looking for KVM switch (DVI-I, PS/2, 4-port, hi-res)

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I'm looking for a KVM switch that does DVI-I (switches both the digital and
analog wires), PS/2 (e.g. the two 6-pin mini-DIN connectors) keyboard and
mouse, with 4 input ports ... and most important (because I have found some
boxes that meet all but this) support for at least 1920x1200 video. All the
boxes I have found so far as limited to 1600x1200 (including one that first
came out in 2007 ... well after 1920x1200 was the up and coming widescreen
display format).
 
I'm looking for a KVM switch that does DVI-I (switches both the digital and
analog wires), PS/2 (e.g. the two 6-pin mini-DIN connectors) keyboard and
mouse, with 4 input ports ... and most important (because I have found some
boxes that meet all but this) support for at least 1920x1200 video. All the
boxes I have found so far as limited to 1600x1200 (including one that first
came out in 2007 ... well after 1920x1200 was the up and coming widescreen
display format).
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I haven't checked, but you might want to browse the Belkin site.
Sometimes they have more sophisticated products that lead the pack a
bit.
 
| On 15 Jun 2008 00:17:23 GMT, (e-mail address removed) wrote:
|
|>I'm looking for a KVM switch that does DVI-I (switches both the digital and
|>analog wires), PS/2 (e.g. the two 6-pin mini-DIN connectors) keyboard and
|>mouse, with 4 input ports ... and most important (because I have found some
|>boxes that meet all but this) support for at least 1920x1200 video. All the
|>boxes I have found so far as limited to 1600x1200 (including one that first
|>came out in 2007 ... well after 1920x1200 was the up and coming widescreen
|>display format).
|
| I haven't checked, but you might want to browse the Belkin site.
| Sometimes they have more sophisticated products that lead the pack a
| bit.

They aren't even close. They have less than 1600x1200 capability, no PS/2
support in the DVI models, and their DVI models are not DVI-I capable.

I have two computers with analog/HD15 which I can adapt into DVI-A and will be
running at a reduced resolution not more than 1440x900. Two more computers
are DVI-D and will be run at a resolution of 1920x1200 and in the future may
even be pushed up to 2560x1600. Most monitors can handle DVI-A or DVI-D via
their DVI-I port. For those that cannot, I found a cable that splits DVI-I
into DVI-A and DVI-D. I would then adapt the DVI-A back to HD15 and plug in
to both DVI-D and HD15 ports on that monitor. The KVM switch needs to be
able to switch both the analog and the digital wires, which a few DVI-I type
switches already do, such as the one from Blackbox. The trouble with them
is the limit at 1600x1200. So basically I need a DVI-I + PS/2 keyboard/mouse
type switch that supports at least 1920x1200 for sure and prefferably can
even go up to 2560x1600.
 
I'm looking for a KVM switch that does DVI-I (switches both the
digital and analog wires), PS/2 (e.g. the two 6-pin mini-DIN
connectors) keyboard and mouse, with 4 input ports ... and most
important (because I have found some boxes that meet all but this)
support for at least 1920x1200 video. All the boxes I have found so
far as limited to 1600x1200 (including one that first came out in 2007
... well after 1920x1200 was the up and coming widescreen display
format).
Click to expand...

Check out Avocent and/or Aten.

http://www.avocent.ca/

http://www.aten.com/
 
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