Since you mention Thinkpad, here is a personal pet peeve.
A company called StarTech makes ExpressCard devices and USB devices. They make:
* An ExpressCard HDMI capture device (no longer manufactured) that sits flush with the body of the Thinkpad. [0]
* ExpressCard USB3 peripherals that adds one or two USB ports to the Thinkpad and sits flush with the body of the Thinkpad. [1]
* USB3 to HDMI output devices that leave an unsightly dongle protruding from the Thinkpad. [2]
So, what StarTech does not make (and my pet peeve):
An ExpressCard device that adds an HDMI output port to a laptop and sits flush with the laptop's body.
Note that such a product would seem to be a trivial combination of their existing products. I would also expect that such a device would be cheaper to manufacture than the equivalent capture device.
