My Dongle is HUGE! - CalDigit

[@quantum9964]

Clicked instantly bc that title will never be outdone

[@uknowwhoiam1389]

Massive dongle if u ask me.

[@oscarlovesf1]

Haaaaa 😂

[@noyes.]

Omfg the pinnacle of comedy folks!!1!shift+1!!!

[@YouTubeMonkeyWrangler420]

And the combo with that face in the thumbnail, instaclick

[@tonofgaming6291]

@@noyes. I mean Yes. The guy who made the video Agrees. What's the problem do ya have? What do ya laugh at? Cocomelon?

[@MayaPosch]

Anyone remember when the selling point of laptops was all the integrated IO, not how many kg of dongles one had to lug along to make it half-way usable? :)

[@joooseph22]

it's the tradeoff for better-looking, slimmer, laptops 🤷‍♂️

[@Jaymac720]

And now I have one dongle that turns my laptop into a desktop

[@xenonram]

@@joooseph22 there becomes a point of diminishing returns. They could make it thinner by using one of those keyboard like the num pad on a gas station pump has, but that's obviously not worth it. They can keep all the IO, and still have thin computers. And the people who cares about having "a bEtTeR LoOkiNg LaPtOp" can buy an Apple, and an Apple dongle... which negates all of the progress making it thin, but puts another $150 in Apple's pocket.

[@joooseph22]

@@xenonram True, which is why I don't have a mac and my semi-gaming laptop is still somewhat thin (with sufficient IO) by today's standard so I'm happy :)

[@denisi1283]

To be fair, most of people don’t need half of that paraphernalia ever, let alone everyday. I have never needed cabled internet on my laptop, be it at work or for leisure, and used external displays only on armed monitors or presentations, which had the dongles on them, rather than the other way around. I am investing now on many cables and Bluetooth peripherals just so I can use my laptop with the lid closed. At that point, it is just a portable desktop with low power consumption.

[@SandroLinux]

"I just want to show you my dongle" - Linus Sebastian 2021

[@unknownentity3008]

This video could be changed to Linus Out of Context without any editing

[@speedylordinc.3748]

@@Racon_sahneleri1 I hate self advertising but this one, fair enough xD!

[@titang9878]

Kids ."

[@angelabby2379]

id pay for his onlyfans just saying 🤣

[@Pendleton115]

Imagine having internet so fast that the bottleneck is the Download Server and not your ISP 😅

[@Chinoman10]

You actually just need 200Mbps, which isn't too hard. Most webservers (specially small companies) only have 100Mbps upload per connection (to also limit their DoS or even DDoS risk). Even if a lot of them do have 1Gbps uploads, only download-specific servers (like CDN's, and whatnot) have over 1Gbps (like Steam, when Linus downloads at 10Gbps).

[@DiarrheaBubbles]

AT&T ran fiber in my hood last year and it's great. $99/mo gets me a symmetrical gigabit which is rad because I work from home now.

[@ifiwantyoutofeel]

@@DiarrheaBubbles in your "hood" 💀🤔

[@DiarrheaBubbles]

@@ifiwantyoutofeel Yeah it's short for neighborhood.

[@DiarrheaBubbles]

​@@conservativestrawman9837 It is a residential connection so my speeds aren't guaranteed. I don't use their router I pass it straight through to my own router. low end ~700 / 500 typically ~ 900 / 850 If I log into the AT&T modem and run their test it's a little faster but not enough for me to let AT&T manage my LAN.

[@wmacosx]

8:09 every time I see a glitch like that i start cold sweating, "oh no overclock is not stable", then I rewind, see it is actually in the video, take a deep breath and relax

[@barkshark1194]

same lmao-- i've had interesting gpu crashes before while watching youtube.

[@iHasCaek]

@@barkshark1194 those are mostly youtube problems, not your gpu.

[@baizu6936]

@@iHasCaek he’s sped don’t worry

[@gabriantolegend]

Do you think that they had that problem while editing or after it was uploaded to KZbin?

