It feels like a bit of a waste having all these separate power supplies for all these separate devices sometimes
like in our tv cabinet there is currently plugged in: a ps2, a ps3, a wii u, a wii u gamepad charger, a wii, an snes, an xbox 360, a nintendo switch, and a tv
it feels like there ought to be a way to have a single power supply, a single point of AC-DC conversion, that goes to all of these
at least the snes and playstations have internal psus and don't need an external brick
@noiob Yeah this isn't a thing that I think exists, especially because the internal PSUs on the playstations would limit the use of a single-point-of-conversion system anyway; they need AC input.
@Felthry yeah, I'm just glad the gamepad one exists because it's a big PSU for a peripheral that just takes 5V
@Felthry I think house-scale DC networks are a thing, though pretty uncommon.
They definitely are for server farms.
@starkatt Even house-scale would be too large for something like this, I'm thinking one converter that provides standard DC voltages (say perhaps ATX voltages, +12, 5, 3.3, -12) to a number of devices, all located in the same general area
you'd have the power unit, then plug into it your TV, DVD player, bunch of game consoles, etc, rather than having a half dozen different PSUs
@Felthry there's aftermarket Wii U gamepad charging cables, but that's the only one I know about