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HDMI is still valuable for those of us who use KVMs. Cheap Display port KVMs don't have EDID emulation and expensive Display Port KVMs just don't work (in my ex

HDMI is still valuable for those of us who use KVMs. Cheap Display port KVMs don't have EDID emulation and expensive Display Port KVMs just don't work (in my experience).

Ardon 1y ago
The only well-reviewed DisplayPort KVMs I'm aware of are from Level1Techs: https://www.store.level1techs.com/products/kvm https://www.store.level1techs.com/products/kvm Not cheap though. And also not 100% caveat-free.
- godman_8 1y ago
  I have one and it still sucks. I ordered it after the one I bought on Amazon kind of sucked thinking the L1T would be better and it was worse than the Amazon one.
  - mwpmaybe 1y ago
    Say more?
- unsnap_biceps 1y ago
  And even those still require a https://www.store.level1techs.com/products/p/dp-repeater-hdmi-splitter-9xtcf-ef39m https://www.store.level1techs.com/products/p/dp-repeater-hdm... per port to make it so the computer doesn't detect the monitor switching away. I have a Level1Techs hdmi KVM and it's awesome, and I'd totally buy a display port one once it has built in EDID cloners, but even at their super premium price point, it's just not something they're willing to do yet.
  - mwpmaybe 1y ago
    I have Linux (AMD RDNA2), Windows (NVIDIA Ada), and Mac (M3) systems hooked up to my L1T DP1.4 KVM[1] without any other gadgets and they all work fine. What problem(s) are you trying to solve/did you solve with the EDID cloner? 1. https://www.store.level1techs.com/products/p/14-display-port-kvm-single-4computer-6zepx-s4kf3 https://www.store.level1techs.com/products/p/14-display-port...
    - unsnap_biceps 1y ago
      Without the EDID cloner, when you switch the KVM away from the system, it receives a monitor disconnect event. When you switch it back, it receives a monitor connect event. There are OS settings that help make it so that the windows end up back where they started, but not all programs support this well. With a EDID cloner in place, the computer never detects that the monitor shifted at all and so nothing gets repositioned and apps just carry on.
einsteinx2 1y ago
Cheap DP to HDMI adapter cables are easily available if you need an HDMI port for that.

HDMI is still valuable for those of us who use KVMs. Cheap Display port KVMs don't have EDID emulation and expensive Display Port KVMs just don't work (in my experience).

Ardon 1y ago

The only well-reviewed DisplayPort KVMs I'm aware of are from Level1Techs: https://www.store.level1techs.com/products/kvm https://www.store.level1techs.com/products/kvm Not cheap though. And also not 100% caveat-free.

godman_8 1y ago
I have one and it still sucks. I ordered it after the one I bought on Amazon kind of sucked thinking the L1T would be better and it was worse than the Amazon one.
- mwpmaybe 1y ago
  Say more?
unsnap_biceps 1y ago
And even those still require a https://www.store.level1techs.com/products/p/dp-repeater-hdmi-splitter-9xtcf-ef39m https://www.store.level1techs.com/products/p/dp-repeater-hdm... per port to make it so the computer doesn't detect the monitor switching away. I have a Level1Techs hdmi KVM and it's awesome, and I'd totally buy a display port one once it has built in EDID cloners, but even at their super premium price point, it's just not something they're willing to do yet.
- mwpmaybe 1y ago
  I have Linux (AMD RDNA2), Windows (NVIDIA Ada), and Mac (M3) systems hooked up to my L1T DP1.4 KVM[1] without any other gadgets and they all work fine. What problem(s) are you trying to solve/did you solve with the EDID cloner? 1. https://www.store.level1techs.com/products/p/14-display-port-kvm-single-4computer-6zepx-s4kf3 https://www.store.level1techs.com/products/p/14-display-port...
  - unsnap_biceps 1y ago
    Without the EDID cloner, when you switch the KVM away from the system, it receives a monitor disconnect event. When you switch it back, it receives a monitor connect event. There are OS settings that help make it so that the windows end up back where they started, but not all programs support this well. With a EDID cloner in place, the computer never detects that the monitor shifted at all and so nothing gets repositioned and apps just carry on.

einsteinx2 1y ago

Cheap DP to HDMI adapter cables are easily available if you need an HDMI port for that.