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List Price: $265.71
Our Price: $157.59
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Manufacturer: STARTECH.COM
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: StarTech
EAN: 0065030815765
Feature: Sold Individually
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Label: STARTECH.COM
Manufacturer: STARTECH.COM
Model: SV231UADVI
Publisher: STARTECH.COM
Studio: STARTECH.COM
Warranty: 1 year warranty
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You use a computer with DVI because you want the sharpest video possible. Why settle for an analog KVM switch? StarTech.com's SV231UADVI is a complete multimedia switching solution. It natively supports DVI video and USB peripherals, hotkey support, and includes audio switching and an integrated 2 port switching USB hub for the flexibility you need. All these features come in a rugged, compact form factor that won't eat up your valuable desk space.
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Summary: Great switch; not the prettiest, but well worth the money.
Comment: I shopped for quite a while (as in months) before purchasing this gem. Before this, I purchased--and then returned--2 of the Belkin products. I use this beauty with XP and Vista, and it works perfectly. It probably helps that there is no hot-key support, so there is no software to install. Some people don't like this, but I prefer it: the software written for other KVMs I've used has always been poorly written (i.e. buggy); also, I'm a hot-key person, so the most common combinations are already taken on my machines by software I use to actually do my job. As this review's title indicates, this switch isn't the prettiest thing on the market. Some might even say it's a little homely. If you want pretty, go with one of the Belkin products. I like this switch, however, because it uses DVI ports--to fit my LCD monitors; it includes audio jacks, so my laptop gets to use the big-boy speakers when I'm at home; and it supports my wireless, USB keyboard and mouse.
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Summary: Good switch, poor MacOS support
Comment: I needed a KVM switch to drive a MacOS tower machine and a work-provided Windows laptop, both hooked up to a 24" widescreen monitor and a Mac keyboard and mouse. The good news is that this switch supports the basics of this setup just fine -- the 24" widescreen is supported at its full resolution (despite what the box says) and switching between the two is instantaneous, without any of the delays in USB responsiveness that you'll read about on other KVM switch reviews. It also doesn't need the provided power cable unless you want to use the built-in 2-port USB hub -- a fact that is not made entirely clear in the manual.
Unfortunately, the switch really doesn't like playing with the Mac. The DVD drive will eject on boot every time, the numeric keypad goes to numlock automatically and won't shut off, the volume, mute, and eject keys don't work any more (though F12 works fine to open or close the DVD drive), and putting the computer to sleep seems to take multiple tries. There are also times when the Mac will simply wake up without any input, sometimes immediately after putting it to sleep and sometimes after some unknown period of time.
So, if you have an all-PC setup, this switch will probably be just fine. If you need to hook up a Mac, though, then you'll probably need to keep looking, which is why I only rated the switch with 3 stars.
UPDATE: I upgraded my desktop Mac with a new Mac Pro. Using the provided Apple USB 2.0 keyboard, many of the problems described above have vanished (DVD drive ejecting, the numlock problem, and the sleep problems). The only remaining issue is the loss of media key support and the dedicated eject key, but that's relatively minor compared to the rest, and makes it a better (but still not perfect) choice for Mac users.
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Summary: Very slick set up
Comment: Been using this little gem for just over a month now and it fits my needs perfictly. It is working well with my 7000 Microsoft Natural wireless USB keyboard. I have been transferring files between one system to another quickly with out networking the two computers by a thumb drive in one of the extra USB ports on the switch. Be sure to get two of the KVM cables. They do clean up the typical cable mess very nicely.
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