In alt.engineering.electrical krw <krw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
| In article <g3j5lh51vgo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, phil-news-
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|> In alt.engineering.electrical Bob Myers <nospamplease@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
|> |
|> | <phil-news-nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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|> |> 1920x1200 (WUXGA) is a single link format. Single link can go all
the way
|> |> up
|> |> to 2098x1311 for odd formats. 2048x1152 (non-standard, but
sensible)
|> |> format
|> |> would also be doable on single link. Dual link could go up to
2960x1850.
|> |
|> | Well, at least per the pixel clock limits on both single- and
dual-link
|> | DVI, they sure could. The problem is, though, that the DVI standard
|> | never included a decent compliance certification test, nor is there
any
|> | good spec on cabling, switches, and the like that would truly ensure
|> | that you can run full rates over any given comibination of such
things.
|> | So as you approach the top-end clock spec, some will work, and
|> | some may not.
|>
|> I called one of the makers of one of the switches I found like this
(Blackbox)
|> and the guy I talked to tried to convince me that no one uses
1920x1200. My
|> response was "but they do use 1600x1200 when monitors of that type are
rare
|> adn hard to find and are about to go out of production because the
world is
|> ****fting to widescreen so they have enough space to display 1920x1080
video?".
|> He didn't have an answer to that loaded question. I suggested he have
the
|> product sent back to engineering.
|
| This monitor is 1920x1200. It is quite common for 24" LCD monitors.
So when will the KVM switch manufacturers understand that 1920x1200 is a
common
desktop display resolution?
I found something in another model KVM switch that might indicate some
possible
sup****t issues. It seems many of these KVM switches have an on screen
display
(the "OSD" feature). The switch will have to process the video,
syncronize to
it, and insert their own video, to get that OSD to work. Their logic
board
might not have the capability for some of the higher modes.
I don't need or care for OSD. I'd even prefer to not have it at all, for
a
desktop environment.
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