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I bet it's a lot shorter than the delay involved in me using the touch sensitive not-buttons on the front of my monitor to switch inputs, which is what I do now. :P


But not as good as an actual KVM switch. I use this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07F8NVMH7

It also does 4K at 60 Hz. You can switch via the keyboard (uses scroll lock as a shortcut). It has worked flawlessly for me and is only £86.

The only real downside is that it is yet more wires, and it can only switch one video signal. If I had two monitors I'd probably go with this guys solution.


Also it's only USB 2, not USB 3. So it's fine for a keyboard and mouse but nothing with a decent data rate.


I suspect a USB 3 KVM switch does not exist. His solution also doesn't help if you want to switch a USB 3 device between computers. So that isn't really a con.


I'm using it and I can confirm. it's significantly better than using that stupid monitor button.




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