$20 switch boxes don't work. You have to spend around $100 to have something good (more)


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Posted by robert mcelwee on 30, 2000 at 8:49 PM:

In Reply to: Re: Why this doesn't have to be so expensive posted by Tom61 on 30, 2000 at 8:11 PM:

: A switch box is cheaper ($10-30) and would let you switch between multiple monitors and keyboards (which is all that gizmo you mentioned does). $200 is *way* to much, you could build a low end Celeron (~400 MHz) machine for that!

Sorry about blank post earlier (I accidently hit the enter key). Anyway, the video is what really suffers with a cheap switch box. In order to get video that looks like what you would normally see on a monitor you have to have some decent electronic switches. I think I spent about $85 (wholesale) for my last switch box (not including cables which are about $3-$4 each). BUT, the bottom line is this can be done - switch boxes should work well on an arcade machine.


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