Can anyone recommend a switch box to share a monitor (& mouse & keyboard)?

NeilF · 29 Aug 2006 at 14:31

Can anyone recommend a KVM switch box to share a monitor (& mouse & keyboard)?

Can anyone recommend a nice simple/cheap box to share a monitor (& possibly keyboard & mouse) between two machines?

I've got an old unit along these lines but it definately affects image quality. I want one that does NOT affect image quality or I won't bother...

ZXSpectrum · 29 Aug 2006 at 15:41

Belkin do a cheap one for about a tenner that works great.

NeilF · 29 Aug 2006 at 16:34

Skyline said:
Belkin do a cheap one for about a tenner that works great.

Really? £10 doesn't instill confidence in retaining image quality

ZXSpectrum · 29 Aug 2006 at 17:03

I had one for aaaaages and it was spot on. The cables that came with it was nice and chunky.

I never noticed any image quality degradation.

NeilF · 29 Aug 2006 at 17:35

Skyline said:
I had one for aaaaages and it was spot on. The cables that came with it was nice and chunky.

I never noticed any image quality degradation.

How do you swap between machines with that one?

ZXSpectrum · 30 Aug 2006 at 13:03

either button on the top or scroll lock, scoll lock, up arrow.

mysticsniper · 30 Aug 2006 at 13:59

Skyline said:
either button on the top or scroll lock, scoll lock, up arrow.

Mine is setup for the scroll lock, then numerical 1 and 2, and I switch between the 2 computers that way

kumar101 · 30 Aug 2006 at 23:57

NeilFawcett said:
Really? £10 doesn't instill confidence in retaining image quality

Use Belkin at work to build PCs works fine.

NeilF · 7 Sep 2006 at 10:46

Just tried the cheapy Belkin one and I can confirm that the image definately suffers. Text gets slightly blury.

When you return the monitor straight back to the PC (instead of via the KVM), text appears sharper and finer!

Oh well... Shame!

NeilF · 18 Sep 2006 at 09:46

NeilFawcett said:
Just tried the cheapy Belkin one and I can confirm that the image definately suffers. Text gets slightly blury.

When you return the monitor straight back to the PC (instead of via the KVM), text appears sharper and finer!

Oh well... Shame!

Just tried it (F1DK102P) at home between two PCs and a Hyundai N91W, and couldn't see any difference in image quality and a DVI lead. Flicked backwards and forwards between the KVM and the DVI lead and couldn't tell which was which! Excellent!

ps: Not sure why the previous test showed a significant image quality drop. That was using an HP1702 TFT.