Both videos and the mouse cursor become noticeably smoother, though small amounts of stuttering are still noticeable. Refresh rate is the apparent offender as performance improves when moving from the default 60 Hz down to 50 Hz. If the integrated video controller can output our ~40,000 kbit/s 1080p video almost in its entirety, then why were we experiencing stuttering issues? At first we thought that dropped frames were the culprit, but VLC and YouTube statistics showed only a very small number of skipped frames. The stutters become worse as we populate the screen with windows and videos. Though the picture may look good, we noticed stuttering when moving the mouse cursor or during video playback. Audio is automatically transmitted if the external monitor supports it. This is great news for graphics designers and general users wanting to use the device for movie playback. There are no brightness issues, no pixilation or exaggerated ghosting. Picture quality when connected to an external via the docking station is indistinguishable from an external monitor connected to the notebook locally. Official support for Windows XP/Vista/7/8.1x HDMI-out (Type A, 5.1 audio output, up to 2048 x 1152 resolution).The specifications of the Toshiba Dynadock V3.0 are as follows: Our test notebook of choice is the HP ZBook 15 workstation, which is certainly more than capable to handle HD streaming and USB 3.0 accessories. In this review, we test the performance of the USB and HDMI-out ports.

After installing device driver 2.8.1.1 and DisplayLink driver 7.0 via the included CD, the dock becomes a straightforward plug-and-play device without any detection or connectivity issues. Toshiba’s Dynadock V3.0 (PA5082U-1PRP) is a simple $99USB 3.0 dock that carries its own in-house HD graphics card alongside a plethora of additional USB ports. The high 5 Gb/s theoretical transfer speed of the port in particular allows many of these docking stations to support Full HD video-out without requiring proprietary docking pins that non-business notebooks typically lack. The ubiquity and utility of USB 3.0 have led to an increase in universal docking stations from major manufacturers.

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