Belkin, a leading consumer electronics company, has launched its new range of Thunderbolt 4 products, including the Connect Pro Thunderbolt 4 Dock and the Connect Thunderbolt 4 5-in-1 Core Hub. These products are designed to provide fast and reliable connectivity for various devices and accessories, such as monitors, hard drives, keyboards, and more.
What is Thunderbolt 4 and why is it important?
Thunderbolt 4 is the latest technology from Intel that offers a host of features to improve current workstation or gaming setups. It provides high bandwidth for connecting high-performance devices, ensures quality connection between devices and accessories, and makes it easy to charge, transfer data, and transfer video signals through a single port.
Thunderbolt 4 is compatible with Thunderbolt 3, USB-C, and USB4 devices, and offers flexibility and versatility for different use cases. Some of the benefits of Thunderbolt 4 include:
- Total bandwidth of 40Gbps, which is eight times faster than USB 3.0
- Power Delivery up to 100W for fast charging of laptops, tablets, smartphones, and more
- HD video resolution support on multiple displays: single display up to 8K at 30Hz, dual display up to 4K at 60Hz, and triple display with select laptop models
- Data transfer speeds up to 3,000MB/s for external SSDs
- Support for up to six Thunderbolt devices in a daisy chain
- Support for PCIe at 32 Gbps for desktop graphics cards and NVMe drives
- Support for DisplayPort 1.4a and HDMI 2.0
What are the features of the Belkin Connect Pro Thunderbolt 4 Dock?
The Belkin Connect Pro Thunderbolt 4 Dock is a full-featured docking station that allows users to connect their Mac and Windows computers to multiple devices and accessories for data, video, ethernet, and power all through a single cable connection. It is packed with the latest Power Delivery 3.0 technology that provides up to 90W of power to efficiently charge connected devices simultaneously.
The docking station also offers up to 8K video resolutions for a single display and up to 4K video resolutions for dual displays. It also supports triple monitor displays on select laptop models. The included Thunderbolt 4 cable is backwards compatible with Thunderbolt 3, USB-C, and USB4.
The Belkin Connect Pro Thunderbolt 4 Dock has 12 ports for power, data, and video:
- 2x Thunderbolt 4 ports (1x Upstream, 1x Downstream)
- 2x HDMI 2.0
- 1x USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 (Supports USB-C PD 3.0)
- 2x USB-A 3.1
- 2x USB-A 2.0
- 1x SD card 4.0
- 1x Gigabit Ethernet
- 1x 3.5mm Audio Combo
The Belkin Connect Pro Thunderbolt 4 Dock is available to order for $499.95 USD on Amazon.com and Belkin.com.
What are the features of the Belkin Connect Thunderbolt 4 5-in-1 Core Hub?
The Belkin Connect Thunderbolt 4 5-in-1 Core Hub is a lightweight and portable solution that connects five devices, including four that are Thunderbolt enabled. It allows users to connect Windows and Mac computers to multiple devices to transfer data, stream video, and supply power all through a single Thunderbolt cable.
The Thunderbolt 4 hub offers up to 96W charging and can transfer data at up to 40 Gbps. It also supports up to 8K video resolution for a single display or up to 4K video resolution for dual displays.
The Belkin Connect Thunderbolt 4 Core Hub has five ports:
- One upstream port that connects directly to the computer
- Two downstream ports that support data transfer speeds up to 40 Gbps, Power Delivery up to 15W, DisplayPort Alt Mode (up to one 8K or two 4K displays), PCIe at 32 Gbps, USB-C at 10 Gbps, USB-A at 10 Gbps
- One downstream port that supports data transfer speeds up to 10 Gbps, Power Delivery up to 7.5W, DisplayPort Alt Mode (up to one 8K or two 4K displays), PCIe at 32 Gbps, USB-C at 10 Gbps
- One downstream port that supports data transfer speeds up to 10 Gbps, Power Delivery up to 7.5W, USB-A at 10 Gbps
The Belkin Connect Thunderbolt 4 5-in-1 Core Hub is available to order for $299.95 USD on Amazon.com and Belkin.com.
