Expensive KVM or at least V cables definitely make a big difference. $50 for
a set instead of <$20. This is more related to my experience driving an 18"
LCD monitor from a PC, than Dreamcast related. I do run the Dreamcast
through the Sega VGA adapator through a KVM with expensive cables to a 5
five year old 17" Mag CRT and it works fine. Some of my video cards (TNT1)
were unusable through the KVM to 18" LCD though, and the ones that worked
(i810, some Matrox), the quality was a bit off. Switching to expensive
cables or skipping the KVM made it all good.

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=1&Section_Id=
16&pcount=&Product_Id=17305&Section.Section_Path=%2FCables%2FMonitor%2F

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=1&Section_Id=
13&pcount=&Product_Id=10682&Section.Section_Path=%2FCables%2FSwitchbox%2F

It's odd that high quality video cable alone is $65, but that the KVM set
with the high quality video cable is only $50.

 - Jay


-----Original Message-----
From: Tyrel Beede <tb90@mail.csuchico.edu>
To: Greg Ingram <ingram@symsys.com>
Cc: Marcus Comstedt <marcus@idonex.se>; profund@geocities.com
<profund@geocities.com>; port-dreamcast@netbsd.org
<port-dreamcast@netbsd.org>
Date: Thursday, March 01, 2001 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: Testing Binaries


>> The text output I've seen on a Zenith 36" is very fuzzy but I was
>> expecting it to be.
>
>For $15 bucks you can buy a vga adaptor from www.ebworld.com and it is
pretty sharp... pretty cool
>I've got a KVM switch box for my few machines but the VGA signal turns to
crap so I just un-plug and
>plug in my monitor everytime I switch boxes(the backs of the machines are
in arms reach) and I
>haven't messed anything up yet so I suppose what I'm getting at is that you
don't need a KVM to
>share a monitor with your dc if you have the vga adaptor....
>
>Tyrel
>