New Internals, New Ports & a Price Update

Hi everyone,

We have a set of changes coming to JetKVM, and we wanted to walk you through them directly. Some of it is good news we're excited about. Some of it is the component market pushing on us and forcing a few decisions. Here's the full picture.

Storage Change & Price Update

As you've probably noticed, the AI-driven demand for memory and storage has been pushing hardware component prices up across the board. For us, the biggest hit has been eMMC storage - staying on our current part would have meant roughly a 3x cost increase on that component alone. The SoC hasn't been spared either, with DDR costs driving that up significantly as well. Together, it was too large to absorb.

So we're changing storage. New JetKVMs will ship with a microSD card instead of soldered eMMC, and as an upside, storage doubles from 16 GB to 32 GB. If a card ever fails, it's a swap instead of an RMA. JetKVM uses the card mainly for firmware and application storage, not constant read/write cycles, so the SD card wear issues you might know from Raspberry Pi don't apply here to the same extent.

When component prices first started climbing, we bought up as much inventory as we could at the old levels to hold JetKVM's pricing stable as long as possible. That bought us several months, but prices kept rising and that stockpile has now run out - so the MSRP is moving from $89 to $103.

Full HDMI & Extension Port Changes

Since we were already redoing the electronics for the new storage, we took the opportunity to roll in hardware changes many of you have been asking about since day one.

We're replacing the mini HDMI with a full-size HDMI port. No more hunting for a long mini-HDMI cable; you almost certainly already have a full-size one around.

Fitting a full-size HDMI port on a board this small meant finding space somewhere, and the extension port is where that came from. It's physically smaller on the new board, and we're moving from RJ-12 to a dedicated 5-pin connector. New extensions ship with the new cable in the box.

If you already own an older extension and you're buying a new JetKVM, there will be a low-cost option to order the correctly-cabled version. Existing JetKVMs and existing extensions continue to work together exactly as they do today.

Full-size HDMI port and new connector layout

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JetKVM with PoE

This one's been on the wishlist since the Kickstarter - and it's finally happening. There will be a PoE version of JetKVM, MSRP $119. One Ethernet cable for power and network. For anyone managing a rack or a homelab with PoE switches, this is the setup it should have always been.

Getting here took real work. Our Discord hardware beta testers stress-tested earlier revisions against a long list of remote host machines and a surprisingly deep pile of PoE adapters we'd never have gotten our hands on otherwise. The version shipping now incorporates everything they found. Thank you, seriously.

The PoE version goes on sale in a few weeks. Drop your email below and we'll let you know the moment orders open.

Software Update

On the software side, development hasn't slowed down. Recent releases have added:

• H.265 codec support with auto-negotiation
• MQTT and Home Assistant integration
• Partial Tailscale support with simplified installation
• Multiple new keyboard layouts and language support
• Factory reset and signed release verification
• A long list of bug fixes and stability improvements

For the full changelog, check out our releases on GitHub.

Timing

Current stock is still available from our authorized resellers on the product page. New units with the updated hardware are already on their way to retailers and will go on sale as current stock runs through.

As always, thank you for sticking with us.

Cheers, Adam & Lian