Club3D Multi-Streaming Transport Hub Review

When you need more, the Y-Cabled Docking Station

Connecting multiple displays isn’t always enough to get that extra bit of joy out of your notebook or ultrabook, sometimes you need a little more. This is where Club 3D’s Y-cabled docking station comes into play offering additional USB 3.0 and network ports.

Where the MST hub used a normal DisplayPort connector, the CSV-3203  is using a duality of a USB 3.0 and mini-DisplayPort connectors to give you the ability to connect two monitors via the mini-DisplayPort connectors as well as three high-speed devices or peripherals through the USB 3.0 ports.

The docking station also gives you a wired Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 port which honestly is preferred over a wireless connection most of the times. At least when you need stability and speed.

The Club 3D docking station comes in a sleek and appealing appearance and a dedicated power supply that ensures that all connected devices are sufficient powered. It’s only 1.95cm thick, making it highly portable at the same time. Take your docking station with you on the road when you need it – a great bonus. The button seen on the rear of the docking station is a scan button for the attached displays.

The Club 3D docking station features extra air vents on the bottom of the device to make sure the that it doesn’t overheat. Club 3D even paid attention to the detail here and made them in a stylish layout, and that even though you’ll rarely see the bottom of this unit. I like it when companies pay attention to detail, even those out of the immediate eyesight.

Features

• Power light: Power indicator
• Network: 1x Ethernet RJ45 10/100/1000 port
• Video: 2x Mini DisplayPort 1.2
• AC adapter: DC 19.5V power
• Standard compliance: Support DisplayPort 1.2, 1.1a, VESA DDM standard, HDCP 2.0, DisplayID and EDID 1.4

Supports

• Main link rates: 5.4 bps(HBR2), 27 bps(HBR) and 1.62 bps(RBR) from source
• 1/2/4 lanes of main link for RX side
• DP++ output ports or two dual-link DVI ports, or the combination of ports
• DP 1.2 MST Multi video/audio streams
• 1.1 source, ViewXpand supported
• DP-DP bypass mode
• AUX-CH enables SBM and I2C mapping over AUX between the source/sink and device
• Dedicated I2C slave for main processor to access device
• Resolution up to 2560×1600@60Hz each monitor in DP 1.2 MST and up to FHD/1080p in DP1.1 or DP 1.2 SST
• Input pixel data depth 6/8/10/12 bits and supports output pixel format RGB 444