Apple 24 LED cinema display iogear dvi kvm

I want a good kvm solutiuon for swtiching a 24" LED Cinema display. I am swtiching between two mac computers. I have the altona minidisplay port kvm, which works ok, but I find it to be a little flaky. I purchased the 2 port professional startech USB kvm/hotkey with the displayport to minidisplay port cable. Unfortunatley, this did not work. The apple display would not power up.
I was thinking about returning this and purchasing the GCS1782 iogear dual link DVI. I would need a mini-dispaly port to DVi converter. Has anyone tried something like this?
As far as I know there is only the altona minidisplayport kvm (now discontinued) and I am not really happy with that. I am kind of pulling my hair out. I want a reliable, hotkey mac compatable, kvm solution that is easy use.
Any advice would be great!!!!

As another suggestion, I would also be interested in a HDMI KVM solution as well....

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No solution yet, but read the following:
http://www.macworld.com/article/136196/2008/10/displayportfaq.html
http://forums.macnn.com/65/mac-pro-and-power-mac/379042/new-cinema-display-mini- displayport-dvi/
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