WD19S Dock, USB 3.1, Type-C, Display Port, HDMI, 6 USB Ports, Gigabit Ethernet, 130W

This box does amazing things! With my Surface Laptop using Windows 10 it converts it into a desktop with 4 monitors all running at fairly high resolutions. See picture of the finished set up, though the Dell docking station is the little white LED light rather tucked behind the laptop, out of sight and soon out of mind. Monitor 0 is the one on the laptop, Monitors 1 to 3 are driven by the Dell effortlessly, the mouse moves smoothly from screen to screen. I've not tried gaming. It is light and you'll need to clamp the unit down if the wires are not to take over control - see pictures of installed unit. Setup of the Docking station, if you follow the instructions EXACTLY, is a breeze. It seems that this is in fact mostly due to the excellent hardware and driver software provided by Displaylink but Dell get credit for clear instructions and a neat package. Maybe it is time to return to Dell after 10 years or more away from them; they used to be the best once. It could be improved if the USB 3 cable supplied, which is a very strange one that goes to a keyhole shaped port on the back of the unit, has a very stiff cable which is a problem with a light laptop. A flexible, perhaps flat cable would be much better and, even better, one that has the USB at 90deg to the cable so that it does not need much side room would be good. That said, the USB plugs in firmly and well and the real miracle is that it works - so much data is transmitted seamlessly. I have now, within an hour of starting work got 4 monitors each showing different information and gigabit ethernet: 0. 2736x1824 1. 1050x1680 2. 1920x1200 3 1080x1920 Gigabit ethernet connection. Better still, on one of the monitors I have got a separate 3 way switch (not part of the Dell) so that I can connect a different PC to that monitor. When I press the button this switch disconnects a monitor from the Dell. The Dell/Windows 10 detects the change and I have a 3 monitor system. Click it again and it goes back to being a 4 monitor system. This is not quite flawless. Every now and then, one of the monitors will not be correctly synched. Turning the Dell on and Off once (pull out the power cable so keep it in reach) fixes this, so it is not very bad as it happens infrequently (one to work on though Dell/Displaylink/Microsoft ! ). What's not to like? Well the Dell User Guide says that the Displaylink software will be loaded with the Drivers and will provide you with some extra functionality that resizes the image on each monitor. Well it doesn't, at least on my Windows 10 system. No software is evident anywhere and I really do need to resize one of my displays. At full monitor resolution all the borders of the display are lost...moving windows then becomes very difficult. I have connected a USB mouse to the unit but it is not recognised. I've tried various ports to no avail. No mouse. Not all of the USB ports on the USB hub are powered. This is strange because the transformer is a 65watt one and the unit runs only a little bit warmer than room temperature so it is not using much power. So, it is rather annoying that you can't connect and get power on all 5 USB ports if you should need to. It is also likely to lead to confusion about which one is good for power and some discharged devices from time to time so it is not very user friendly. Given my expectations of what Windows would do for me, this gets a 5. Someone meaner might have made it a 4 because of the flaws above but, heck, this is an enormous improvement on past Windows kit.

Brilliant dock. The port capacity is fantastic.

Much more useful than first thought. I use my laptop mainly as a desktop for college work, and the ability to detach from keyboard, mouse, and screen by one cable is very handy, I have routed the cables much more nicely than having them trail all over the laptop and desk. I have also had to work from home at times and attaching the docking station to my works laptop (also Dell) saves a lot of time and rerouting of all peripheral cables. I did as the instructions said (and on the advice of other reviewers) and made sure the drivers were updated before installing, and have had no issues with the docking station. It would be nice to switch the laptop on without opening the lid, and it is a little pricey, but other than that I think it is worth the time saved on taking out multiple cables constantly. EDIT 02/06/2020 - I wrote the above review back on Nov 2017. The docking station is still going strong, and has proven invaluable now I work and study at home constantly during the COVD-19 pandemic. Switching between the work and home laptops is simple with just switching over the USB cable from one to the other.

