Docking Station for Samsung

Hello all,

I am looking for a docking station for a Samsung NP-RF510-S01US notebook.

The idea is to have something that will simplify the process of getting home, docking the notebook, and connecting to my wired LAN, external monitors, USB HDDs, etc...

I don't want to plug in 1000 USB's and LAN cables everytime I get home...

Thanks in advance!

 

From the looks of it that notebook does not have a docking station connector (like you'll find in Dell's Latitude or HP's Elitebook notebooks), as such you're pretty much limited to USB docking stations which do not provide enough bandwidth for a positive experience when you bring LANs, monitors, and more peripherals into the mix.

 

No consumer laptop has docking conenctors. To my knowledge, only the business models do. And they change every year and are bloody expensive ... if you ask me, just a means to squeeze more money out of business users, since I had good experiences with the USB variant.

I use a Toshiba DynaDock U10 at work connected to my Samsung NP700Z5As USB 2.0 port. Works wonderfully for me, I have a 1280x1024 Screen attached to it and all other connectors busy. Videos etc are not a problem at that resolution. Apparently, the DynaDock does 1920x1080 or something ... you can get a mousepointer hop, when you load the network hevily (it has all to go through the USB 2.0 cable after all), but apart from that it works very well. it's probably not made for High End resolution gaming, although I havent tried that ... it plays simple games like orcs must Die at said resolution without any real issues. But for daily work, it's more or less flawless for me. I would never have believed anyone telling me, they route their display signal through usb and get a crisp picture on the monitor ... but it's just so. Some people seem to have had bad experiences with it (see reviews on toshibas website themselves), but for me it ran out of the box ... i didn't even have to install any drivers. Either Samsung has done that before or Win 7 Home Premium 64bit comes with it ... I dunno. I connected it and everything just automatically worked, from USB Audio, to USB Networking to USB Video.

The company making the DisplayLink chips has recently announced their USB 3.0 to HDMI Chip (september or october or so) ... so we'll get to see USB 3.0 Docks soon, which should have enouigh bandwith for probably anything without issue. So far, I know of a Toshiba and Targus product code for the USB 3.0 variants, but no idea when they will show up.

 

thanks for your replies.

The DynaDock seems like a good option. I just wish it was USB powered...