[@rhoharane]

It's just Deepfake Linus is glitching out

[@yuri_m]

Linus 2021: “Wait a minute I just want to show you my dongle...” This year is guaranteed to be better

[@myeyeshurt9328]

And somewhere worse

[@notsomealt]

69 likes pog

[@killer2600]

Apple showed everyone theirs first

[@sentienttoyotacamry3283]

Miru piru kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZTYeGCGfMh0oJI

[@chaiznt]

it wasnt

[@Whitecat372]

I like the part where Linus says "Dongle".

[@NuclearTopSpot]

it's actually an anagram for a bad 2011 9gag rage comic. Lé Dong

[@charlesswenson259]

I bet you did

[@Bigdaddygas]

I like when Mordecai and Rigby say ohhhhhh

[@Dwight_D_Eisenhower]

That’s the whole video

[@dominicc4051]

Agreed

[@jonathandurbin5534]

Ok, see, at this point these really are just PCIE expansion cards.

[@kenzieduckmoo]

yep, "thunderbolt" is just intel's name for "pcie over usb-c"

[@DUUKE100]

Just to make it REALLY clear - I clicked because of the title xD

[@mammascooking7251]

At the current rate of likes u would get 8 likes in a min me being first and reloading every 5 second at current rate you will have 480 likes in an hour

[@PneumaticFrog]

why are you verified bruh

[@cilekcigs4247]

Up your dongle game

[@emdo8437]

Same

[@innoillust]

As if it wasn't clear already

[@watapak]

"That's a thicc boi of a dongle" -Linus 2020

[@rukevweb5674]

Welcome to the comments. 99%: About the dongle word in the title 1%: Artefacting on Linus’ shirt

[@binodsarkarIN]

I thought I was the only one

[@lukefreeman828]

Got a timestamp? 😋

[@saboyar]

@@lukefreeman828 8:09

[@ChefGryphon-3373]

I thought I only saw it too

[@DarkOracleOfDeath]

I love that Linus plays with all the cool toys at the office, but has a down to earth setup at home. I can totally relate to the DP to HDMI thing.

[@zalesRU]

My mom is always talking about dongles when she is in her bedroom! That’s so cool I didn’t know she liked computers too!

[@ahlixemus8903]

lmao

[@colejohnson2592]

Lol

[@PashaGamingYT]

She forgot the "L"

[@Elomentoplayz]

That's inappropriate, man

[@Northstar-Media]

Bet she has big black 10" that's powered by 140 volt DC

[@gurpremsingh]

Free advice for all dongle makers: Put some ports on the top of the dongle, trying to insert a SD card or a usb drive side ways is so not ergonomic. Docking it from the top allows me to not have to use two hands while inserting it.

[@PrinceBrightstar]

8:09 seems like a bit of an encoding glitch. Might want to check the server.

[@wrxsoldier]

It shows up at 8:14 for me but that was super weird Edit: 8:10 to 11 for me now after clicking at the time but on playback normally it occurs closer to 11-14

[@thebrax]

8:10 for me

[@AurumFaber]

Wait, it's different for everyone? Edit: it's at 8:10 for me.

[@redalpha333]

Wait when you click the 8:10 it shows it cause it's closer to 8:10 for me but 8:10 itself is after the error

[@indianweezy9122]

I see it too.

[@fallout_boy__9437]

Love how linus just throws all the stuff on the floor to the right of him.

[@Skipti_LLC]

8:09 theres some strange artifacting on Linus' shirt. Not sure if this is an encoder error or what.

[@jthoward]

Deepfake Linus confirmed

[@imBigo]

I also saw that lol

[@insertaverygenericnamehere]

There's a glitch in the Matrix. 🐈 There's a glitch in the Matrix. 🐈

[@ReadieFur]

No they are trying out their deepfake linus on us again

[@userAndix]

Wondered if it was from my computer or the video.

[@imBigo]

8:09 What was that on the right? That scared me lol

[@jthoward]

Deepfake Linus

[@Nickholast]

Scared me too. Had to rewind to confirm wasn't my pc.

[@neelb980]

8:09 What is that in the top right area?

