Cable Matters Base USB C para Windows, DisplayPort dual 4K, carga de 80 W

Hello,I purchased this in hopes for giving my laptop the clean look it needs. One cable going to the laptop to use for my peripherals and display out. I hate seeing cables, and this is a must for me. It's a bonus if I can also dock my work laptop (MacBook Pro 16"). The MacBook Pro does not work in any fashion for display, it does connect all of my peripherals though. My personal laptop is a Razer Blade 14 (2021), and that works fine for this. I have all four USB ports used, one is connected to a USB hub in my monitor. I have the ethernet connected to a gigabit switch (does not get gigabit speeds, will explain further). I have the DisplayPort connected to a 240Hz 1080P monitor. The last part is what has been causing me a pain with ALL of the docks I have tried. In the last month, I have …

**UPDATE 4/10/23 after 4 or so years* To Cable Matters' credit, they sent 2 units in replacement out of the standard warranty, however, these units too are failing after 1 month of use (I held off on using them because of how many issues I had) in the same way as the others. I used 1 of them on my personal setup and the one monitor on it started going black. Out of the 52 or so units now, I have replaced almost 100% of them. None are in use because of this same issue. All Dell and Lenovo business-class laptops being used. Terrible product. Sticking with ThinkPad docks for last 3 years now and have not looked back.Almost all of these 50+ DisplayPort docks that were purchased during lockdown for our client, almost all of them have failed. Some took only days to fail, others have taken about

First off, the build quality of the product is great on the outside. It's a nice size device and feels sturdy. All the ports are quality ports and generally work as described by the product website.I have two main issues that will make me most likely return the dock. The first is that I occasionally need to unplug absolutely everything and plug it back in for the monitor or some USB devices to be recognized. I have the dock plugged in via DisplayPort on both ends to my monitor, and I have a second desktop computer that is using the HDMI port on the monitor. I find when I'm switching back and forth, the DisplayPort signal is not found by the monitor and I end up having to unplug basically everything. This is frequent enough to be extremely frustrating when it happens.The other issue is …

After getting a 2019 MacBook Pro that was bristling with USB-C ports and nothing else, I needed a docking station to connect the plethora of USB 2.0 devices I have been using for years. Plus I needed a way to connect my external monitor and ideally, provide plenty of power to the laptop too. This unit does all of this and more. I now have a single USB-C connection to my MacBook Pro so unplugging it when I am on the move is trivial.Now, I did have an odd issue with the monitor blanking out occasionally so I replaced the old monitor thinking it was failing but it happened on the new one too. I contacted Cable Matters and asked for help and they reached out immediately with all kind of realistic suggestions. We tried everything and the issue persisted so they immediately sent me a …

Best looking dock, exactly matching the Space Gray finish on my Macbook Pro. I love the 80W power delivery and that it can mount horizontal or vertical.Via DisplayPort my 4K monitor worked perfectly, at 60hz and no sleep issues.BUT connecting it to my LG 34UM94 at 3440 x 1440p resolution, it locked up my Mac -- beachball and unable to move the mouse.I suspect since it's a USB-C 3.1 dock (10Gbps) and it doesn't use the available Thunderbolt 3 bandwidth (40Gbps), compatibility problems are more likely due to bandwidth allocation issues.Might work great -- but also might not work at all.UPDATE: Dropping to 2 stars. After a couple weeks it started making cheap electronics sounds, like a leaking faucet.

Since Microsoft did not include Thunderbolt 3 with the Surface Book 2, we are limited to using regular USB-C docks. The problem is, the vast majority of the options on the market only provide 60 W over USB Power Delivery. For the models with discrete graphics, this is not enough to charge the laptop at any reasonable rate when it is under load.The other problem is that most USB-C docks lock you into a certain allocation of bandwidth. Either you can get GbE Ethernet, USB 3.1 ports, and max a 2560x1440x60Hz display. Or a 4Kx60Hz display but limited to USB 2.0 speeds.This dock solves both problems. The 80 W PD is generally sufficient for keeping the 13.5" SB2 charging at a high rate (though it would be nice to see 90 or 100W). And there's a dynamic bandwidth allocation switch you can fiddle …

Previously I was using an OWC dock that worked very well, but cost almost twice what this Cable Matters dock did. The only problem I have is that it doesn't support dual monitors on Mac, but I don't think the OWC one did either. I see no problem with this when using a 2017 Macbook Pro.

This dock is the only one where I had confidence in what I was getting, and the capability to choose between different configurations with the mode switch.The USB-C/Thunderbolt world is opaque today, and the only way to know what you're getting is through a lot of reading and some guesswork. I'll distill what I've learned about USB-C here, to try to motivate why I picked this dock.Your USB-C cable contains 4 configurable pairs of wires. When a cable is plugged in, both sides negotiate how to configure those pairs. Each one might become:- A USB 3* lane- A DisplayPort lane- A Thunderbolt lane- Some other configurations which enable MHL or HDMI (I couldn't find as much info on these)The different "alternate modes" specify the different possible lane configurations.- Default: 2x or 4x USB 3* …