As the writer for those optical thunderbolt videos - great job! Glad to see USB4 coming to the table in a more affordable way. I'll be doing the same soon in my own shop :). I personally didn't have a ton of success with Razer docks myself, but glad it worked out!
The Razer dock has worked beautifully on a MacBook, my HP, and with a short cable to my PC. This was just real finicky, but honestly, I expected that. My CalDigit dock on my desk has its moods too. Thunderbolt on Desktop in general just seems less than stellar. Thanks for the inspiration and watching. 👍
I appreciate you printing out your own cable management pieces! I've been implementing the same thing on my own projects and it is a game changer! No more unnecessary trips to the hardware store..!
i found a pack of 12 on amazon a long time ago, and i used a short a/v rack as a nightstand as well for a while in my room, i had it maxxed out, and the wall warts of several devices plugged into it just took up too much plug space and rack space that i needed, they helped a lot. as for how i had a rack mount surge protector and a small rack, my mother used to work for M.A.P. before they were sold off to legrande and my father used to maintain things for all of a particular electronics store and would often recycle things that were not needed
Good integration of tech for a studio setup. One thing I'd recommend when adding things like splitters and hubs is always run a bench test before sending all the wires and final routing. It can sometime save you from doing things twice or reconsidering alternative options.
I've watched this video a few times and maybe I'm overthinking it. Does your motherboard have thunderbolt out? How did you get from your PC to send graphics and usb over the cable?
Motherboard has DP out over Thunderbolt. You use a short DisplayPort cable to go from the GPU to the motherboard input, then it sends DP out over the Thunderbolt signal. 👌🏻
Still suffers the "splitting the budget" issue unfortunately. I could have easily mounted a small PC / Mac mini under the bench, but would rather upgrade the main PC with that money. This can evolve over time without having to rebuild the workbench entirely every upgrade cycle.
I'm curious how you go with the ethernet in that dock if you do end up using it, mine dies *all the time*.. also Razer if you're watching.. WHY IS THE USB/THUNDERBOLT PORT ON THE FRONT?!
I have no use for it in this setup. The PC has its own 2.5Gb port I use with my 2.5Gb network. I did use that port with my HP Laptop and a MacBook a fair bit, neither had any connectivity issues. Sorry I don’t have any better input for you.
I was pleasantly surprised. It is no mirrorless camera but for the price and with the solid PTZ tracking, the image impressed me. I need to learn how to expose the image for my lighting setup, but I'm figuring it out bit by bit.
5950x with 48gb ram but only a 3060 here. I'll trade LOL That camera is very nice and it shows in the price ;) Go cheap and end up buying multiple units or go for the big dog and have it last a long time.
Camera angles, lens distortion, and an unlevel building. The rack IS level, but any one of those things can make it look out of whack. The roof of this space is tapered from one end to the other, so the black moving blankets you see at the beginning are running downhill (they are attached to the ceiling). That's why I switched to the grey cloth you can see later in the video. It hides the optical illusion better.
Cool build, like the solution and love the camera allowing you to move. Also should you be gaming at your work desk, arnt you supposed to be working. Lol
It isn’t of any use in this application. The PC has a 2.5Gb connection that is used. I only use the hub port with laptops, which it comes out of that cradle for.
Yea I was really disappointed when I realized how out of reach the original idea was. A little while later and more affordable options are coming around. Just got to wait sometimes.
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