[ale] OT: DVI KVM Switches

[Michael Still]

On 1/8/06, aaron <aaron at pd.org> wrote:
> On Sunday 08 January 2006 18:46, gharri2 wrote:
> > Y'all were greatly helpful a couple of years ago, when I decided to get
> > a KVM switch, as is in evidence on the wiki. I now have gotten an LCD
> > monitor & a much better machine, so it seems a shame to run things
> > through analog.
> >
> > Anybody have experience with & recommendations on a 2-port DVI
> > KVM switch?
> >
> > Grady Harris
>
> No actual recommendation on a DVI-KVM switch beyond suggesting that
> it is basically an unnecessary expense.
>
> Though you wouldn't know it from decades of media industry hype, the fact is
> that digital does not directly translate to "better". The advantages of
> digital processing and transmission are pretty much zero when you arrive at
> the final display stages like computer to monitor or amp to speakers.
> Remember that your means of perception are entirely analog (-: until you
> reach quantum resolutions, anyway  :-), and at some stage there has to be a
> Digital to Analog conversion for the final connection to our human senses.
> Simply moving the final D to A stage to inside the display component doesn't
> do anything to improve quality.  Unless your LCD monitor or cabling is
> seriously broken, it is unlikely you would ever see any difference between
> using the analog or the digital signal connection.
>
> In fact, if anyone reading this can suggest any salient reasons to prefer
> a DVI digital monitor connection, I'd be interested in hearing (: or seeing :)
> them.  The only factors that I'm aware of are very negative ones. One
> DMCA motivated  concern is that Digital Monitor Interfacing creates a means
> by which proprietary media conglomerates could block fair use and open
> source access with complex [hardware] encryption inside the display, post
> all user accessible connections and processing. Another point is that this
> unnecessary shifting of the D to A stage is just another means by which the
> computer and media hardware industries will be compelling needless and
> costly migrations to new hardware, cabling and connector configurations
> (including KVM switches).
>
> peace
> aaron
>
The advantage of DVI is that you remove the possibility of
interference from the transmitting cable when using digital
transmission.

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