German wrote: > I am shopping locally here for a good KVM switch. For now, I am not > even sure what type should I get. What are advantages to have DVI > instead of VGA interface? Are there any justifications in price? VGA > KVM is about $20, where is DVI is $100. If money is no object, DVI KVM > is better than VGA? Thanks for all info you can share.
There is, in my opinion, a significant difference in visual quality between the digital and analog display feeds. For me I might not pay $100 for a digital KVM but I also would not give up my digital display feed for an analog KVM one either. Analog was okay for lower resolution CRT analog monitors. Higher resolution LCD monitors really look a lot better with a digital feel than with an analog feed. Feeding a large high resolution LCD monitor with an analog VGA feed in my opinion really looks terrible. There are dynamic artifacts. It's awful. My advice is to try it yourself. Try two tests side by side. One being an analog feed of your display and the other being a digital feed of your display. It's a brain thing and maybe for your brain you will look at it and go, I don't see anything significant there. If so that is great. Don't spend any money on it. On the other hand you may be like me and find the analog feed to the LCD monitor to be really pretty annoying. You should try it and see how it works for you. Another possibility is that a lot of monitors have both an analog VGA and a digital DVI input and can switch between them using the monitor's on screen display. You could plug the KVM into the analog VGA for some light use but still use the digital DVI for your main work and enjoy the full quality resolution there. Just an idea. Bob
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