Gadgetoid

gadg-et-oid [gaj-it-oid]

-adjective

1. having the characteristics or form of a gadget;
resembling a mechanical contrivance or device.
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USB Type-C & Thunderbolt 3

Zotac AMP Box Mini Thunderbolt 3 PCI Enclosure

Zotac AMP Box Mini Thunderbolt 3 PCI Enclosure

I spent around two months test Driving The Zotac AMP Box Mini. Read on to find out what devices I tested, how they fared and why you might want to consider this enclosure for a one-cable dock setup with your…

Sonnet Radeon RX570 eGFX Breakaway Puck

Sonnet Radeon RX570 eGFX Breakaway Puck

Since starting my journey with USB Type-C and Thunderbolt 3 there have been two things I’ve wanted to try out; an external GPU, and a portable external GPU. Sonnet cover both of these bases with their eGFX products, but in…

OWC Thunderbolt 3 dock

OWC Thunderbolt 3 dock

From the inception of USB-C, and Power Delivery I was jumping up and down with excitement about the concept of a one-cable dock? For the last few months I’ve been using OWC’s Thunderbolt 3 Dock with my late-2016 1060 Razer…

StarTech USB-C To Dual DisplayPort MST Hub

StarTech USB-C To Dual DisplayPort MST Hub

I’ve been using the StarTech USB-C to Dual DisplayPort MST Hub since I received it, and I loathe to admit it’s slipped through my coverage cracks because it’s run flawlessly, hooked up to my OWC Thunderbolt 3 dock, running two…

StarTech USB-C Travel AV Adapter Reviewed

StarTech USB-C Travel AV Adapter Reviewed

As laptops get thinner we see more and more ports left by the wayside in the quest for lighter and smaller. Video out ports have been some of the hardest hit, but they’ve always been replaced with something better. Some…

LG 38UC99-W UltraWide Curved Display Review

LG 38UC99-W UltraWide Curved Display Review

The concept of curved displays is not new. They made their debut in Cinema way back in the 1950s where they were touted as countering problems with distortion at the extreme edges of wide cinema video formats. They’ve since arrived…

Plugable USB Type-C DisplayLink Triple Display Dock

Plugable USB Type-C DisplayLink Triple Display Dock

My quest for docking nirvana has lead me to Plugable, specifically their USB Type-C Triple Display Dock with DisplayLink. Plugable are an approachable team of engineers who, in their own words, focus on better products, better information and better support.…

Of Thunderbolt 3, USB Type-C and DisplayPort

Of Thunderbolt 3, USB Type-C and DisplayPort

Thunderbolt 3 and USB Type-C are a complete and total minefield! I keep bumping up against this topic, and realised it’s a big enough, complex enough rabbit hole to warrant its own post. So here is that post. At the…

OWC USB-C Dock

OWC USB-C Dock

The desktop is dead, but the need to work at a desk, with a proper chair, good posture, a mouse, keyboard and plenty of screen real-estate most definitely isn’t. While traditional business-laptop docks have often required ugly, proprietary ports with…

Plugable USB Type-C Memory Card Reader Reviewed

Plugable USB Type-C Memory Card Reader Reviewed

It’s been a while since I last covered a USB-C peripheral, but true to my determination to try as many as I can get my hands on, I’m back with more. Today it’s the lean, mean and green Plugable Memory…