As the name indicates, this isn’t a Thunderbolt dock. Instead, Plugable’s new dock uses the DisplayLink protocol, essentially compressing and splitting the signal across several ports.

The Plugable UD-4VPD docking station has enough ports to turn ... This new dock is also fully compatible with Thunderbolt 4 systems, providing connectivity across various devices.

In short, the Plugable TBT4-UDX1 isn’t as elegant as the Belkin Thunderbolt 4 Pro Dock. It could be accused of having slightly over-engineered construction, providing some confidence that it ...

the Thunderbolt 4 & USB4 Quad Display Docking Station. Plugable set the bar pretty high with that effort, and its dock has held onto pole position for an impressive amount of time. So imagine our ...

The Thunderbolt 4 Ultra 280W dock has the same ports and design as the 180W dock, but it uses a special combined cable (with a barrel power plug and Thunderbolt connection) to push up to 280W of power ...

The connectors all look the same (technically known as a “Type-C connector”), but there are significant differences, particularly on data-transfer speed—with USB-C maxing out at 10Gbps ...

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