Review on 🔍 Enhanced SEO: Belkin OmniView SOHO Series 4-Port KVM Switch with Audio by James Eledge

My first impression of the Belkin OmniView SOHO Series 4 Port KVM Switch was that it was HUGE! Futuristic design takes up extra space for a KVM switch with only 4 ports. However, it looks COOL enough to have on your desk, but the problem is that it quickly becomes uncool when you plug four sets of cables into the device. The cable management cover (which only hides the cables) does not fit back onto the device as there are 4 sets of cables protruding from the device. As with other browsers, I had problems with unrecognized PS/2 and USB devices on startup. . This is because OmniView SOHO implements loose mouse emulation. A more professional KVM switch emulates a mouse/keyboard signal when the computer searches for connected devices during startup. So any Windows or Linux machine is out of luck. Only Macs rescan ports when KVM switches to its port. That means if you only have one Mac, you won't have this problem. Others just have to sit in front of their computers and switch ports while booting up one computer at a time. So let's say you have 4 Macs connected to the device. After pressing the button to switch computers, it takes a few seconds for a new screen to appear. It's more of an electrical issue. Your monitor and computer need to sync refresh rate and resolution because your computer thinks there is a new monitor. Many other entry-level KVM switches have this problem. By the way, YES, the cables are sold separately. But that's because they have USB and PS/2 versions. IoGear's MiniView (cable included) is a much better (albeit vanilla box) alternative to the entry-level 4-port KVM.