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The analog audio switching also works great. I'm using it with a wired Logitech wave keyboard, and wireless Logitech revolution MX mouse. I cannot tell any difference in video quality between the two. I have been using this for about 4 months with zero problems. I don't know how I went so long without this. This might be an issue for some people.
There are no physical buttons on the swich to change inputs.
No sound degradation I can detect.
It looks okay sitting on my desk, although there are cables/connectors hanging off the right side.
It is VGA, not DVI - but I'm running my 22" widescreen monitor at native resolution (1440x1050 I think), and I have it sitting right next to an identical monitor hooked directly to my docking station through DVI.
Flawless.This switch does everything it should - and it's pretty inexpensive.
Note that you can switch video, keyboard and mouse without switching audio.
This is all controlled via hotkey sequences.
Because of this, I will probably mount it out of sight behind my desk.
Get it if you have multiple PCs at one desk.
It has been working like a champ in our server cabinet ever since. Setup was a little hairy, as some of the key combinations listed in the manual are obscure. It is only being used with two machines and the built-in cables currently, but having the expansion capacity there for a growing business is wonderful.So, I would say: plan on a good hour to set it up, but after that, it's zero maintenance. You have to change the shortcut used for switching with a Mac keyboard, which requires getting the KVM into a special mode. It took me about 10 tries to get it right, but once that was taken care of, everything was peachy. Once you learn the key combinations, it's very versatile, too: e.g. switch everything but sound to the next machine, auto-scan,.
Too much aggravation. I run a small-time tech support business, and expected to be able to bring a customer's PC in plug it in, and start working on it. There always seems to be an issue, with me fiddling w/ the KVM for a half an hour, and then giving up on it, and unhooking the monitor/keyboard and hooking up directly. I seem to have issues where the keyboard is not recognized until Windows boots, or I plug/unplug the mouse our keyboard to get it to be recognized. Not good, I end up needing to debug my own equipment before I get to the job at hand.
This device works well in my setup, instead of pushing a button you switch off to the other device by selecting Scroll Lock twice and Enter. It allow you to hear sound as well and used the keyboard and mice with all four device.
The product description was ambiguous on this point). Works really well for a great price. (By the way, cables for all four ports are included. My only complaint is that cables come out of two adjacent sides, which is kind of messy. I would rather that all of the cables came out of one side.
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