Targus ACP50US Docking Station

Pros: No clutter, no more wear on laptop connector ports. Really makes your laptop "portable" again!

Cons: Video is extremely sluggish, in my opinion not usable.

Review: I have been using the Targus ACP50 port replicator for two days now and the installation and setup is superb. No more clutter of wires going to my laptop (just the power cord and one USB cable, beautiful!). I was also able to get a higher resolution on ...

Pros: Plug and play

Cons: Sluggish video, mirror setting requires lower resolution for monitor.

Review: I agree with the other reviewers. The video capabilities are sluggish and the audio for my surround sound system didn't fit the bill for my new Dell Inspiron 9300. I guess it's not as universal as I originally thought. It too is going ...

Pros: - Everything else is perfect...

Cons: - VGA video is sluggish (1-3 frames per second when moving dialog boxes)

Review: I'm not quite clear on how the previous user found the video even usable. I'm running a fast laptop (1.5ghz)and at even lower resolutions, there is unacceptably long delay and ghosting when moving dialog boxes. At 1280x1024 8 or 16 bit, forget it. The ...

Pros: Nothing

Cons: Cheap material, slow monitor connection etc.

The Bottom Line: Stay away from it, spend little bit more money and get a better product. It is not worth to even give it a try.

Review: I bought for this docking station for my Fujitsu laptop for around $50. Price seemed reasonable however when i received the product it looked so cheap in the material and quality. Even this price, it is still expensive for what it does. I gave up trying ...

Pros: Allows the use of a secondary monitor as a really expensive picture frame.

Cons: Simply does not perform in any aspect.

Review: Unfortunately this docking station simply does not perform. First of all, as a docking station, I could not download pictures from my digital camera or even use my printer through its usb ports. Targus stated that the docking station has two power ...

Pros: No pros for this product really. I'm sorely disapointed.

Cons: Video quality is the worst I've seen. Lack of a power button.

Review: As an IT professional, the video quality is the worst I've seen on any docking station product. And the lack of a power button on the docking station itself requires you to OPEN the notebook to turn it on. A docking station should allow you to press a ...

Pros: Looks nice.

Cons: Slowed laptop speed to completely unacceptable levels.

Review: This is the second unit we've tried. Neither work as advertized. Brand new Dell laptop was slowed to completely unacceptable levels. While typing (reports, etc.), laptop could no longer keep up. Finally removed ACP50 from the ...