eric@lucii.org on Mon, 18 Nov 2002 10:58:45 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] near total kablooie


I use a KVM rather than VNC because of the video quality.  VNC is a
great product but it's encoding is limited so the quality, IMHO,
suffers.  I love it for remote access to client sites [when I HAD
clients :-( ].  For everyday, I want the video output when at all
possible.

Eric



On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 08:29:25AM -0500, Paul wrote:
> I bought a refurb monitor one time.  I made the mistake of letting them 
> give me a monitor from stock instead of the one I actually looked at to 
> make my decision.  It had problems so I drove many miles to get a 
> replacement.  The replacement eventually had problems and failed.
> 
> Although, the monitor in front of me was purchased new, it has been 
> randomly turning blue.
> 
> *Final answer: Buy a new, high quality monitor with a good warranty.*
> 
> As far as KVMs go, why bother?  Why not use VNC or something like that?
> 
> 
> eric@lucii.org wrote:
> 
> >I cannot comment on refurb monitors since I just started
> >using one last week :-)  
> >
> >For a KVM I use a Belkin OmniView SE 4 port.  I use their
> >cables too so it was a tad expensive setting it all up.
> >
> >approximate: $125 + 4($20) = $205
> >
> >The OmniView SE has trouble with some keyboards like the
> >Microsoft "natural internet" keyboard.  It worked randomly.
> >How can Microsoft screw up HARDWARE???
> > 
> >
> 
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