Woot! has
Amazon Basics Thunderbolt 4 / USB 4 Pro Docking Station on sale for
$34.99.
Shipping is free for Amazon Prime Members (must login with your Amazon account and select a shipping address in order for Woot to apply free shipping) or is otherwise $6 per order.
Thanks to Staff Member
LovelyCheetah for sharing this deal.
About this product:
- Ports:
- 2x Thunderbolt 4 (15w max)
- 1x Thunderbolt 4 (PD 3.0 at 96w max, upstream only)
- 1x HDMI 2.1
- 3xUSB A 3.1
- 1x RJ45
- 1x SD card slot
- 1x 3.5mm audio jack
- Includes Thunderbolt 4 cable
- Supports:
- Thunderbolt and USB4 function
- Dual 4K@60Hz displays via two Thunderbolt 4 USB-C ports
- Note: Verify your laptop's Thunderbolt ports support dual 4K@60Hz output. Ensure your graphics card installed the latest drivers. Confirm your monitors support 4K@60Hz display. Use high-quality Thunderbolt 4 or USB4 cables for connection (not included). Avoid connect HDMI port firstly to prevent resolution downgrade due to bandwidth limitations.
- Dynamic PD profile up to 96W to charge devices.
- Note: Check the laptop manufacturer's power supply specifications before use. Ports may not function properly if laptop power requirements exceed 96W, as the docking station will activate overload protection feature and cause disconnection.
- HDMI 2.1 output supports up to 8K30Hz
- Ethernet RJ45 port supports up to 2.5Gbps (approximately 300 Megabytes per sec).
- Note: Thunderbolt bandwidth is shared across devices, so display resolution and LAN speed may decrease with multiple high-bandwidth connections. When fully loaded, the docking station may reach 122°F/50°C, which is normal for such products.
- Travel-friendly design slips easily into a laptop bag or carry-on.
- Compatible with Laptops running Windows 10 OS or later which have a Thunderbolt 4 port, and non-M1/M2 chip MacBooks running macOS 11 (Big Sur) or later. Backwards compatible for Thunderbolt 3 laptops work with limited functionality (e.g. not support dual display). Not compatible with Linux or Chrome OS laptops, and M1/M2 chip MacBooks running maxOS 10.16 or earlier.
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I tried to connect it to my MacBook and PC laptop, neither was able to connect to a monitor through this dock. Not sure if it is my problem or the dock.
> it doesnt work unless i plug pc into the front usb-c port with the "pc logo". no biggie
This isn't you too, is it?
I just don't know WTF to say. I don't want to just call people stupid... but... WTF.
Is this why the dock gets such bad reviews? Because people are failing to plug the computer port into the computer and then wrongly try to use one of the device ports on the back instead? It's not like the manual and instruction videos don't cover this or there isn't loud hints that you need to plug the right port into the right thing to make it work.
Or maybe you just got unlucky with a failed unit or bad cable.
Anyway mine worked fine. Crazy good deal if it actually works I guess. I tested with an older TB3 Dell XPS 9370.
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Logitech usb-a wireless dongle to mouse and keyboard.
Works great.
This price is a bargain.
I know somewhere Big Boss, erm, Steve Jobs is laughing.
For reference, it would be connected to a Samsung Galaxy Book4 (base) notebook NP750XGK-KS2US that appears to have USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-C ports.
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So that's an interesting question. USB4 hubs actually do have the ability to offer DP Alt Mode passthrough, retroactive to USB 3.0 Type-C with DP Alt Mode.
USB 3 Type-C hubs (very) rarely offer this functionality, but it was standardized in USB4.
What I don't know is if this particular hub will do that.
It may require the USB4 hub to enable USB 3.0 BC mode. And this one doesn't appear to have that. (Hence why it's $35 on Woot - I suspect).
But DP Alt may flow independently if you have a DP Alt PC with MST.
Either his dock was broken out of the box, or he's stupid and plugged it into one of the rear TB device ports instead of the PD port. See my comment above regarding another moron who did exactly that and then bragged about how the dock didn't work.
I just returned this POS. It was useless. It wouldn't power my laptop, the Ethernet jack wouldn't grab an IP... Using TB5 cables I couldn't even see the laptop from my computer, or vice/versa. Literally nothing worked as advertised.
So, in the previous thread, someone bought one of these and then wrote:
> it doesnt work unless i plug pc into the front usb-c port with the "pc logo". no biggie
This isn't you too, is it?
I just don't know WTF to say. I don't want to just call people stupid... but... WTF.
Is this why the dock gets such bad reviews? Because people are failing to plug the computer port into the computer and then wrongly try to use one of the device ports on the back instead? It's not like the manual and instruction videos don't cover this or there isn't loud hints that you need to plug the right port into the right thing to make it work.
Or maybe you just got unlucky with a failed unit or bad cable.
Anyway mine worked fine. Crazy good deal if it actually works I guess. I tested with an older TB3 Dell XPS 9370.
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Maybe there's a quality problem where some are broken out of the box, or maybe there is a compatibility problem with certain chipsets or firmware.
Whatever the problem is, I didn't have it. My dock worked fine with the two laptops I tested.
Amazon isn't pricing them this way for charity. There must be something going on.
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