Basically, the AV Access product would be sufficient for typical HDMI/KVM extending, splitting, and switching needs. However, some unique use scenarios may require more customized packages or features.
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Got my 8KSW21-KVM last May and have been loving it. The reliable PC wake up feature is missing on all the KVMs I tried before buying this one, and is a godsend.
Feature recommendation
How about automatic switch to active HDMI input?
Some may not want this so there could be an enable / disable switch via a hardware toggle or via software.
Product recommendation
This one is a bit niche, but I have quite a collection of retro game consoles and as you will know, they look awful on a modern 4K screen.
So how about incorporating some upscaling logic into your KVM switches?
Bonus if you allow analogue input (maybe for a Pro model)
These are the gold standard in upscalers for this purpose (in case you need some inspiration )
Website recommendation
Have a unified sign in between main site and community one please.
Thanks! Happy to see the first advice in this post.
To clarify, may I know more about “automatic switch to active HDMI input”? Are you talking about switching to a PC and automatically activating it while it’s in sleep?
About the scaler, I will pass it on to our product team. Generally what resolution there is for retrogaming?
You’re right. We can make a different LOGO to differentiate.
So for automatic HDMI switch, I mean for scenarios like when the two HDMI sources (e.g. a PC and a Laptop), are turned on, but source one is currently active via the KVM.
The user finishes using source one and shuts it down / power it off.
Now only source two is producing a HDMI signal, and it would be cool if the KVM could automatically switch to it.
Regarding the retrogaming, if you look at the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 era of 2005 / 2006, these machines were sold as HD machines targeting 1080p resolutions, but both were not powerful enough to really attain this so games were often lower resolution.
A 1080p or 1080i signal looks bad enough when upscaled to 4K on a new TV, but things get worse when the games use a lower resolution (likely).
Add a feature to rotate the image on any receiver(that supports it). Currently you can only rotate the image(top row) when setting up a Video Wall.
This feature would be useful if you have a videowall set up with a top row that have the TVs installed upside down to take advantage of the small bezel. The Video Wall(2x2) configuration/feature works fine, but if I’d like to use the TVs to display 4 different sources(encoders), the top row is upside down.
Thanks for your feedback. This sounds like a very practical use. I have forwarded this information to our tech support team. Appreciate your contribution. Have a nice day!
I have a suggestion to add useful extra automatic HDMI channel switching options
to your 4KMX42-H2A 4x2 HDMI 2.0 Matrix.
Could you add a RS232 fail-safe command that allows the HDMI switch to fall back to
a the first available channel with active video when no RS232 commands are
received for a specified number of seconds?
Could you add an auto-switch mode to switch to the first available channel with active video when the current channel has no active video sync?
Maybe you have these options built-in, but the manual does not mention auto switching or behaviour upon communication timeouts.
Finally, if you ever will redesign this HDMI matrix switch,
it would be nice to power and control it from a micro USB or Type-C socket
(i.e, integrate an USB serial port).
Thank you for making this excellent 4KMX42-H2A matrix switch!
Happy to hear from you, and thanks for your advice! Manual switching can be safe without automatically switching to a channel they don’t want to show at some point. I understand your needs, and I will forward this to our tech team.
What I had in mind is an optional feature that does not impact switching behaviour for other clients.
You might call it a watchdog timer that is inactive until you activate it with a software command.
Once activated and no communication occurs any more, then the HDMI switch could fall back to an active higher-priority input.
By the way, talking about wishes, it could be useful to add a RS232 command
that allows to send any CEC command sequence to a specified monitor.
You already have all hardware and firmware to do that.
We do not need this currently, it is just a suggestion for other clients.
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