Friday, May 27, 2011

Order your PC to 1 km away

Matrox has just announced a new "KVM", with a range of ... 1 km. KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) are devices that allow the deportation of input devices and output of a computer, when the unit shall be located in places inconvenient. They are widely used in data centers to avoid traveling in the server room in case of trouble.

The Avio is compatible with all major operating systems (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux) and uses fiber optics to transmit information. The supported devices are numerous: USB 2.0 (six connectors seen pictures), audio is analog, with the support of a microphone, headphones, a stereo input and stereo output, keyboard and mouse PS / 2 and especially video.

For the latter two possibilities: either two monitors with DVI, if merely a single link, one dual-link DVI display. The screens of this type are quite rare: models 30 inches 2560 x 1600, the 27-inch 2560 x 1440 and the majority of screens 120 Hz KVM Avio due out in the fourth quarter of 2011 and its price is still unknown.

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