StarTech.com USB HDMI over Cat 5e / Cat 6 KVM Console Extender w/ 1080p Uncompressed Video - 330ft (100m)

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StarTech’s USB HDMI over Cat 5e/6 KVM console extender is the kind of “makes life easy” kit you buy when you’ve already confirmed the cabling plan and you just need a reliable way to put a console out in the real world. For the money (£718.38 ex-VAT), the value is less about being flashy and more about avoiding the usual pain: long-distance signal loss, finicky adapters, and the “it works on my desk” problem. If you’re an IT team supporting a separate rack location, a comms room, or a secure area where the KVM needs to sit far from the server, a 100m/1080p uncompressed approach is exactly what tends to hold up in daily operations—assuming your site cabling is good.

Who should buy it: organisations with proper Cat 5e/6 runs, a stable need for one extended console (not flashy switching), and a preference for straightforward, consistent video/USB behaviour over cheaper solutions. Who should think twice: anyone expecting it to behave like a flexible KVM matrix, or anyone with questionable cabling (older patching, lots of joins, unknown cable quality). Also, if you’re buying purely for “occasional” use and have shorter distances, you might get better ROI by going simpler—because in this price bracket, you’re paying for reliability, not experimentation.