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expired Posted by turns2stone • Dec 25, 2024
Dec 25, 2024 6:14 AM
Select Stores: Western Digital WD Black D50 RGB Game Dock (Thunderbolt 3)
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We also have to thank Intel for HDCP whose sole purpose was to prevent some niche pirating that was not a huge problem. A shitty evil
Corp all around.
Thunderbolt 3 docks inherently have 40Gbps of combined throughput for the ports, whereas those USB-C dock have 10Gbps of bandwidth shared among all of the peripherals, including display. If you're really pushing the limits with simultaneous heavy use of a 4K display, 1Gbps LAN and and attached USB device, you're going to run out of bandwidth.
Even more importantly, those hubs either don't come with a charger, and/or don't support pass-through charging. A Thunderbolt dock does both. And the Kensington supports 60w vs. 87w on this Western Digital.
In summary, you're not comparing apples-to-apples for those (cheaper) USB-C docks. If you're using this D50 dock with a MacBook (or even Mac mini), you'll get two independent video outputs.
I realize you're probably on Windows, but if you bought any of those for use with a Mac, that 'dual HDMI' would literally get you two identical monitor outputs, mirrored to each other.
EDIT - clarifying extended monitor support/mirroring.
EDIT #2 - the other nice thing about the D50 (compared to the cheaper docks linked) is the ability to add/change to a longer cable to your laptop/PC. Most of the hubs have permanently-attached cables, and they're typically short to reduce the chance of signal degradation.
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also, do you have the mac mini sitting on top of the D50
also, do you have the mac mini sitting on top of the D50
We have a number of Thunderbolt docking stations with dual monitor outputs, and far more ports than this for the same price if not cheaper.
Is the only advantage that it has a hard drive enclosure and RGB lighting? I have a USB C dongle that has dual HDMI, and another one that has dual display port.
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The benefit of this dock (in addition to the SSD capability) is the TB3 output, which supports display output, so a simple USB-C to HDMI/DP adapter will get you that second monitor, both at 4K.
Link to another Thunderbolt dock @ ~$50 that has 'far more ports'? Also, this supplies 87watts charging, higher than many (60w).
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