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I've recently purchased a 2490 (more on my impressions in a future thread) and I'm surprised it doesn't have a USB hub. The Sony FD Trinitron I was using before had a USB hub and my environment's cabling depends on having one there.
I'd like this to be as tidy as possible and I don't want to add another always-on wall-wart to the mix to power a hub.
1) has anyone heard anything about someone using the DC-Out on the 2490 to power a USB hub? Google hasn't shown me much.
2) does anyone have any particularly sexy recommendations for a brand/model of mini hub which does a good job running on bus power, and powering things like keyboards and mice downstream, which could be "stuck on" to the rear lower corner of the 2490? There's almost too much choice online for me to know what will work out well - vendors are particularly skimpy on any details when it comes to bus-powered operation. I strongly prefer something which has a standard B-jack for uplink instead of a permanently tethered upstream connection. Alternatively a micro or mini-B would be OK, but I'd need to buy a new uplink cable.
I'd like this to be as tidy as possible and I don't want to add another always-on wall-wart to the mix to power a hub.
1) has anyone heard anything about someone using the DC-Out on the 2490 to power a USB hub? Google hasn't shown me much.
2) does anyone have any particularly sexy recommendations for a brand/model of mini hub which does a good job running on bus power, and powering things like keyboards and mice downstream, which could be "stuck on" to the rear lower corner of the 2490? There's almost too much choice online for me to know what will work out well - vendors are particularly skimpy on any details when it comes to bus-powered operation. I strongly prefer something which has a standard B-jack for uplink instead of a permanently tethered upstream connection. Alternatively a micro or mini-B would be OK, but I'd need to buy a new uplink cable.