** Jacqui Caren-home <jacqui.caren@???> [2011-09-27 10:43]:
> On 27/09/2011 09:41, Victor Churchill wrote:
> >Got a Logitech Marble this year when I doubled up the systems on my
> >desktop (and no I don't want a KVM switch ;-) mainly because of its
>
> Question - does anyone know of a dual head KVM that is not silly money.
** end quote [Jacqui Caren-home]
It depends on what you class as silly money. I have one of these Belkin units
[1]. I can't remember how much it cost, but I've had it a while and when I
bought it there wasn't the number of very cheap ones around (and I had some
discount vouchers which helped!).
The main downside is that it is VGA and not DVI. There were a few quirks when I
set it up due to the fact that I was using a wireless keyboard and mouse set,
so only needed one of the two ports, and oddly for USB it mattered which you
used (iirc it was the mouse one). I've since had more than enough of wireless
and the rate at which it eats batteries so use wired now (I also use a curved
keyboard and those are silly money in wireless). I currently use the keyboard
in one of the standard USB ports no the keyboard one, since it doesn't
recognise the make/model (presumably with the KVM providing its own info to
ensure it is always present), which cause a few issues in my Windows boot.
I don't think there's much around in deal head KVMs now, this was about the
only one around in a reasonably sensible price bracket when I got mine. With
large wide screen monitors the standard now I think dual screen is less
popular. Certainly the screen space to power consumption ratio is much better
with a single monitor.
[1]
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Belkin-Omniview-Soho-4-Port-Switch/dp/B0006374ZU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317126274&sr=8-1
£119.95 in Amazon, but I've not shopped around.
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