If you've held a Catsights display, you've probably noticed the panel itself is nearly all screen — impossibly thin, no ports in sight. That's the point. All the connectivity lives in the detachable hub, and once you see the logic, it stops feeling like a mystery. Here's a quick tour of why the hub exists, what each port does, and how one cable handles the whole thing.
Why a detachable hub
Keeping the ports in a separate hub is what lets the panel stay so thin — just 5.6mm at its slimmest. The magnets make it almost foolproof — no pins to line up, no clips to fumble with. The hub snaps onto the back, clicks into place, and holds firm during normal use, even when the display is standing up. When you want the most compact carry possible, pop it off and slide the bare panel into its sleeve. It's the best of both: a full set of ports when you need them, and a genuinely thin display when you don't.
A tour of the ports
The hub has five ports across three edges. Here's what's where:
- Left side, USB-C — this is your main screen input. It's the port for one-cable mode, and when the display is running off a power adapter, it can also reverse-charge your laptop.
- Left side, USB-A — a USB 2.0 port, handy for a mouse receiver or a flash drive.
- Right side, USB-C — the power input. Plug a USB-C adapter in here to keep the display powered through long sessions.
- Right side, USB-A — another USB-A port for accessories.
- Top, USB-A — the third USB-A port, great for things you want within easy reach.
How one cable does it all
The headline feature is one-cable mode. A single USB-C cable into the left port handles three jobs at once: it carries the video signal, powers the display, and sends touch data back to your computer. That's USB-C's DisplayPort Alt Mode doing the heavy lifting — one port outputting video while also carrying power and data. Almost every recent laptop supports it, which is exactly why you don't need a dock or a second cable.
A quick cheat-sheet
Here's the pocket guide for which port does what:
- Video in — left USB-C.
- Power in — right USB-C.
- Keyboard, mouse, flash drive — any USB-A port.
- Laptop charging — left USB-C, when the display is on an adapter.
If something isn't working
A few quick fixes for the common snags:
- No image from your laptop — some USB-C ports are data-only. Try another port, then another cable.
- No power delivery — check both the cable and the port; not every cable carries power the way you'd expect.
- USB accessories acting up — remember the USB-A ports are USB 2.0. That's plenty for keyboards, mice, and flash drives, so if something feels slow, it's usually the device, not the port.
The hub looks small, but it does a lot. Learn which port is which, and the whole thing stays a one-cable affair.