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Targus ACP50US Docking Station
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Price Range $43 - $130 Product Description The Targus Universal Notebook Docking Station with Video is the first USB based docking station with true video output capabilities. This One Touch interface allows users to quickly and easily connect to an external monitor, keyboard, Ethernet, mouse, printer, speakers or other devices in a manner of seconds. This product is also the first docking station to allow users to connect through a single USB connection. The Universal Docking Station provides greater flexibility to commercial users and consumers because it is not notebook platform dependent. It provides a low cost alternative to traditional OEM docking stations and port replicators.
Not The Answer to Desktop Conversion
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Written By ronzzo Date Written Sep 30 2005 Summary I agree with the other reviewers. The video capabilities are sluggish and the audio for my surround sound system didn't fit the bill for my new Dell Inspiron 9300. I guess it's not as universal as I originally thought. It too is going... Strength Plug and play Weakness Sluggish video, mirror setting requires lower resolution for monitor. Video unusably slow
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Written By erkme73 Date Written Aug 30 2005 Summary I'm not quite clear on how the previous user found the video even usable. I'm running a fast laptop (1.5ghz)and at even lower resolutions, there is unacceptably long delay and ghosting when moving dialog boxes. At 1280x1024 8 or 16 bit, forget it. The... Strength - Everything else is perfect... Weakness - VGA video is sluggish (1-3 frames per second when moving dialog boxes) Terrible product. How could they release a product like this? Send back!
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Written By eriqcook Date Written Mar 13 2007 Summary As an IT professional, the video quality is the worst I've seen on any docking station product. And the lack of a power button on the docking station itself requires you to OPEN the notebook to turn it on. A docking station should allow you to press a... Strength No pros for this product really. I'm sorely disapointed. Weakness Video quality is the worst I've seen. Lack of a power button. Not worth trying
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Written By aivas Date Written Jul 15 2006 Summary This is the second unit we've tried. Neither work as advertized. Brand new Dell laptop was slowed to completely unacceptable levels. While typing (reports, etc.), laptop could no longer keep up. Finally removed ACP50 from the... Strength Looks nice. Weakness Slowed laptop speed to completely unacceptable levels. Near worthless!
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Written By bffoley Date Written Dec 27 2006 Summary Unfortunately this docking station simply does not perform. First of all, as a docking station, I could not download pictures from my digital camera or even use my printer through its usb ports. Targus stated that the docking station has two power... Strength Allows the use of a secondary monitor as a really expensive picture frame. Weakness Simply does not perform in any aspect. Very convenient but at a price
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Written By adrian2916 Date Written Aug 04 2005 Summary I have been using the Targus ACP50 port replicator for two days now and the installation and setup is superb. No more clutter of wires going to my laptop (just the power cord and one USB cable, beautiful!). I was also able to get a higher resolution on... Strength No clutter, no more wear on laptop connector ports. Really makes your laptop "portable" again! Weakness Video is extremely sluggish, in my opinion not usable.  |
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