[@aditya_gupta]

Rendering bug

[@LeBurkaTron]

Bad SD card/reader 😂

[@TimKrief]

@@LeBurkaTron underrated comment

[@neelb980]

@@LeBurkaTron lmaoo the were editing off of the SD card

[@joelswanson7826]

I was about to comment on that when i saw your comment.

[@donovanlawson2848]

The dock is likely using the DisplayPort Over USB-C protocol; that is what most USB-C docks use to prevent sharing bandwidth with the other ports on the dock.

[@Thamli]

Liked, just for the title

[@tomescumihnea6554]

dongle is the perfect combination between funny and profesional

[@ahyaan2552]

Dingus

[@ahyaan2552]

Which KZbinr has dingus engraved in their iPod?

[@IOwnThisHandle]

Linus: Complains about dongles. Linus: Does dongle sponsorship. You're paying how much? "Why you should use a dongle"

[@zomils]

“Doungles are so interesting”

[@kyriakos098]

the fact that he doesn't like companies making dongles a thing, doesn't mean he can't review one, if anything, exactly because It's not in his hand whether to use a dongle or not when a laptop has 1 port total, means he has to test many to see what to use as companies dont really give you the choice.

[@johndaniels1344]

8:08 anyone notice the weirdness in the top right or is it just me?

[@Vibranium375]

Yep it is an encoding error or deepfake Linus lol

[@kennysar]

Dupfak lenus

[@Yukicanis]

Since Thunderbolt 3 is 40 GBit/s, they could make a 40GbE "Dongle" with a QSFP+ port, but that would probably be even more niche than the 10GbE Dongle. ;)

[@DaneeBound]

just 30 seconds in, and I can already tell the word "dongle" is gonna be semantically satiated enough for it to lose all meaning.

[@JasonVanPatten]

I have 3 of those TS3+ hubs here at home for my Macs. And the 10Gig adapter. It all works super well. The only down side is how HOT!!! they get, which is why both the hub and the network adapter shaped the way they are.

[@oussamamedjoudj6586]

0:21 imagine someone hearing this with out seeing what the video is about

[@juan501]

That Tuff Nano is a great source of 1tb kioxia m.2 2230 drives. I needed more storage in my Surface and didn't want to rely on external.

[@NeonVisual]

That's the biggest dongle I've ever seen, and let me tell you, I've seen my fair share of huge dongles.

[@daftrok]

Dell D600 has dual DisplayPort and can confirm can run dual 4K monitors at 60Hz (at least on PC) and this works via USB-C no Thunderbolt required. Caldigit also has a USB-C Pro dock that can do dual 4K 60 Hz on macs or PCs with 4 lane Thunderbolt 3. If its a 2 lane Thunderbolt 3 it will do dual 4K at 30 Hz.

[@shaditips]

Keep your "dongla" Linus 😅🤣

[@MichaelSmith-us9ch]

Optical audio is essential to my setup. Speaker system and headphone amp both have optical or stereo input. Speaker system is 7.1 capable as are the headphones with the right input. Optical distribution to these systems give optimum cable management - of which I know you are aware.

[@horrorkidunlimited1473]

"That's a thick boy of a dongle!" LMFAO!

[@nathanielthomas288]

I love my TS3 plus. I literally use every single port (except optical audio). Two monitors, a mike, external drive, webcam, mouse, keyboard, headphones, speakers, and a phone charger.

[@ijustfelldown]

I love Linus' huge dongle. I'm glad he showed it to us.

[@bitehunter122]

😄😄😄😄😄😄😄

[@bliekp]

I use the TS3 Plus too for about a year now. Also totally love it. It's hooked up to my MBP 16" with ethernet, DP, some USB stuff like a keyboard and a external HDD connected through USB-C. Totally awesome device from CalDigit, works right out of the box and never had any issues so far. Selling my MBP at the moment and will hook it up to the new Mac mini which is coming next week :P. For my gaming PC I don't need a hub like this, I chose a motherboard with plenty of connectivity, specially selected one with 10 GB/s USB-C for my Oculus Quest2 to play FS2020 in VR :P (which is totally incredible, try it guys!)

