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I was bummed a little over a week ago when the IOGEAR GCS932U cable based DVI KVM had one cable shorter than the other, and because of the short cable, came up a few inches too short of being usable. The IOGEAR GCS1762 is a console base DVI KVM that comes w/ a pair of 6' cables, and has a couple of feet of slack to spare, but last week was at least $50-60 more than its sibling; the 932 runs about $80ish on up, and the 1762 runs about $130ish on up... when I checked back w/ Provantage a couple of days ago, they had the 1762 for $105, so we'll consider that the solution. the problem is our 28" monitor w/ DVI & VGA inputs, doesn't have a user friendly input toggle, otherwise a $20 USB K[noV]M switch for for kb & mouse would've been fine. to swap inputs requires several buttons in and out of menus and selections, and the buttons are on the back edge of the monitor where you can't see the legends.
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IOGear also has an outlet store on their website.
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but the outlet store never has what you're looking for on sale at the time you need it... 932 is $125 and 1762 is $190, neither on sale of any sort, though I do get 15-20% off + free shipping spiffs via their email list, which is still more than other conventional etailers. Provantage had the $105 1762 delivered before the Coach's Oats were finished this AM, after ordering shortly before 3PM yesterday, so can't complain about service... did have a specialized impact printer from Provantage 4 or 5 years ago that had to go on a shipping adventure around the country that I had a hard time explaining the delay to the client, but normal stuff seems to go smoothly.
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I have found smokin' deals on USB 2 and FW cards from them in tha past, and my 4 port KVM switch was about 1/2 off, so it was about 25% less than the best internet special I could find, and free shipping.
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right place, right time. good deal now on FW hub and cardbus FW adapter, but already have 'em. also great deals on ancient format memory card readers. DVI KVM's will be on sale after next gen video connection format has been mainstream for a couple of years...
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Why are these things so expensive? How much harder is it to make a swtich for DVI than for VGA???
