Re:no no no (Cybex yes, Belkin no) (Score 1)

Hmm. I have had a completely different experience with Cybex, granted it is with a different Cybex product. At home, I use a Cybex Switchview and have been very pleased with it. It uses industry standard cables for keyboard, mouse, and video (I use ps/2 devices off of it, though you can attach a serial mouse). It doesn't need an external power supply -- it gets it from the devices. Switching between different machines is easy. I have never had a problem with it. I can easily (re)boot another machine without needing the focus of the KVM on it. I have never had problems switching between machines on any device.

I would contrast this with my experience with a Belkin at work, though I forget exactly which model. The Belkin doesn't always catch the keyboard commands to change focus, forcing me to repeatedly type in the command to change focus. Sometimes the keyboard stops working at all and I will have to cycle through the other machines to get the keyboard to work again (via the button on the KVM that is on the other side of my desk). Lastly, the Belkin requires its own power supply. This not that big of an issue, but becomes annoying when there is yet another device hungry for an outlet.

All in all, the Belkin has not been a favorite product of mine. For me, the Cybex Switchview has been very reliable and a pleasure to use. I always have a machine on at home and thus far have had no trouble with the Cybex.

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p.s. for a link to Cybex:
http://www.cybex.com/
for the Cybex Switchview:
http://www.cybex.com/cybex/cybexobjects.nsf/cefd 35042503f299862566e0006ca50e/f031cef660711 8be86256793006ab0a6?OpenDocument