This docking station handled my three-monitor setup like a beast - and it's got a bold look

This docking station handled my three-monitor setup like a beast – and it’s got a bold look

Anker Prime DL7400 docking station Follow ZDNET:Add us as a preferred source is designed for: the highest of high-end setups, and folks who positively never want to be lacking in port connections. Note that my review unit here is a special-edition Black Myth: Wukong The docking station itself is positively bursting with ports. On the…

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Anker Prime DL7400 docking station

Follow ZDNET:Add us as a preferred source is designed for: the highest of high-end setups, and folks who positively never want to be lacking in port connections.

Note that my review unit here is a special-edition Black Myth: Wukong

The docking station itself is positively bursting with ports. On the front here are two USB-C ports capable of 100W maximum output and 10Gbps transfer speeds, a third USB-C port offering the same 100W output and 5Gbps data bandwidth, SD and TF (microSD) card slots, and a 3.5mm audio jack.

On the back of the unit are more ports. There’s a 140W/10Gbps upstream USB-C port, two 8K/30Hz HDMI ports, an 8K/60Hz DisplayPort port, two USB-A ports good for 5Gbps and another limited to 480Mbps, a 2.5G Ethernet port, and an AC input.

The on-screen display is a pretty neat touch.

The on-screen display is a pretty neat touch.

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On the front is a hard to miss display that’s keeps you in the loop as to what the docking station is doing, and you can work your way through the interface using the knob on the side.

There’s a fair bit of information to delve through in all the on-screen menus, from port power output to what performance mode the docking station is in, but it’s logically laid out to keep it as easy to navigate as possible. If that gets too much, the docking station can be controlled using an app installed on the host system.

is a behemoth of a docking station. More and more people want docking stations these days, but market for a 14-port, triple display, 8K supporting, fan-cooled docking station that weighs in at close to two pounds and costs $300 is a niche product.

And yes, this docking station is $300.

But it’s also a really capable docking station that can handle pretty much anything you can throw at it (except Thunderbolt connectivity — if you need that, you’re looking at something like the OWC 11-port Thunderbolt 5, or the Plugable Thunderbolt 5

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