[@ishragsdale4208]

8:00 Linus: "optical audio, what?" HiFi nerds: 😡

[@Chipsaru]

it is outdated, so he is right, for digital signal transfer you have usb/thunderbolt, optical audio is bandwidth capped.

[@ishragsdale4208]

@@Chipsaru Get put of here with your logic and reasoning. I'm just a weirdo who has his computer hooked up to an AV receiver from 2003

[@johnsonger4613]

@@Chipsaru So what's the new way to get Dolby 5.1 from my HTPC to my Onkyo 5.1.2 receiver?

[@Chipsaru]

@@johnsonger4613 throw it away and get a new one (e.g. TX-NR696, it has hdmi pass-through and usb input), also it will support a wide array of audio codecs that your current onkyo would not over optical audio.

[@johnsonger4613]

@@Chipsaru I have the 757. You're telling me to downgrade to an older model to avoid using an older port? I didn't know graphics cards had audio processors for their HDMI out; mine doesn't. I don't want a wide array of codecs anyway, especially if it's so exotic it couldn't be transmitted with light.

[@FalcoCaliber]

Linus: here are the advertised capabilities of this dongle. Also Linus: I'm going to immediately try something it's not advertised for.

[@AmanSingh-nw7lw]

Me : looks at the title Also me : *feels depressed*

[@KentSpain85]

You're beautiful just the way you are.

[@MadMensDen]

I really like, the second one you checked out, the USB type C one. Kind of disappointed it didn't have a CF port, but I'm using SD cards at the moment anyway. And all the other features are awesome.

[@WisKy64VT]

Linus: “ever computer but very budget will have a type C” Me and my $2K US desktop with only usb 3.1’s

[@corgano6068]

Probably a dumb question, but say you plugged two high-speed 10gbit SSD's into one of these docks, and started a large file transfer between them. Is the dock smart enough to send the data directly from one SSD to the other? Or is the data sent from one ssd, to the hub, to the laptop, BACK to the hub, to the other ssd?

[@tobysmith3266]

When the notification popped up on my screen i spat out my drink 😂

[@kylestubblefield3404]

I have used the TS3Plus at work to drive 2 external monitors off my LG Gram 17 for several months. Works like a champ I get single cable connectivity, I run Ethernet, Audio, and 2x Dell 24" 1920x1200 displays. I did notice that a couple of the 5gbs usb ports share lanes with the displays so I get mouse chatter unless I pick the right port for the mouse. Works so well for me I have outfitted several other people here with similar setups. Running Elementary OS if anyone cares, recently switched to the Gram from a 16" MBP because Catalina sucks so bad for power users.

[@only9letters]

"You can tell a lot about a company by how fast their downloads are" I guess this makes ASUS the worst company ever? Because even thinking about grabbing a new BIOS from their website takes 5min... 😂

[@matasa7463]

Maybe their server is just shit where you're downloading from? I know stuff like that will vary depending on how many servers the company has and in what location, as well as how good the connection is at that specific location...

[@AndrewRockYoutube]

I almost bought the Caldigit but did not want to waste the money on a work around for the low number of ports for the M1. Instead, I got the Samsung CJ791 Thunderbolt 3 Monitor and it virtually eliminates the need for a docking station at all. Andrew

[@MancoBlanco]

*linus gets out his dongle from underneath the table*

[@playsntraffic3708]

I have one of the large CalDigit "Dongles", but I wish it had multiple display ports on the back. Would make life a bit easier. Aside from that, it's freaking sweet!

[@mx2004mx]

how are the display outputs not share any lanes with the usb when you actually say that this is only usb. How to you get a video out of a device that only is connected via usb???? And how so you adapt a "usb C to displayPort"??? since when can usb carry picture??

[@Coolman13355]

The extra lanes for the Alt Mode DP is using.

[@micky2be]

Been using their products for years. Always been happy

[@joepeach997]

If this wasn't scripted, Linus would have dropped his "Dongle" on the floor! Love ya Linus, you took a dream and made it real, and we all benefited!