First off - unfortunately it is poorly advertised (and marketed on the box) as a 'dock', which isn't true. In the traditional sense that you don't 'dock' the laptop into it and it therefore doesn't provide power to your laptop. I knew this from the off so it didn't come as a surprise. It is purely a gadget into which you plug your devices and displays allowing you to connect to everything via a single USB cable into your laptop. That said, it works great. I was apprehensive at some of the reviews but honestly, it's flawless so far. Before I continue, my laptop: It's a Dell Ultrabook with 8GB RAM with a Corei5 CPU. I read somewhere (I'm sure it was on the Dell site) that it recommends a Core i7. That seemed a little odd to me and thankfully that isn't the case. Setup: Download the Windows 10 drivers from the DisplayLink website. The ones Dell provide on their site didn't allow connected monitors to work in Windows 10. If you do install them by mistake however, Windows 10 should show a pop-up that you need to update the drivers. Once I'd run the DisplayLink driver installer and rebooted, everything came to life. I have 2 23" 1080p monitors connected. You need to go into display settings and use the box that lets you drag the monitor positions around. Once you have that set up, you're away. I also have a stereo amplifier plugged into the device and my audio is now much better as my laptop output jack was playing up previously. People mentioned display lag: For me there is none at all. I'm pleasantly surprised at how flawless it all is. I use a Lenovo X1 Carbon at work (expensive ultrabook) with a Lenovo device which does a similar job to this D3100 and I get lots of display lag on that. Tip: Turn off the Windows 10 screen 'snap' system. It's buried in settings under System > Multi-tasking > Snap (or search snap in the start menu). Otherwise every time you drag a window onto one of your external monitors, the window will try to snap into place at the bottom of the external screen. FY: I haven't tried the displayport connection or 4k and I'm not using the wired ethernet port so I can't comment on the performance of those. I have 2 1080p monitors connected via HDMI, a stereo amp via 3.5mm jack, a mouse and an external hard drive and all work perfectly. No screen lack or dodgy connections. I'm over the moon that I went ahead. I used to have a gaming PC connected up and sadly it's now so old and my laptop is much faster. This device has at least made my laptop a good device to use at my desk.

The Dell Dock is a great product from Dell, but buy it only from the actual Dell UK website. I have been having an issue, which is inherit to such devices sometimes and something that warranty easily covers. However, as the seller buys the Dock from Singapore with a basic warranty, which means that according to Dell for them to cover you the system must be in the purchase location. Now my Dell Dock does not work and it cannot be replaced from warranty although such replacement was granted if I was in Singapore. I cannot contact the seller as the time allowed since I have bought it has passed. TO THE SELLER: Knowingly and dishonestly withholding information amounts to misrepresentation under the Misrepresentation Act 1967 in the UK. In this case, as warranty is clearly a big factor on such product and the fact that warranty cannot work in the UK as you purchased from Dell in Singapore should be disclosed along with the warranty limitations. This would have been key information I ought to know at the time of purchase. If you are able to assist me with obtaining the warranty and have a warehouse in Singapore, where a technician can come out review my dock and replace it, do let me know. Alternatively, if you have any other solutions, please do let me know.

Working well for the week of use. Very quick charging

It had worked very well for 6 months, then suddenly does not work today, not charging, not display ...

First, some background.. I have a high performance Dell 7510, Xeon processor, 64GB ram, 4k screen with M.2 SSD's it is the bomb.. It also has 1x HDMI and 1x mini Display port. Despite all this, when connecting my 2 x 4k wide screen monitors directly from the laptops HDMI and Display Port I can never ever get the colours on both looking right. HDM and Display Port will give different colours and contrast, you need to have both HDMI or display port. I even got an adapter to go Display port to HDMI so they was both connected via HDMI. But this was also no good. I spent months frustrated with poor image quality, colours and ghosting on the text. (yes all my drivers was up to date) I plunged for the USB 3.0 HD Triple Video adapter. (I refuse to call it a docking station as you do not dock the laptop on it) This small piece of kit is simply amazing, Before plugging in the adapter via USB, first visit displaylink.com and download the latest driver for your OS. I then plugged in the the adapter and plugged both my monitors, 1 with HDM and one with Display Port. Oh know!... I still have crap looking screens... But Wait.. this adapter has 2 HDMI ports so why not try going directly from HDMI to HDMI.. I connected both monitors via HDMI, the max output gave me 1920x1080 on one monitor and a max of 2560×1440 on another. You can only output 2560 on one monitor. This was fine for my needs, I use the higher resolution for photo editing and the other screen for emails and docs etc.. What was so perfect was the fact (despite different screen resolutions) I finally had 2 perfect matching screens both showing the same colour and contrast / brightness with no ghosting what so ever! If my laptop had 2 HDMI ports then I would not have needed this so if you are in the same position or similar then do not hesitate to try this. To sum up, The HDMI ports are full HDMI, there is no midi HDMI. The Display port is also a full display port not a mini display port. The extra USB 3 ports come in hand as does the network port. Get it.. It just works..