 8 dny
erm. Ethernet cables can carry power and have identical connectors on both ends.
Omni Byte
Před 8 dny
what about the universal transfer cable which is usb-a on both sides?
imark7777777
Před 8 dny
Forgot about the Mini B connector my personal favorite. And the USB 3.0 B connector in the thumbnail. There is also a bit of the standard not just for power as it had the directionality due to host and device distinctions that is until peoples mouse's started being computers on their own. Oh and you should do one on firewire and how it's nowhere near the same as USB and unofficial unstandardized FireWire to USB adapters/cables can fry things!
Ailsa Ni
Před 8 dny
"you won't find other devices with usb B" *cries in arduino*
FangerZero
Před 8 dny
All I want to know, printers have been around as long if not longer then the computer, why the hell is it so complicated. They are extremely unreliable.
anub1s15
Před 8 dny
i'm using my printer wirelessly over wifi and it tends to work fine (there was a period where windows was REFUSING to recognize it untill i uninstalled the driver and had windows look for the printer...every damn time i used it) but when i got the printer and for the last i wanna say 8 month's or so it's been ez. turn on printer, open scan or send whatever you want to print to it and it does it's thing.
Custom Pc
Před 8 dny
A TECH PCs. CSsun channel... Yall should check it out..
Ailsa Ni
Před 8 dny
"Mini" connectors were't even mentioned. 'Cause those were a thing too before the "micro" connectors.
Benjamin Padilla
Před 8 dny
James has never heard of mini hdmi
Nathan Mcintyre
Před 8 dny
Hate to be that guy but what's the song in the background? Shazam didn't work with no break in talking 😅
Garlic Bread the Producer
Před 8 dny
Dude. Why did you not explain every type of USB except the one in the thumbnail
Jesper Hammarlund
Před 8 dny
who cares? we have USB C now. so we dont need USB A and B anymore why even make this video with USB C u can plug in the hosts in both ends
Sam Delfavero
Před 8 dny
"This is a type B connector [...] there aren't a whole lot of other devices that use it" Music Equipment: Am I a joke to you?
Clive Bradley
Před 8 dny
So where is the strange connector you reeled me in with? I hate this type of scam so I'll never watch one of yours again
Will Bar
Před 8 dny
you skipped right over mini USB and when straight to micro USB. Im still rocking mini USB since both my dash cams use it, my usb hub, my harmony one remote ( yah I know its a old model ).
Matt Spooner
Před 8 dny
What you mean? I have never plugged into my printer. I wirelessly print everything for at least the last 5yrs
daniel brown
Před 9 dny
Bur but but ethernet cable supports power. And I like my 3th option for printing, via cat5
Tyrian2k
Před 9 dny
(1:59) USB host-to-host www.datapro.net/products/usb-2-0-host-to-host-cable.html#:~:text=The%20USB%202.0%20host%2Dto,have%20a%20free%20USB%20port www.amazon.de/Goobay-Aktives-USB-Data-Link-Kabel-Daten%C3%BCbertragung/dp/B00PI7ZB9U Not a normal a-to-a cable tho, it's a crossover cable. But it can be done.
8packK
Před 9 dny
I've had so many fights with my printers in the past that I still tend to avoid trouble shooting them. Whenever a less techsavvy friend/family member asks for my help. I usually say, I don't understand printers. 🤣
alun roberts
Před 9 dny
You are so wrong I have a type A to A lead for a web cam also a A to A with a box in the center that is for PC to PC
Matt Nichols
Před 9 dny
1:59 RAIDMAX!!! Built my first PC is that case :-)
Dat Nguyen
Před 9 dny
My Brother printer works wirelessly amazingly well for years. It has Linux drivers and a wonderful app.
nieooj gotoy
Před 9 dny
"Mini" connectors were't even mentioned. 'Cause those were a thing too before the "micro" connectors.
Devnol
Před 9 dny
James: You probably don't have a USB-B cable lying around Arduino users: ...
Jon Doe
Před 9 dny
USB - Urritating Serial Bus.
Tobwa
Před 9 dny
Exceedingly civil and informative. I learned something here. Thank you very much for your clean presentation.
nieooj gotoy
Před 9 dny
So the thumbnail is a USB 3.0 type B yet they never even mentioned it...
Gavin Druck
Před 9 dny
"You probably don't having one lying around" laughs awkwardly while looking at my multiple boxes of random cords from the 90's to today.
Bill
Před 9 dny
i have a usb-a to usb-a somewhere. never known what it's for. probs gonna bin it next time i see it now.
Laurenţiu Lozan
Před 9 dny
A lot, and I mean really a lot of external audio interfaces use USB type B. And it's pretty robust, construction-wise.
newt0n
Před 9 dny
Love how the thumbnail cable was never mentioned. Pretty sure it's usb B 3.0. He did show usb B 2.0 however. Not the same cable
Sanco
Před 9 dny
So i can't connect 2 computer by a USB cable?
