Review on Microsoft PD9 00003 Surface Dock by Frank Rivera

I have to admit that I was initially wary reading all the negative reviews, but I really needed the docking station capability and I couldn't help but think that Microsoft, while not infallible, wasn't of the delivered product would have been as poor as described by others. Let me say again that I know Microsoft releases software with problems etc etc etc etc blah blah I preferred to believe them a little bit. Well I believe most of the negative reviews are user error. After reading some of the success stories, I confirmed my suspicion that most of them were doing it wrong. Older monitors require you to use an "active" mini-displayport adapter. Following the suggestions of others I have used the adapters http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EDSZYII?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00 and it works like a charm. Now I have 3 monitors (surface display and two external monitors. I just plugged them in, went into the display settings and arranged them in the order I wanted and that's it. The scaling is perfect, it just works. I'm guessing again those with Problems use "passive" mini display adapters.Passive ones don't have electronics built into the cable and the signal is lost and degraded causing it to drop out.