{"id":19962,"date":"2010-07-30T23:07:29","date_gmt":"2010-07-30T22:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=19962"},"modified":"2010-07-30T23:07:29","modified_gmt":"2010-07-30T22:07:29","slug":"startech-usb-2-0-and-displayport-kvm-switch-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/startech-usb-2-0-and-displayport-kvm-switch-review\/","title":{"rendered":"StarTech USB 2.0 and DisplayPort KVM switch review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;The rear of the switch naturally handles all of the connectivity, starting out with the power input on the bottom left-hand corner of the unit. Next to this we find USB ports to allow for both a USB keyboard and mouse to be attached, as well as a USB hub for any other USB 2.0 devices you may wish to switch between two PCs. Next to those A-type USB connectors are a pair of B-type connectors for connecting the KVM to the two PCs you wish to switch USB devices between.<\/p>\n<p>Above this we find three DisplayPort connectors &#8211; One for the console (i.e. to connect your monitor itself to the KVM), and then two inputs for the two DisplayPort PCs you&#8217;re connecting to the KVM. All in all, this makes the entire device nice and easy to set up, while the paper manual included gives more advice about setting up a keyboard hotkey to allow for switching via this mechanism as an alternative to the button on the front of the KVM itself.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elitebastards.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1704&amp;catid=43&amp;Itemid=27\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.elitebastards.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1704&amp;catid=43&amp;Itemid=27', 'http:\/\/www.elitebastards.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1704&amp;catid=43&amp;Itemid=27']);\" >http:\/\/www.elitebastards.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1704&amp;catid=43&amp;Itemid=27<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;The rear of the switch naturally handles all of the connectivity, starting out with the power input on the bottom left-hand corner of the unit. Next to this we find USB ports to allow&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2535],"tags":[2997,3993,2662,3992],"class_list":["post-19962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-web-news","tag-displayport","tag-kvm-switch","tag-startech","tag-usb-2-0"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}