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Re:How I built a keyboard/video/mouse switch for my two 4k m... by myself248 on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @05:46PM (#24358542)
At the multi-gigabit speeds of a modern video signal, the components of a normal mechanical switch are antennas.
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Re:How I built a keyboard/video/mouse switch for my two 4k m... by modeless on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @06:18PM (#24358852)
So are the pins in cable connectors, but cables are (relatively) cheap and switching signals by replugging connectors works just fine.
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Re:How I built a keyboard/video/mouse switch for my two 4k m... by bronson on Thursday September 03, 2020 @06:45AM (#24362672)
No, cables and connectors these days are shielded and extremely tightly controlled. The amount of work that goes into designing them is staggering. (and that's before considering active cables)
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Re:How I built a keyboard/video/mouse switch for my two 4k m... by formerly_proven on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @06:39PM (#24359026)
In my experience displayport and DVI cables of all brands and prices are incredibly fragile and definitely stop working well soon if you plug/unplug them once too often.

Too often is something like 20-30 times.

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