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1.0 out of 5 starsDisplay outs stopped working
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2017
Edit: less than two years later and the display output ports all died; they either have noise and artifacts or they don't sync properly despite trying other cables and monitors in each of the ports. My new dock uses the same cable, same monitor without issue. On top of that this always played weird with my computer and would never want to output to the external displays after a reboot unless I opened up the laptop, waited for it to go to the external display and then closed my laptop again. It was annoying.
On top of that forget it if it was ever disconnected at all. My mouse and keyboard would drop every few seconds over and over until a reboot. Kind of sours the whole convenience aspect of having a TB3 dock if I can't just up and go then come back and plug in with it working fine. My new dock doesn't have that issue, so I am blaming this one.
Edit over. Original review was as follows, probably should have updated it earlier with my frustrations.
At the time of this writing it didn't seem like there were many docks that met my specifications:
-Dual monitor output
-Thunderbolt 3 with host charging
Well that's pretty much it other than expected features (USB for mouse and keyboard and 3.5mm for audio). Most offerings seemed very expensive and/or they had uninspiring reviews and/or they just didn't have all the features I wanted.
So that's it. Does what it's expected to do. Not much to know here, it has the ports you see in the pics and they all work. I run two 1920x1080 monitors off of it (HDMI & DVI) and the host computer display works simultaneously, but I disable it so I can close it and throw it on a vertical stand. I've only had it a few days now but it works as expected so far and will charge the host computer while doing it all (I will update this review if any issues crop up as long as I am using it). Doesn't seem to even get warm to the touch, either for what that's worth.
My specs: HP Spectre x360 13t (model: 13-ac023dx) Windows 10 x64 Home and I didn't have to download any drivers for it but to be fair I was completely up to date on Windows updates (including the Creator's Update).
So why four stars instead of five? I don't particularly care for the way it looks, that's why. It works though, so I can't be too hard on it, just doesn't tick that last, vain requirement of "look pretty". I'll take an ugly, working dock any day over a pretty, non-functional one though.
