A port replicator is nothing new. It's an easy way of adding more connectors to your computer via USB 2.0. The more advanced models often have an audio and monitor port, in addition to the USB ones.

This docking station was a challenge to set up initially (2015). The proper drivers had to be located, thanks to some forums where I found the right one. Then in 3 months, I had a problem with the monitors flashing, and HP sent me a replacement, even though it was not certain that this replicator...

o It does what it claims to do

o compression artifacts, at least for the first 1/2 second after window movement; Worse than my other displaylink USB 2.0 products, surpisingly; I think the drivers needs tweaking (used latest Displaylink drivers on Win 8, not the HP-supplied drivers, driving a 2560x1600 display

The driver installation was kind of tricky: The drivers that are delivered with the docking station work fine. When I updated the drivers to the most recent version they did not work anymore. Therefore I had to uninstall everything again and use the 'old' but functional drivers.

Fonctionne superbement bien avec les pilotes téléchargés du site HP.

The external port didn't work very well when I first connected it and on first restart, it froze my system several times until I finally pulled it.

This product did exactly what I needed it to do. My 37" monitor works flawless with my HP computer.

Have this hooked to my HP Star Wars Special Edition Notebook. I am running two screens, a keyboard, mouse and Gigabit Ethernet through port replicator. I plug a third screen in the HDMI on the laptop, I run the laptop closed at my desk. It lets me unplug 3 cables to take my laptop with me.