Joey L
Před 9 dny
it's pretty damn annoying that my DAC/amp takes that USB B connector. I don't really care that much when used from y PC, I'll just use optical anyway, but I had to get a usb B to lightning cable from my phone, and a usb B to type C for my iPad. Just make everything C already....
Smile Space
Před 9 dny
Even better is the Type B USB used on the XBOX Kinect 2. It has an additional power line and therefore a weird hump on it making it propietary. To use it with your computer, you have to solder in your own power to the Kinect 2 and then use a normal type B plugged into the Kinect to type A for your OC. It's a mess!
Chris Monkman
Před 9 dny
And for funnsees I set the CC option going... apparently James is speaking Vietnamese. Who knew?
Tyler Furrison
Před 10 dny
"you can always use your printer wirelessly" hey guess what Google killed this time
rougenaxela
Před 10 dny
Poor Mini-B, being so ignored.
happysmash27
Před 10 dny
0:39: My monitors actually use them too. I had to buy an extra one, but I believe one of the ones I have was just lying around with a bunch of other cables. I want to buy a midi adapter which uses this type of cable too. So, there are a few uses of it other than just printers.
Scott Shortland
Před 10 dny
Got a whole box of USB B connectors, once I used for so many devices. Now just using it for laser show interface control
uberfuzzy
Před 10 dny
Whats nice about the devices that have that 3.0 micro B+ with the extra bit to make more data lanes to make them 3.0 speed, is that the non-extra bit is just a normal micro-B, and in a pinch, you can use a normal micro on that side (careful plugging it in), and it will still work, just slower. This is very critical to know if you have external hard drive (or thin enclosures) with that micro-B+ and dont have/cant get the 3.0 "+" cable and really need the data off it (or moved onto one)
the DapperFoxtrot
Před 10 dny
The NEW NERF Missile Launcher! Now with SOCIAL DISTANCE range capability! "MY EYYYYES!"
DeLuca
Před 10 dny
So the thumbnail is a USB 3.0 type B yet they never even mentioned it...
Nicholas Lovan
Před 10 dny
I have like 7 USB-B Cables
That Goth Guy
Před 10 dny
My boss rammed a standard USB-B connector in to a USB-B 3.0 socket, you can guess what happened (he sheered the pin completely off).
Chad McKean
Před 10 dny
wireless printing.. no, just no. why do i have to pay extra to get a network jack on a printer, but not wifi,i do not want or care for wifio n a printer, just a network jack i'd use a raspberry i zero if i could get arm linux drivers for printers
Rory Walter
Před 10 dny
You left out the mini B
cedric simon
Před 10 dny
And what about the mini usb connector?!
Danny
Před 10 dny
you didn't even address the connector you used in the thumbnail
Γιάννης Παναγιώτης Τζανάκος
Před 10 dny
The last time I watched Techquickie was when Linus had the FUCKING CRINGE INTRO FOR SUBSCRIBING AT THE VERY BEGINNING. Now that it's long gone the channel is finally quality.
Jan Vollmer
Před 10 dny
Nice! After this video I will start powering my gaming pc with my USB-C powerbank
Diego Steffaloo
Před 10 dny
You guys should rise the teleprompter a bit higher, so his eyes don't look like watching the floor all the time.
DJ ESKY
Před 10 dny
I have a whole bunch of USB A to A cables for keyboard switches. THEY DO EXIST!!!
Nick Goblirsch
Před 10 dny
Used to be a computer tech.. Printers are a big reason why I am no longer in the field. Idk what it is about printers either, but I hate them
TheeTurkey79
Před 11 dny
My Roland drum machine and Boss katana amp use USB-B
MPG187
Před 11 dny
0:07 I always wanted the USB Christmas tree, but never had the space on my desk. Although it seemed like a novelty to have something that can only be basically powered by a computer. Hold on I gotta be a Grinch and restart and turn off the tree. But now they have wallplugs with USB built in and I wouldn't be surprised if they put them right into electrical sockets....
MPG187
Před 11 dny
Reminds me of the USB Rant
sunny steve
Před 11 dny
I'm still using that connector for my slightly older usb3.0 hdd dock
Rick94rr
Před 11 dny
The teleprompter distracts me sooooo much
TheExileFox
Před 11 dny
I hate type-A-to-type-A cables required by some external hard drives used by Western Digital
Dan Phillips
Před 11 dny
Ethernet cables carry power, or at least are capable of carrying power.
denis_a
Před 11 dny
This video explains nothing! Why this connector exists if we already have mini usb and micro usb. Dislike!
Aleksandr Kamarov
Před 11 dny
I have one of those for the integrated USB 3.0 hub in my monitor
to_ sc
Před 11 dny
i use type B for microphone