> I have always been put off by the ridiculous prices of HDMI/DVI KVM
> switches. What kind of circuitry could they possibly contain that costs
> that much?
>
> I believe they are just pushing the prices as high as the can get away
> with. They just need to keep the cost at less than buying 2/3/4 monitors
> (which is a very high upper bound), in order to make the deal look
> sweet. I would very much like to be proven wrong, but at least in my
> eyes it looks like a scam.
>
> Unless space is a severely limiting factor, I would rather spend that
> money on buying separate screens/mice/keyboards.

Looks like switching isn't too expensive to me:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Duronic-Switch-input-output-Switcher/dp/B0020426AG/ref=tag_tdp_sv_edpp_i
http://www.lindy.co.uk/usb-switch-4-port-usb-2-autoswitch/42784.html

Yes, it is two buttons to press instead of one, but having a real USB
switcher instead of a KVM solution where you can only switch a mouse
and keyboard (the set up I have) sounds great to me.

-- 
James Tunnicliffe

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