USB Type-C & Thunderbolt 3
Reaching out to grasp the single-cable-dock dream, I vowed to grok USB Type-C and its many features, foibles and idiosyncracies. I haven't got there yet, but join me on my journey as I explore assorted USB Type-C and Thunderbolt 3 docks, monitors, adaptors, cables and gadgets and - maybe - one day we'll understand this chaos!
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- 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… Read more
- 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… Read more
- 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… Read more
- 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… Read more
- 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… Read more
- 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… Read more
- 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… Read more
- 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… Read more
- StarTech USB-C Multi-card Reader
My quest for the perfect USB-C multi-card reader continues, and this time I'm looking at the exhaustively named USB 3.0 Flash Memory Multi-Card Reader and Writer with USB-C -SD, microSD,… Read more
- StarTech Thunderbolt 3 to Dual DisplayPort Adapter Review
As I go deeper and deeper down the USB-C and ThunderBolt 3 rabbit-hole, I'm finding the opportunity to test gradually more elaborate products. With quite a few Thunderbolt 3 docks (by far my… Read more