Monitor/keyboard switch boxes

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Do you lose any performance or color fidelity when you use a
monitor/mouse/keyboard switching device (two PC's using one keyboard, mouse
and monitor)? I have one PC I'm using for graphics and I'd like to set up
another PC for gaming and use my existing monitor for both....

THANKS!
 
Do you lose any performance or color fidelity when you use a
monitor/mouse/keyboard switching device (two PC's using one keyboard,
mouse and monitor)? I have one PC I'm using for graphics and I'd like to
set up another PC for gaming and use my existing monitor for both....

THANKS!
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Probably not if you use a good box, good cables and keep them short. I
use a couple of MiniView 4-ways (Best Buy - about $79) between Windows and
Linux boxes to a 21 inch CRT monitor and I can't see any difference.
However, if you use a super sharp large LCD at some monsterous resolution
you will probably see some degradation. If you use a mechanical switcher,
you have had it. You will be lucky to read a black DOS screen.

But, I had a 4way KVM job before these and the degradation was horrible
once I went above 800x600 - shadows, blurring, ghosts, etc. Don't know if
it was the cables or the box.

KRF
 
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