Monitor Connections

Big_Graeme

I have two monitors with VGA and DVI ports and two computers with HDMI and DVI outs.

What I want to do is connect both up so I can have a dual monitor set up on each computer and switch between the two, don't mind a splitter box or KVM, in fact a KVM would be most welcome.

Anyone seen a solution?

bod1467

We use this type of setup in our control system cabinets. I'm not sure there's a particularly cheap solution though.

bingo_bango

If you don't need to worry about graphics output quality, could you not use DVI from one PC, and HDMI>VGA from the other?

Or do you need to switch between the PC's intermittently (i.e. both need to be running at the same time)?

If the latter then a KVM switch would be the way to go. I haven't tried one as I personally have no need for one, but there is such a thing available. see THIS from Startech.

Big_Graeme

bingo_bango wrote: »

If you don't need to worry about graphics output quality, could you not use DVI from one PC, and HDMI>VGA from the other?

Or do you need to switch between the PC's intermittently (i.e. both need to be running at the same time)?

If the latter then a KVM switch would be the way to go. I haven't tried one as I personally have no need for one, but there is such a thing available. see THIS from Startech.

Thanks, quality of VGA is good enough but both machines will only output a signal on one output at a time, I could fit a cheap card in the PC but the Mac Mini is stuck with what it has.