I am building out my home lab and I had to buy a KVM for it and I already use a Belkin Omniview PRO2 - 8 port version.
So I bought another. I did not realize they had a bad capacitor issue and bought used from ebay. First one had white lines in the display and I found the bad cap issue and a resulting fix.
https://www.instructables.com/id/Fixing-white-streaking-of-Belkin-omniview-pro2-KVM/
Mine had the caps in place(read comments above) but I did not care to unsolder parts so I bought another labeled as 'tested'.
Turns out it had the exact same white streaking. Ugh.
So on a whim I see a 16 port Belkin Onmiview PRO2. $20 and nearby so quick shipping.
Probably more than I need but I am up to 6 ports used already so I buy it hoping it is built better. Ho-ray, It works.
So I have $30+$30+$20 into a used Belkin KVM that I know had crappy capacitors used.
I just like that it has PS/2 and USB plus VGA. With 16 Ports I can tie in some of my Arm boards via HDMI to VGA adapters.
Finding a KVM with both HDMI and VGA seems tough. For the money they ask for new KVM I am expecting flexibility.
Many KVM's use a DB15 connector only with special cables. Newer yet is the RJ45 jacks that many modern KVM's use.
I think these RJ45 units also require special cables.
These newer rackmount KVM units cost a pretty penny.
Belkin is cheezy but it is what I use and like. What about you? I still have my Y2K era PS/2 and VGA Avocet/Outlook 8 port.
So I bought another. I did not realize they had a bad capacitor issue and bought used from ebay. First one had white lines in the display and I found the bad cap issue and a resulting fix.
https://www.instructables.com/id/Fixing-white-streaking-of-Belkin-omniview-pro2-KVM/
Mine had the caps in place(read comments above) but I did not care to unsolder parts so I bought another labeled as 'tested'.
Turns out it had the exact same white streaking. Ugh.
So on a whim I see a 16 port Belkin Onmiview PRO2. $20 and nearby so quick shipping.
Probably more than I need but I am up to 6 ports used already so I buy it hoping it is built better. Ho-ray, It works.
So I have $30+$30+$20 into a used Belkin KVM that I know had crappy capacitors used.
I just like that it has PS/2 and USB plus VGA. With 16 Ports I can tie in some of my Arm boards via HDMI to VGA adapters.
Finding a KVM with both HDMI and VGA seems tough. For the money they ask for new KVM I am expecting flexibility.
Many KVM's use a DB15 connector only with special cables. Newer yet is the RJ45 jacks that many modern KVM's use.
I think these RJ45 units also require special cables.
These newer rackmount KVM units cost a pretty penny.
Belkin is cheezy but it is what I use and like. What about you? I still have my Y2K era PS/2 and VGA Avocet/Outlook 8 port.