With the multitude of monitors now having USB hubs built in, and more inputs than you could shake a haddock covered in olive oil at.. there is one thing that none of them seem to have,
There are monitors with inputs for *deep breath*
DVI
HDMI
VGA
Component
S-Video
Chicken sandwiches
composite
audio
USB
Firewire
Probably a few other interfaces that have slipped my mind for the moment as well, but so far as I'm aware, and feel free to comment and correct me If I'm wrong, there is not one display on the market that goes that extra three nanometres and offers a another USB uplink to a second computer.
I mean, come on, how damned obvious is that functionality?
Press the 'switch inputs' button on the front, and it transfers what it's displaying AND the mouse/keyboard control to another computer.
Yes it'd cost more, but I'd gladly pay an extra $50-60 USD on top of the price of a good TFT display for that and I'm sure at least... some?... others would as well.
Am I wrong? is this actually something that nobody anywhere wants to see, ever?
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Honestly, this seems like such a simple thing to do. It would cost the OEMs upwards of $4 in parts and they would charge $50-100 more... and I'd gladly pay it.
I have a Dell 20" display at work (FPW2007 or something) and run a Dell tower and an Apple G5 to it but still have to do the KVM/input dance to switch back and forth. An integrated solution would be so much nicer.
The first manufacturer to do this will be immediately followed by 15 others within six months.
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