Customer Reviews

E-Port Plus Replicator/Docking Station with 130-Watt Power Adapter Cord for Select Dell Latitude Laptops/Precision Mobile WorkStations 430-3114 YP126

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I bought a refurbished (practically new) Lattitude E6410 from the Dell Outlet center for well over half of what it would have cost brand new. This is my 3rd Lattitude laptop and the quality and reliability have been fantastic in all of them. I needed a docking station and got this one because it supports two monitors. Hooked it up and it works like a charm. It is a brand new docking station that supports Dell Lattitude laptops.

Have one of these for work and home and they work great for my Latitude.

One comment is that the video output is a single vga/hd15 and dual DVI-D. If you're using dual monitors connected directly to the docking station, this is fantastic (as long as at least one of them has a digital signal input option, that is). If you're hooking this up to an analog KVM (such as the iogear dual view) it is problematic because this docking station basically has one analog and 2 digital video options and leaves you hooking up one of the monitors directly. Too bad they didn't go with DVI-I that would have given the option of an analog or digital stream via the DVI connection.

UPDATE:

Just realized that this has 2 DisplayPort connections and google'd around to discover that you can buy relatively cheap ($30) displayport-to-vga (yes, digital-to-analog) active converters. I purchased on of these and it works great with my dualview analog kvm. This gives you a total of 5 video outputs on this docking station and a bunch of digital and analog options.

My main concern with getting a docking-station/port-replicator was that some people had mentioned problems with un-docking & re-docking on the "regular" E-Port Replicator; that was enough to make me go for the "Plus" version. I am happy to report that I am having no such problems.

This E-Port Plus replicator works perfectly with my Dell Latitude E5520. Without shutting the lid or otherwise putting the machine into standby, or hibernating, or rebooting, I can dock and un-dock repeatedly---the laptop switches gracefully between the 2 states just fine.

FYI, the laptop is running Windows 7 Pro (x64). The docking station has connected to it: power, Ethernet, a USB mouse, and an external monitor over an old VGA cable.

It's so much nicer to work with this docking station. I now disconnect/reconnect a single thing (the laptop itself) when moving to or from my desk. It is amazingly convenient; I wish I hadn't put off this purchase for so long. (Dell's price was a significant deterrent for me.)

Also, I'm finding that I like the way the laptop tilts forward slightly while docked. It sits on the shelf where the connector is, and since it's significantly smaller than the footprint of the laptop, it naturally tilts to this, more stable, position. A (nice) side-effect of this is an increase in air-flow under the laptop which helps keep it cooler, I think.

UPDATE (2011-Jun-30): Things are still working as initially: very well. And I'd like to add that the docking/un-docking has proved to be as robust as expected. I can put the laptop to sleep, un-dock (and turn off/on the wi-fi switch), and wake it up somewhere else with no problems---or do that sort of thing in reverse. In short, there are no special situations I have to worry about that can screw things up; it "just works".

Works good. It seems like the only way to get high resolution is from the displayport+ the DVI port does not seem to support higher 2560x1600 resolution. And the D+ port to DVI-D is a expensive conversion that requires power.

Ordered on July 4 and received item on July 11. Brand new condition and a lot cheaper than Dell's price. I went with the E-Port Plus because it had more connections than the E-Port. Works great with my company's E6410. Will do business with shimmerman in the future.

Genuine Dell product in the original Dell packaging, just as described. Works well with my E6500 and E6420. Supports two monitors with DVI outputs.

Received the docking station very quickly, I even emailed shipper and they replied in less than two hours! Docking station is used for work set up at home and it makes life so much easier. Great buy.

Fantastic product from Dell. I have used docking stations for my laptops since I have so many peripheries at work & desire to have multiple monitors. This dock is flawless from the get go... all the different ports you need & then some. Undocks fast as well; under 1 second. Docking stations have come a long way & this one is the best I have used yet. I do IT work as part of my job & I would recommend this to any of my friends work or play.

Does exactly what it says. My company does not provide docking stations to home workers, so I was forced to buy my own. I like being able to come home from a trip and plug the laptop into the docking station and use my home computers full size keyboard and 20" monitor through the KVM switch I have attached to the docking station without having to mess with a lot of cables.

Seller met to all expectations.. This product is working as promised, seller expited the docking station to make sure I recieved it for a project deadline.. I thank the seller for that. I hope to do more business with the seller in the future.