LaCie Is Releasing 1Big Drive to Handle 8k and 4k Video

The LaCie 1big Dock has two Thunderbolt 3 ports that are USB-C compatible and a docking station. It features one built-in USB 3.0 port, cinema-grade memory card slots (CFast 2.0, CFexpress and SD) and a DisplayPort 1.4 output connection, this allows direct connection to a 4K 120Hz or 8K 60Hz display. It boats 2 thunderbolt 3 ports that are USB-C compatable and a docking station. The Thunderbolt 3 ports can daisy chain up to six devices, including dual 6K or 8K displays, while a Thunderbolt adapter (sold separately) gives backwards compatibility with any generation Thunderbolt computer.

It can serve as a hub for peripherals, connecting a workstation with a single cable to reduce the need for extra dongles or adapters. The 1big Dock offers direct ingestion of content from SD cards, CompactFlash cards and USB devices.  The HDDs are 7200rpm drives with read speed up to 280MBps and write speed up to 240MBps. It uses Seagate IronWolf Pro enterprise-class hard drives. It also has a removable drawer to make it simple to swap in a new drive.

The LaCie 1big Dock can deliver up to 45W of power to a laptop or 30W when daisy-chaining compatible devices. With LaCie’s new Power Pass-Through feature even more charge for a laptop is available. Daisy-chain the laptop’s USB-C power cable to the 1big Dock and the laptop can receive up to 70W. This also frees up a USB-C port.

Available in two different types, the new 1big Dock SSD Pro is armed with a Seagate FireCuda NVMe SSD (2TB or 4TB), with Thunderbolt 3 ports, plus CFast 2.0 and CFexpress card readers. This allows for very high bitrate video, while the 1big Dock comes in 4TB, 8TB and 16TB HDD. The 1big Dock SSD Pro is “ideal for editing data-intense 6K, 8K, super slow motion, uncompressed video and VFX content”, with read speeds of up to 2800MBps, which can transfer up to 165GB worth of high-res material in 1 minute – its write speed is up to 2100MBps.

With a standard five-year limited warranty including Rescue Data Recovery Services, the 1big Dock SSD Pro is available here at (2TB) or (4TB), or get the 1big Dock (4TB), (8TB), (16TB). Own your data!