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Great UI, But A Nightmare to Reboot
This KVM does what it promises - makes it easy to use several computers with a single monitor, keyboard, and mouse. It's the best-looking KVM I've seen. Most are designed by engineers - big boxes that look pretty ugly on your desk. This one has a nice interface, with color-coded cables, and unlike many others, this KVM comes with all the cables you need. It's a five-star item.
UNTIL YOU LOSE POWER OR UNPLUG IT
When the power goes out or you unplug it, it has a hell of a tim...
[Belkin 4PORT USB SOHO KVM SWITCH (F1DS104L) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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04/13/2009
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Good KVM with a couple of flaws
It seems like a very adequate KVM switch. There is no lag between PC switching that others have complained about with other USB KVMs. One annoying thing that it does is beep everytime you switch PCs. Other Belkin KVMs have firmware updates that turn off the beep, but this one is too new to have any updates yet. I talked to Belkin tech support and they are reporting it, so hopefully a firmware update will allow you to toggle it off. Pretty stupid that they added it to other KVMs and not this...
[Belkin 4PORT USB SOHO KVM SWITCH (F1DS104L) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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12/18/2008
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Quality, Flexible KVM
This switch was a little higher than the price range I had intended to pay, but I am very satisfied with the switch and its KVM plus audio capabilities.
Cables for 4 computers are included. They are plenty long for my installation (some cheaper cables are sometimes shorter) and are color coded to match the selection buttons on the front of the unit.
A great feature is that the audio connections can be selected separately from the computer (keyboard, video, mouse) connections. So, you...
[Belkin 4PORT USB SOHO KVM SWITCH (F1DS104L) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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09/11/2008
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Works well
Great KVM switch. It does have an annoying beep when you switch, but it works quite well otherwise. My G15 keyboard is not recognized as such anymore when it is plugged in via this KVM, that's too bad. It's possible to work around this problem by plugging the keyboard to a USB hub port (on the KVM switch) rather than the console port. In that case, my G15 is fully operational, it just takes a couple of seconds to get recognized by the OS after each switch in that case.
The cable that ...
[Belkin 4PORT USB SOHO KVM SWITCH (F1DS104L) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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01/21/2009
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Nifty product
Worked perfectly right out of the box. Generous cable lengths allow for ergonomic placement of monitor and keyboard. I'd definitely buy it again. Strong recommendation.
[Belkin 4PORT USB SOHO KVM SWITCH (F1DS104L) review by Iggy can be read at buy.com]
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12/03/2008
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Fayetteville, GA
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Fantastic..
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
Pros: We've got two of these in different server closets. Wow. Beautiful design. Best KVM I've used hands down. It's got usb or ps2 connections for mouse/keyboard.. and mic and audio passthrough. I can't think of a great use for it yet... but you can choose to see/control the screen of one machine, and pull the audio from another, just by toggling the front switches.
[Belkin 4PORT USB SOHO KVM SWITCH (F1DS104L) review by Andy can be read at Newegg.com]
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04/21/2009
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Keyboard Problems Make this KVM Unusable
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: It basically works out of the box. Keyboard, mouse, monitor all seem to work on first blush.
Cons: The keyboard's keys, when connected through this KVM, often get "stuck". So the words you type often have repeat letters in them.
Holding down a key does not result in the typed letter being repeated indefinately. ...
[Belkin 4PORT USB SOHO KVM SWITCH (F1DS104L) review by pdg can be read at Newegg.com]
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06/13/2009
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Ehhh.. Should Have Been Better
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Colored cables, listen to audio on one PC while working on another, nice design, being able to disable the beep
Cons: Pain in the rear to install the drivers on a PC, buggy keyboard
Other Thoughts: Ive only had this KVM switch for a few days and so far Im not too happy with it. When I do any ctrl or shift commands some ...
[Belkin 4PORT USB SOHO KVM SWITCH (F1DS104L) review by r04dw4rri0r can be read at Newegg.com]
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06/25/2009
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Excellent Product! Exactly what I was hoping for.
The product is great. Exactly what it says it is. I had a previous Belkin KVM with auto-switching but it wasn't able to handle hi-res monitors well; it allowed bleed through of the signal causing the primary monitor to flutter.
I bought this new Belkin switch after doing a bunch of research. It's marvelous.
Great features:
- no bleed through of video signal
- Allows you to keep the audio on one computer while switching the keyboard, video and mouse to another. A G...
[Belkin 4PORT USB SOHO KVM SWITCH (F1DS104L) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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08/12/2009
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This is the VGA Model
I have the DVI model at work and it is excellent. Be advise. The one on sale here is the VGA model NOT the DVI.
[Belkin 4PORT USB SOHO KVM SWITCH (F1DS104L) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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08/18/2009
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