Showing posts with label 4 port. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 4 port. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Add Extra ports


Most of your computing needs when using a Laptop are likely run into the issue of not having enough ports. Face it, no matter how nice your laptop is, they just can’t ever seem to pack in enough USB ports, audio jacks and external video connectors. Well, if you have an ExpressCard slot, then you might want to consider picking up this ExpressCard Docking Station from Targus.

The Dock is specially made for laptop, it’s still got a few of the essentials that you might not already have. This Dock features 4 USB ports, Gigabit Ethernet, a serial port, a variety of audio jacks, one DVI and one VGA port. The nice thing about it is that the video output supports resolutions up to 1,600 x 1,200. Unfortunately, they left out a few ports like FireWire and S-Video.

It requires an AC adapter to work. The good thing is that your USB ports will be powered, and thus will be able to recharge any gadgets you might have when your notebook isn’t on. The additional ports are going to set you back around $300. Honestly, for that kind of cash you’d be better off looking for a dock that is specifically made for your laptop.

Monday, December 3, 2007

NitroAV SATAStar

NitroAV SATAStar Plus has started to ship its latest PCIe chipset based 4-Port external host adapter that was specially designed for the ultra fast PCIe bus found on Apple MacPro, PowerMac G5 PCIe based desktop computers, Windows and Linux.

The 4-Port PCIe provides fantastic bandwidth for data throughput with its native PCIe host connection, utilizing the Silicon Image 3132 chipset and compatible with 4x, 8x and 16x PCIe slots. This 4-Port PCIe host adapter is designed for optimum performance and reliability required for large data storage needs as well as digital audio, digital video and graphic professionals alike. For video professionals this SATAStar Plus adapter supports 10-bit uncompressed HD, 8-bit uncompressed HD, DV, HDV, DVPRO HD, 8-bit and 10-bit SD video workflow. Sustainable transfer rate is the gauge and tests show throughputs with 4 drives OS stripped utilizing AJA KONA Systems Test exceeding 295Mb/s reads and 301Mb/s writes sustained and even faster with larger number of drives.