Tiggs

i was going to buy the belkin omnicube to control 2 pcs via 1 mouse,k/board and monitor- as its £100+ i have instead got a much cheaper switch box to do the same job, BUT my monitor pic is now suffering from ghosting (dont know if thats the term but you get the idea!)

would this be cause i've used a cheap switch box or would that happen with the better switch units- or is it a monitor problem???

help!

Tiggs

XRS

I was thinking of this, but decided that with the cheaper switch boxes they couldn't support the high resolution that I run on my main PC.

I decided that it would be better to acquire a cheap monitor for occasional use and leave an old keyboard and mouse attached to the second machine.

ChrisB

Probably the cheaper unit IMO. We've used numerous Belkin OmniCubes and at 1024 x 768 or 800 x 600 no image quality problems.

DemonDave

iTrader: (13)

Defo due to the switch box .... if you want really good switching kit look at black box stuff ... bit more in cost but good kit.

Dave

DominicA

get the Belkin next time...

Tiggs

right- took the crap one back and got the belkin- but the mouse dont work properly and when i called them they said they new about this problem and would send me some new ps2 wires to use? anyone else hear about this?

Tiggs

^Qwerty^

Ive just been into Maplin's (Leeds) to look at these things.... left when I saw the price of them and decided I could buy a brand new monitor at a cheaper price.

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Qwert

Tiggs

belkin 2 port plus wires is 100- once its orking properly thats not bad is it?

Tiggs

XRS

Simply have the 4 port Belkin on offer for £68 plus VAT at the moment (in their business hotdeals mag.)

kryten

Its most likely the cables!

The ones that come with the kits tend to be useless - go and buy some fully shielded ones.

I'm running 1600x1200 through my Belkin Omni View!!!

chiark

My personal experience of the maplin cheapo unit is that it degrades quality massively. Shadows that I couldn't get rid of no matter which cables I used...

chiark

Why not use a remote control solution, such as VNC (WinVNC in your case?)

It's like PCAnywhere, but it's free and OS-independent.

Tiggs

kryten,

belkin are posting me some wires with the grounding pin removed???? they reckon that will solve it?


chiark,

whats that youre on about- never heard of it?

Tiggs

chiark

vnc - more info!

Tip top piece of free software.