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Quality
Im very pleased with this product so far
Im very careful with the switch button because its a very thin cable
This kvm switch will not work with the rat mice
The displayport cables that iogear ships with the unit will not work for running 2k144hz or 2k165hz
Price
Eh its perfect for what it does and the price is reasonable
This logitech model is very inexpensive and is perfectly reliable completely satisfying my needs at a surprisingly low cost
Some monitors require displayport to get the higher refresh rate
The price seems high i paid about 380 but this is apparently what it costs to have a working dualdisplay kvm switch
Shipping
The support staff eventually stated that mine was a firmware we are testing and another stated it as shipping firmware only
Packaging/appearance
After adding the ears to the gcs1994 the full width of the switch is now just a hair under 19 inches which should work out perf... Read More
Competitiveness
For win7 systems pw has done better for me
This one however gcs1942 im including the model number because it seems that amazon has grouped all iogear kvm reviews togethe... Read More
Note this kvm advertises that it can support higher than 60hz refresh over hdmi but make sure your monitors hdmi port actually supports it
Connecting to a powered usb hub takes some finesse to get the correct hotkeys to deactivate mouse emulation so the hub works properly
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- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 5,891 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 28 2021.
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What i would like to point out is that product support seem very limited
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
While manually switching between ports using the switches on the front of the kvm i could not use my keyboard nor could i enter the hot key settings hsm mode to change any defaults
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I reached out to support and got a canned answer that my keyboard was not compatible and to try another or buy one of iogears keyboards
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Added contacted iogear about this and they confirmed the cables are only 5 feet
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Theyve changed the specs listed on their website to match
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It can drive two displays at 2560x1440 at 165hz144hz simultaneously from windows macos or linux as the title says
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
You cannot use crappy cabling when you want to run at high resolutionsrefresh rates
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The displayport cables that iogear ships with the unit will not work for running 2k144hz or 2k165hz
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