How many types of docking stations are there? How to select according to demand? 2 general direction let you easily choose the right!

In order to make the current notebook appear more delicate and perfect, the surrounding interface is becoming less and less, especially the Apple interface has become sporadic. In the face of more equipment, a suitable and useful extension dock is extremely important

The docking stations on the market are dizzying, and it's a bit confusing just to understand the variety in one. It's actually pretty easy to pick a dock. Today we will take you from 3 directions to quickly choose their own suitable money.

There are two types of docking: in-line docking and cable docking

Although the docks we see are always of different shapes, they fall into two categories: in-line and wireline.

In line is easy to understand, refers to the docking dock can be directly plugged into the laptop interface for use, can be well integrated with the laptop, less space.

However, the problem is that it needs to be plugged into the computer all the time. For heavy equipment, it is not good to directly plug in, which is easy to cause interface damage.

The cable Type is the kind of ordinary dock we see everyday, usually with a Type-C connection cable, for convenience, which is divided into wireless and cable models.

The former is mainly out of the equipment itself with the line, can be more freely placed, but the corresponding more part of the chip price will be higher; The latter is the device itself with a line, the connection will be affected by the line length.

The overall shape has upright, base, part of the Apple computer and magnetic suction, no matter how the style changes, are based on the computer equipment and scene to adapt, the choice needs to be big guy according to their own habits to pick.

Seven types of interfaces: Performance changes must be clear

If the shape of the interface is a decision of preference, then you need to choose the interface ratio of the expansion dock, you need to match your actual needs.

The current dock consists mainly of the mainstream docking stations which are 4 in 1, 5 in 1, 6 in 1, 7 in 1, 9 in 1, 10 in 1 and the more comprehensive 12 in 1. No matter how many ports there are, the ports mainly include video ports (HDMI/DP/VGA), USB ports, Type-C ports, charging ports, SD/TF ports, network cable ports, and 3.5mm headphone ports.

VGA interface: Connect old display, projector and other equipment, support 1080P 60Hz;

HDMI interface:

HDMI 1.4, 10.2Gbps bandwidth, support 4K 30Hz;

HDMI 2.0, 18Gbps bandwidth, support 4K 60Hz, 2K 144Hz;

HDMI 2.1, 48Gbps bandwidth, support 8K 60Hz, 4K 120Hz;