Hi All,
I just purchased a new computer and flat panel display (Sony HS95P), mostly for gaming purposes.
I would love to use a straight DVI cable connection between my new desktop and the monitor, but I also want my wife's 2 year old Dell Inspiron laptop to be able to easily use the monitor when I am not home.
It seems a DVI-KVM switch would be great, except her laptop doesn't support DVI.
First: Would I be losing anything truly significant (think in gaming terms) by moving away from DVI and using a simple non-dvi SWITCH (I think vga is the term?)?
Second: Are there switches out there that can handle one computer coming in through DVI and the other coming in through VGA?
Third: The monitor has both DVI and VGA inputs (again assuming VGA is the right term). Would it be bad to connect my desktop directly to the DVI input, and my wife's laptop directly to the VGA input? How could we switch which computer controls them in that case, and what would happen if both tried at once? LOL
Thanks for any tips (or terminology corrections),
Warren
I just purchased a new computer and flat panel display (Sony HS95P), mostly for gaming purposes.
I would love to use a straight DVI cable connection between my new desktop and the monitor, but I also want my wife's 2 year old Dell Inspiron laptop to be able to easily use the monitor when I am not home.
It seems a DVI-KVM switch would be great, except her laptop doesn't support DVI.
First: Would I be losing anything truly significant (think in gaming terms) by moving away from DVI and using a simple non-dvi SWITCH (I think vga is the term?)?
Second: Are there switches out there that can handle one computer coming in through DVI and the other coming in through VGA?
Third: The monitor has both DVI and VGA inputs (again assuming VGA is the right term). Would it be bad to connect my desktop directly to the DVI input, and my wife's laptop directly to the VGA input? How could we switch which computer controls them in that case, and what would happen if both tried at once? LOL
Thanks for any tips (or terminology corrections),
Warren