{"id":140,"date":"2012-04-03T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T08:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.gdsys.de\/en\/?p=140"},"modified":"2012-04-04T13:43:19","modified_gmt":"2012-04-04T11:43:19","slug":"the-dvimux8-osd-or-kvm-for-sloths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gdsys.de\/en\/2012\/04\/03\/the-dvimux8-osd-or-kvm-for-sloths\/","title":{"rendered":"DVIMUX8-OSD or: KVM for sloths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By: Hendrik M\u00fcller<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gdsys.de\/en\/files\/2012\/04\/F_DM8_OSD_P_RGB_300.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-150\" title=\"The DVIMUX8-OSD - a KVM switch for sloths\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.gdsys.de\/en\/files\/2012\/04\/F_DM8_OSD_P_RGB_300-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"The DVIMUX8-OSD - a KVM switch for sloths\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.gdsys.de\/en\/files\/2012\/04\/F_DM8_OSD_P_RGB_300-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.gdsys.de\/en\/files\/2012\/04\/F_DM8_OSD_P_RGB_300-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.gdsys.de\/en\/files\/2012\/04\/F_DM8_OSD_P_RGB_300.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Maybe you&#8217;re familiar with the following: In general, you know your (in this case our) products and think that you also already know everything about new products.<\/p>\n<p>But little did I know. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of discovering a really excellent function of a friend I thought I&#8217;d knew quite well: the <a title=\"More information about the DVIMUX8-OSD\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gdsys.de\/en\/products\/kvm-switches\/dvi-slvga-kvm-switches\/dvimux\/\" target=\"_blank\">DVIMUX8-OSD<\/a>. The sloth mode is a function always slumbering in the back of my head.<\/p>\n<p>The sloth mode is especially characterised by the fact that it achieves much with little effort &#8211; and is therefore perfectly suited for us inherently lazy human beings.<\/p>\n<p>Despite its real name, the &#8220;Broadcast function&#8221;, the sloth mode is not particularly aimed at our highly esteemed target group of broadcasters. It allows you to forward any keyboard or mouse inputs to any computer connected to the <a title=\"Download the DVIMUX8-OSD manual\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gdsys.de\/en\/downloads\/manuals\/kvm-switches\/\" target=\"_blank\">DVIMUX8-OSD<\/a>. A great function for test environments or for shutting down all operating systems at the end of computer trainings.<\/p>\n<p>On top of this, the function is really easy to enable. And if you want to know what else the DVIMUX8-OSD and our other <a title=\"Take a look at our other KVM switches\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gdsys.de\/en\/products\/kvm-switches\/\">KVM switches<\/a> have to offer, visit <a title=\"Visit our corporate website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gdsys.de\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.gdsys.de<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned and look forward to what else I might be able to discover.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"DVIMUX8-OSD or: KVM for sloths\" data-info-url=\"http:\/\/ct.de\/-2467514\" data-backend-url=\"https:\/\/blog.gdsys.de\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"tlx\" data-services='[\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"linkedin\",\"xing\",\"whatsapp\",\"mail\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"https:\/\/blog.gdsys.de\/en\/files\/2012\/04\/F_DM8_OSD_P_RGB_300-300x150.jpghttps:\/\/blog.gdsys.de\/en\/files\/2012\/04\/F_DM8_OSD_P_RGB_300-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.gdsys.de\/en\/files\/2012\/04\/F_DM8_OSD_P_RGB_300-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.gdsys.de\/en\/files\/2012\/04\/F_DM8_OSD_P_RGB_300.jpg 1920w\" data-url=\"https:\/\/blog.gdsys.de\/en\/2012\/04\/03\/the-dvimux8-osd-or-kvm-for-sloths\/\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"color\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Hendrik M\u00fcller Maybe you&#8217;re familiar with the following: In general, you know your (in this case our) products and think that you also already know everything about new products. 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Yesterday, I had the pleasure of discovering a really excellent function of a friend I thought I&#8217;d knew quite well: &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[41,39,341,20,40],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Guntermann &amp; Drunck explains the DVIMUX8-OSD or: KVM for sloths<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The DVIMUX8-OSD - the ideal KVM switch for sloths and therefore perfectly suited for us inherently lazy human beings.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.gdsys.de\/en\/2012\/04\/03\/the-dvimux8-osd-or-kvm-for-sloths\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Guntermann &amp; 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