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Which is unobtanium? I just ordered a Dell 4K from Amazon about 5 days ago and it got here in 3 days.
The one specifically mentioned... As well as Dell's 40" ultrawide, that also has the built-in KVM (there are not that many models that have the built-in KVM).
Display-switch: Turn a $30 USB switch into a full-featured multi-monitor KVM
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Re: Display-switch: Turn a $30 USB switch into a full-featured multi-monitor KVM
#152Away from home at the moment, but this looks like it will “complete” my current set up very nicely. I have 2x Dell P2319H (1080p) monitors and have my work laptop connected via DP with my gaming desktop connected via HDMI. Then I have a dumb USB switch with a button on it to switch my USB devices between the two computers. If the other computer is off/sleeping the screens most of the time automatically switch to the…
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Before we get that deep down on monitor tech, I want review sites to tell me whether I can use the monitor/tablet/phone/laptop with sunglasses.
That’s more about whether your sunglasses are polarized.
My corporate Dell XPS 13 is completely useless outdoors because it's incompatible with sunglasses.
Re: Display-switch: Turn a $30 USB switch into a full-featured multi-monitor KVM
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#155PSA: Many 4K Dell monitors (like my Dell UltraSharp U3219Q ) have a built-in KVM switch and they support full DDC commands for switching the input as well (over HDMI, DP and USBC). I can control them from Mac and Linux with hot keys that trigger the appropriate ddc commands.
I have a shortcut on my Linux desktop to switch my Dell U3818DW display to its HDMI input where a second graphics card passed through to Windows is running on as a KVM guest. #!/bin/bash ddcutil setvcp 60 0x11 On my Windows guest desktop, I set up a shortcut for Dell Display manager to switch back to my Linux host and primary graphics card on my display's DisplayPort input "C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\Dell Display Ma…