[@ovDarkness]

Ts3Plus actually cost as much as Dell WD19DC with dual TB3 connection. This puppy has 2x130W power delivery (Dell's proprietary), so it will power my Precision 7750 without triggering throttling (serving less than 210W of power to 7750 causes it to throttle). But TS3 Plus's 5x USB-A is a treat! I'd really like that, as I actually need: 1x DP for external monitor 1xHDMI 4x USB (for 3D scanner) 2xUSB (Unifying and 3D connexion dongles) 1xUSB/USB-C for my portable drive aaaand I need to daisy chain USB hubs to do that :(

[@ZipperClassics]

Now Linus, we did not know you were this open but I’m not complaining

[@niklasxl]

the last one is quite cool but it really should have a internal psu, power bricks are such a pain

[@i.j22]

Linus: My dongle is huge Yvonne: Boy, you nasty

[@randocalrissian9217]

I have the TS3+ and it kicks ass. I use it to dock my 16 inch MBP for displays and ethernet.

[@realcartoongirl]

8:09 another useless comment that points out artifact on the screen

[@DoctorX17]

The fun thing about those 10G Ethernet adapters is a lot of the time they’re like 90% just heat sink. I loves me a good heat sink

[@Sport4Life]

It’s always the skinny guys that carry a huge “dongle”

[@Ruptured_AU]

Possible a happy side effect of the slowed charging with the usb-c dongle is yournot smashing your battery at 100% all day.

[@mattzegarski3831]

Linus: My dongle is huge Mrs. Linus: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Sorry. Couldn't help myself.

[@shoukomi-sama]

Oh you Big Dongle Oh Big Dongle yeah I get that feeling every time that you use a Dongle

[@theyashbhutoria]

I'm not even interested in the device. Just "came" here for the comments.

[@AlwaresHUN]

The CalDigit TS3 Plus can be great for my PC-Windows laptop + macbook setup. Right now I'm using a lowend thunderbolt hub, and its already great to switch all of my devices between the computers with one cable change.

[@dmacpher]

Is a condom.... a dongle gate? I’ll see myself out

[@danthepianoman2]

The use of dongle in this video is amazing

[@gamershruti5351]

To The Early Squad Reading this: Sending Virtual Hugs to everyone who need it always stay safe read my name❣

[@LS-we6zq]

Thanks

[@alastairholland4433]

Thanks

[@ZNotFound]

Imagine pairing this with Corning's optical Thunderbolt cable.

[@skonkfactory]

The real reason an active DP to HDMI adapter is useful is because DP ports in HDMI mode only have a 0.3 volt swing, whereas real HDMI is 0.7 volts. If you need to drive a longish HDMI cable like for example if you have a projector that's on the ceiling then it won't work with a passive adapter.

[@kcgunesq]

I know nothing about Apple products, but my oldest is going to have to have one for school next year. Would either of the docks featured here work for an M1 macbook?

[@peetiegonzalez1845]

The Caldigit is my choice also. My only complaint is it powers my monitor and mic at inappropriate times. Like during the night.

[@micahalan]

I wish there were more usb-c thunderbolt braided cables. Also display ports on the dongle to output to higher res, higher refresh-rate monitor

[@m4nc1n1]

For those watching, you can get the Black Magic Speed Test on PC, but you have to install the Black Magic Desktop Software to get it (on Mac, you can just get the speed test)

[@bamzilla1616]

Caldigit make really excellent tb3 products and that hub is exceptional, use one at work for high data workflows

[@Arek_R.]

Slow charging notification even though you use original charger means that the protocol handshake has not been established. In other words it might even charge at half of the rate even if you don't have anything else plugged to the hub. Not good.

[@mglsj]

Linus is the only person who does and can judge a company by their download speed.

[@FoolOfATuque]

I have two TS-3 Plus docks. They work great. The only criticism I have is you cannot update the firmware for the dock using a windows PC.

[@ThePhyskid]

I recently bought the USB-C Pro Dock from them, and it is excellent. I would highly recommend CalDigit.

