Review on 🔁 Enhance Your Multimedia Experience with IOGEAR MiniView Extreme KVMP Switch (GCS1734) by Mohamed Greene

wireless mouse. It seems to work, but it's a step backwards from the old KVM. The hotkeys are more complex and some keyboards are not supported. The old PS-2 KVM used a quick double tap of the left or right control button to switch monitors. Simple and easy to do with a guitar or stylus in the other hand. It would be great if IOGEAR kept this hotkey combo in their new products, but they didn't. The new USB KVMP hotkey sequence consists of four keystrokes with three different keys and requires both hands and a look at the keyboard. This sequence of direct-dial hotkeys (there's a step to the next higher port, but no step to the next lower port) is double-tap, scroll with lock, press the number key (on the main keyboard, not the number pad), and then press Enter. Scroll lock can be mapped to an easier-to-press control button, and it only takes three presses of two buttons to jump to the next higher port. There are also hotkey sequences for assigning console independent (keyboard/mouse/display) audio and USB peripherals using five keystrokes on four different keys. I purchased a Corsair Vengeance K60 mechanical gaming keyboard to use with this KVM and found that it does not work when plugged into the front console USB ports. The K60 only works when plugged into the USB ports on the rear peripherals, and according to an online post by another user who contacted Corsair Support, this is because the K60 reads 16-bit data instead of the expected 8-bit data. This wouldn't be a problem if the hotkeys still worked, but these ports are not monitored for hotkey sequences! This means the console can only be mapped using the switches on the KVMP front panel, and here's the catch: you have to hold them down for a few seconds to map the peripheral USB hub (and attached keyboard) to the console switch! In addition to the above issues, I've noticed lag, blanking, and key stuttering when switching consoles. and when plugging and unplugging other peripheral devices into USB ports connected to computers (various types of Win7, Mac OSX, WinXP and Linux machines). And even with simple combinations of PS-2-USB and a wired USB keyboard/mouse. On a positive note, the video quality is good at 1920 x 1200 60Hz. I have not tested higher resolutions because my LCD monitor does not support them. At 6 feet long, the four included cables are a good length, being just over 1/4 inch thick and reasonably flexible. , USB and video lines in one cable, while the computer end branches the audio and USB cables from the VGA port with three 1/8-inch thick, 21-inch long cables. I found them unnecessarily long for my use, but if you have a huge laptop and the video and audio jacks are on opposite sides of the case, this can be useful. The audio jacks feature a removable plastic cover that attaches to the cable with a short loop. Apparently this is to keep the audio from buzzing/humming when they're unplugged and dangling on the floor Don't snag on the other cables as you thread cables through the inevitable bundle of ethernet, USB, power and other cables at the desk/console station. This KVMP comes with a plastic shoe that rubs on one end to allow it to be mounted vertically, but I've found that the weight of the attached cables tends to pull it back when you do so. So. If necessary, this can be fixed with double-sided adhesive tape.