<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'courier new',monospace;font-size:small">Yes its a <a href="http://www.iogear.com/product/GCS1644/" style="font-family:arial">http://www.iogear.com/product/GCS1644/</a> quad dual view dual link dvi. So 10 video cables go into it,</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'courier new',monospace;font-size:small">4 computers with two sets of dvi each, and one set to actual monitors. On keyboard ctrl sequence, it switch both monitors</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'courier new',monospace;font-size:small">across to selected computer, and it multiplex the keyboard, mouse, usb, and audio.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'courier new',monospace;font-size:small">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'courier new',monospace;font-size:small">So I don't understand, you say dual link dvi should be able to drive a 4k .....</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'courier new',monospace;font-size:small">
but no tv has that dual link port, so what does a 4k tv have? and can i convert with a simple adapter plug of some kind?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'courier new',monospace;font-size:small">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'courier new',monospace;font-size:small">Also, I am wondering, wouldn't the kvm have to support the resolution specifically?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'courier new',monospace;font-size:small">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'courier new',monospace;font-size:small">I do have a cable that plugs in the nvidia dvi and goes to hdmi on a 50" plasma, so it would be something like that?</div>
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<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'courier new',monospace;font-size:small">-tl</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 5:19 PM, Lennart Sorensen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbsgBhcjK8J40g@public.gmane.orgo.ca" target="_blank">lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 04:47:07PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:<br>
> What I want is the mass market to supply the things I want. I've been<br>
> really disappointed in the lack of price movement, takeup and<br>
> improvement of 30" 2560x1600 monitors. I've had mine for 7.5 years<br>
> (almost 4 cycles of Moore's law).<br>
><br>
> Analogy: I bought a couple of Sun workstations (sequentially) but<br>
> eventually the PC got good enough and I saved a bundle and had a lot<br>
> of choices. Of course the PCs were not made to the mechanical<br>
> standards or sanity of Suns, but they sure were good enough.<br>
><br>
> I keep expecting higher resolution to become mas market. The glimmers<br>
> of hope are:<br>
><br>
> - Apple "retina" displays<br>
><br>
> - tablets and cell phones in resolution wars<br>
><br>
> - "4k" TV around the corner.<br>
><br>
> This 39" Seiki is almost good enough (on paper). And a very nice<br>
> price considering that there is no competition to speak of.<br>
><br>
</div><div class="im">> I don't know what a dual-dual-link DVI KVM is. Does it switch pairs<br>
> of DVI connections, each of which is dual-link? I assume "quad"<br>
> means that four different computer systems are connected to the<br>
> switch, exactly one of which is actually connected to the keyboard,<br>
> video, and mouse (+USB probably).<br>
<br>
</div>Sounds like a two monitor dual link KVM switch, which would allow driving<br>
two 30" monster screens at 2560x1600 resolution and switch them between<br>
four machines. Dual link DVI should be able to drive a 4k display at<br>
30Hz, but of course no TV comes with dual link DVI ports, and none have<br>
dual link HDMI-B either (it seems nothing has HDMI-B dual link ports).<br>
Too bad TVs don't seem to have displayport on them to allow good use<br>
with computers. HDMI 2.0 will solve the problem of course by doubling<br>
the bandwidth of HDMI 1.4 and hence allowing 60 Hz 4k displays (3D will<br>
have to do 30Hz or half resolution of course, but that seems to be what<br>
they have often been doing anyhow so far).<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> I think that it would work, but I don't know. DVI and single-link<br>
> HDMI are or were essentially the same: a cable with two appropriate<br>
> connectors are all you need for conversion, I think. At 30 Hz, HDMI<br>
> *can* drive this monitor, but I'm not sure that that's within specs<br>
> for single-link DVI.<br>
<br>
</div>It isn't. Single Link (which HDMI is) DVI only supports the original<br>
HDMI signal speed, not the new high speed modes that were added in<br>
later versions of the HDMI standard (which the 4k uses to even get<br>
30Hz refresh).<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> HDMI switches can be quite inexpensive ($20?) but they are made for<br>
> video and don't have any keyboard capability.<br>
><br>
</div><div class="im">> Are you visiting the US soon? With a car? :-)<br>
><br>
> I hope that 6 months or a year of patience might be rewarded with<br>
> something like this with a higher-bandwidth input. $700 is hard to<br>
> resist. The price seems to have crept down: maybe that means that<br>
> something new is about to replace it.<br>
<br>
</div>Well things seem to get cheaper.<br>
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