[@shreymodi9457]

Some kind of export glitch at 8:09 Great vid i might buy one👍

[@seshpenguin]

Love having the one-cable-dream... just one USB-C cable to dock and make a full desktop setup!

[@WINDSHEAR-STUDIO]

And now there’s TB5 hitting the market. Hope this model drops in price before Xmas.

[@cartergraham9429]

This whole video is just dongle jokes and puns, and I love it.

[@VAISHALIDORANALA]

0:22 Linus: Give me just a sec, I just wanna show you my Dongle... 😂😂😂

[@zeevallin]

I've had the TS3+ for a couple of years now and oh boy am I happy with it. Best investment for my home office ever.

[@finnillson4808]

You can have the TR3 dock and plug in the 10GbE adapter and get 10GbE. It just needs to go to the thunderbolt 3 10G power and data port. Pretty nice for M1 Mac owners. Then I would use the second thunderbolt port on the laptop to plug in a SSD or I guess you could use the 10G data only port on the TR3 but I would save the bandwidth for display port 4K60Hz out.

[@insertaverygenericnamehere]

I just bought the TS3 Plus at €205 shipped (after special short-term Xmas rebate) - for my M1 Mac mini. So far, I love it. ✊🏻

[@insertaverygenericnamehere]

Public Service Announcenent: M1 Macs only support 1 instead of 2 displays via Thunderbolt/USB4.

[@businessguide6219]

Your videos are splendid! Thank you for giving me a new perspective to contemplate!

[@deolamitico]

actually one of the most interesting videos recently. really liked this one, dongles are always useful

[@Sleighbells96]

Just thought I’d leave this here to say that I had to show this to my mom based off of a prior discussion, and her sense of humor is as inline with dongle jokes as your own

[@thedduck]

Dang, that's a thorough, meticulous, detailed, excellent reviews from yours truly right there. /s

[@gimmickmusic8827]

“You can tell a lot about a company and how much they care by how fast their download is,” I guess this speaks volumes for all of the major system integrators.

[@jeiblox320]

right best year so far lads been 3 days and already beats 2020

[@CarlosDeLosMuertes]

Hey Linus, I recently did a project similar to what you did for your home computers. Two of the things holding me up were the optical TB3 cables (which Corning has now given to use normal people) and a lac of a good dock. While that CalDigit is a good one, it still seemed like two big of a compromise for a desktop. So what I did was get a Sonnet Echo Express SE IIIe and 2 of those Star Tech USB 3 5 Gbps 4 Controller cards (and a 10Gbps Asus card I had from a motherboard) and have that sitting at my desk. I'm still troubleshooting the issue that only one of the cards will show up at a time, but it gives 8 full speed USB 3 channels to fully take advantage of the TB3 interface (or as much as you can attempt for USB I guess). Would love to see you try something similar.

[@Misscallofduty123]

Anyone notice the Artifacting at 8:09

[@KyleLi]

I use every single port on my TS3, actually had to use an extra port from my laptop to power all of my stuff. Pretty sure one of my usb ports don't work because when I power my laptop on sometimes, it doesn't give power. Randomly after unplugging and plugging it back in a few times it might power back on. Wonder if its just a limitation of TB3

[@jessekramer3408]

You can use the 10GBit adapter to use the M1 Mac Mini's as intake stations.

[@HakanBacon]

that TS3 is so useful dang!

[@jacobmaxfield]

As far as I am aware, the TS3 Plus is ONLY thunderbolt compliant NOT regular USB-C compatible.

[@flashforum939]

Hoping to soon see a TS3 Plus update. Dream scenario - TB4 + 10G 🙏🏻

[@seanthiar]

Don't know why these active adapters are called "dongles" - I learned a dongle is a part of hardware that works as a security-, software- or hardware-lock for expensive software. You can copy software without the dongle but the software wont work without the dongle plugged into the computer. I had to use that for autocad plugged into the parallel port and later exchanged that dongle for a USB based one. None of these by Linus presented products are classical dongles. Some dongles were even used to lock complete systems. Without the dongle you could start the system but got only a BIOS message that the dongle was missing.