Recent content by ishtarbgl

I thought I would conclude this thread with one helpful product in the event someone is in the same position I am. My Kensington dock came in and it works great, but only for my specific need. This dock is the SD4700P and I think it came out in 2018. It does not support 4K, only 2K on a...

Good point. That could very well be it.

Ahhh...I'm sure your right. Thanks. I still don't understand why these kinds of docks aren't popular any more. I guess everyone has bought new laptops except me. :)

I did, but couldn't really find one that could accommodate USB-C and USB 3.0 laptops as well as providing PD via USB-C. I did find an older model Kensington that accomplishes this and bought it, but I haven't gotten to test it yet. It should be here in about a week. What I can't figure out...

One last question I'll throw out there before basically closing this thread. That is, does anyone know of "one dock to rule them all?" Specifically, I'm speaking about a docking station that allows for at least USB 2.0 connection AND USB-C AND allows for PD (power delivery) through the USB-C...

I just wanted to thank everyone here for their help and sort of passed on what I learned. First, I found two pretty good docks. One by Cable Matters and the other from Aukey. I do think the Cable Matters dock is of higher quality. I can't really prove it, but there are times I feel the...

Thanks for this. This was sort of what I was expecting, but not so from the two docks I've gotten thus far. So if I understand you correctly, you aren't booting up and then attaching the USBC cable...correct? You attach the USBC cable first and then power up and all your previous settings are...

I'm new to these kinds of docks, but I don't think they are supposed to work like this. I bought a Cable Matters and Vava version. The Vava required me to unplug the power from the dock for it to recognize everything. I could then plug it back in and everything would work fine until I...

Thanks for this. This is pretty much exactly what I'm looking for. I guess I would need to add the cost of a USB-C power supply, but that isn't too much additional cost. From what I can tell as long as I add the USC-C power supply, I should be able to connect and disconnect with just the one...

Oh, I know they would, but they've been more than fair with me throughout the years so I would rather not even burden them with it. Additionally, it is something I wouldn't exclusively be using for work. If it is USB-C then I would also be able to plug in my other laptops to it.

Work has provided me with a Surface Laptop 3 and I would like to purchase a docking station for it for one reason, that is, so I can connect and disconnect to my hub / dock with one cable. The obvious choice is Microsoft's Surface Dock 2, but it is a little pricey over other docks and I don't...