woodp wrote:Starfalcon wrote:Nope, DVI switchboxes are extremely expensive.
Well, at the risk of losing some video definition, I'm going with Plan B - I bought three VGA-to-DVI adapters (of the correct gender configuration, $6.95 at svideo.com), and with my old $39.99 Belkin VGA-KVM, I'll see if I can get the whole thing to work ...
Wish me luck!
uh, no, this won't simply lose definition. If you have a DVI only monitor, it will only accept digital signals. DVI connectors from your video card have both the standard VGA signals and the digital DVI signals from the same plug, that's why those adapters work. they aren't converting the digital signal to analog, they simply convert the DVI connector pins that are already carrying VGA signals to a VGA connector.
So when you plug the connectors to your VGA KVM, it IS splitting the VGA component of the DVI signal, but the DVI signals are completely lost. You HAVE to get a DVI KVM for the DVI signals to pass through.