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Re:Show HN: Multi-monitor KVM using just a USB switch by theideaofcoffee on Sunday February 11, 2024 @11:25AM (#39336071)
I have had great success with a generic KVM I found on amzn [0], but it now appears to be unavailable, which is a shame because I wanted to buy another. Perhaps I can find it somewhere else. It has never failed to switch between sources and the only delay, as some others are pointing out, is the HDMI handshake process inherent to the monitors themselves.

I did have a considerably more expensive TESmart [1] but couldn't use it because it had some weird incompatibility between it, thunderbolt docking station [2] I used with it (which also work flawlessly), and the MBPs connected to it. I could never figure out why, even raising the issue to support with no luck.

My two cents.

[0] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B088WGKFZH

[1] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08N494N7X

[2] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08HR3T837

Re:Show HN: Multi-monitor KVM using just a USB switch by kevin_thibedeau on Sunday February 11, 2024 @11:46AM (#39336217)
For HDMI you have lots of options that provide EDID emulation. For DP there's only one game in town and it costs more than most computers.
Re:Show HN: Multi-monitor KVM using just a USB switch by Aardwolf on Monday February 12, 2024 @08:29AM (#39344505)
Given that GPU cards tend to have more DP ports than HDMI ports, why might that be? Why don't makers of KVM switches follow the same preference as GPU's do? (or vice versa. Why do we have two standards anyway)
Re:Show HN: Multi-monitor KVM using just a USB switch by mostlysimilar on Sunday February 11, 2024 @12:56PM (#39336858)
You don't feel skeptical of products from a company called "GREATHTEK-More Convenient"? I am far too paranoid to plug random technology like that into my computers. It makes shopping for such things on Amazon nearly impossible.
Re:Show HN: Multi-monitor KVM using just a USB switch by jnk345u8dfg9hjk on Tuesday February 13, 2024 @06:22AM (#39356692)
What could they do hypothetically? They don't have network access to phone home, do they?
Re:Show HN: Multi-monitor KVM using just a USB switch by Beijinger on Sunday February 11, 2024 @02:26PM (#39337765)
PWAY Brand. Seems to be available on Aliexpress. just FYI