HP's USB Media Docking Station makes for a perfect travel desk. They've loaded a really nice USB 2.0 docking station into a nice traveling workstation. The
HP USB Media Docking Station packs up into an almost laptop bag friendly solution which will in fact almost certainly needs its own bag for transportation, but it folds up pretty compactly. You'll find that it matches the brushed copper finish of their current laptops. The stand will hold your laptop (up to 17") at about a 45 degree angle facing you, giving you plenty of room to set up a USB keyboard and mouse as well as elevate the screen to a more neck friendly eye level.
The stand also hides a very full featured docking station, similar in features as
Toshiba DynaDock U10 and
Kensington sd400v. Connect a USB cable to the docking station, and you'll have a desktop's worth of features at your fingertips. There's a VGA monitor connection to give you a 2nd display; the interface is powered by DisplayLink DL-195 that supports resolutions up to 1920x1080. If that makes you feel like watching movies, you're in luck. HP has included an Altec Lansing 2.1 sound system for rich but side mounted speakers. There's also the requisite 4-port USB hub and RJ-45 network adapter. You'll only need to connect the one USB cable to gain connection to all the other peripherals. Unfortunately, this stylish setup will cost you a pretty penny. At $179, this is one of the most pricey docking stations we've ever seen. HP quality is worth a premium, but it's up to you to decide if it's worth the coin.
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