Sony VAIO SZ Series Docking Station :: Education by Design Store

Customer Reviews

Hopeless for me

2008-04-07
I really wanted to buy this dock,but after reading few
reviews here it is a no go for me. You can't switch on or off the comp on docking station. I called SONY
and they told me there is no other way to power on the mashine- only by opening the lid and pressing the power button.No audio out.C'mon sony, was it so hard? It defeats the very purpose of expansion dock- you still have to connect external speakers to laptop because VGA and DVI don't carry audio signals.The sz series is a well build machine with two video chipsets (INTEL and NVIDIA),but docking station is a joke.

Docking Station

2008-02-08
The unit is great it makes it a lot easier to use the latop and move around.

Same ports as the computer itself.

2007-12-03
When I purchased this docking station, I was hoping it would have a serial port, so I could connect my Palm to it and sycronize with my computer, and a parallel port, so I could connect my pin printer to it, but it had none of them, so it was a real dissapointment. Not much use to me.

Very convenient but lacks speaker/mic connectors

2007-11-29
I really like the convenience of being able to route all the cables and hide them better by using this docking station. It installed fine with my Vaio VGN-SZ430N (Vista Business). I don't give it five stars because I am disapointed that it doesn't have the speaker/mic connectors on the docking station, it would also be convenient to have two VGA connectors instead of one DVI-D and one VGA, DVI-D cables are EXPENSIVE and they usually don't come standard with LCD monitors.

Lacking some key things

2007-10-04
For this price I would expect more from a docking station. My biggest complaint is no audio jack. All my music is on my computer, and I can't stand the fact that I can't dock my notebook and automatically be connected to my stereo. Second, I don't like the fact that the notebook doesn't lock in. My HP at work is great because it locks in, so you know you have a solid connection, and releases with the push of a button. Lastly, for this price I would expect it to come with an AC adapter.

Great Product-Great Price-Fast Service

2007-09-14
Easily expand connectivity to your SZ series notebook. With the docking station, you get one connection to your office network and all your peripherals without having to disconnect every time you are away from the desk.

Sony Docking Station

2007-08-07
This docking station has 3 USB ports (Not enough in my opinion) and does not come with a power cable. You must use the one that came with your computer which can be a pain if you take your laptop with you. After docked my SZ series computer wigs out almost everytime. You have to adjust the resolution to your external monitor and is quite annoying. Sometimes when docked it never shows up on the monitor at all. I then have to reboot. Not worth the price. If I had it to do allover again I would just hook the laptop directly to my monitor.

Good but could be better

2007-05-12
The sz series docking station is pretty useful in the fact that there is a dvi output. The laptop itself does not have this. This essentially made my video faster and better looking. The docking station could use audio out and microphone slots but its ok because the laptop has it right there when you dock it.

The size of the station is small which is a desksaver and this is prob a must if you are a student and you use your laptop as a desktop at home and a laptop in class.

Half hearted attempt

2007-05-04
1) Multi monitor software is poor. Manual configuration of external monitor is required on every re-connect. Dual monitor (using the laptop screen and an external monitor) does not seem to be supported.
2) Analog video quality is poor. Dock seems to degrade the signals.
3) No power supply included.
4) No provision for audio.
5) Only three USB ports

Great addition

2007-04-15
Smart and clean - makes it a snap when you are in the office - nothing to do but plug it in.

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