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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 profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 2300.
  • 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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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    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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