{"id":11220,"date":"2024-05-29T23:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T23:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=11220"},"modified":"2024-05-29T23:36:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T23:36:02","slug":"kvm-monitors-let-you-cut-down-the-desk-clutter-and-i-love-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=11220","title":{"rendered":"KVM Monitors Let You Cut Down the Desk Clutter, and I Love It"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\u201cYou need a KVM switch.”<\/p>\n

That’s what my friend said to me three years ago after seeing a photo of my double-laptop setup. I told her how all I have to do is switch over a couple of cords at the end of my workday and I can enjoy my new gaming laptop<\/a> in the same space as my work laptop<\/a>. She’s a fellow hardware reviewer, so she had an easy answer: buy a keyboard, video, mouse (KVM) switch to do that exact step for me, no more cord-swapping required. It sounded too good to be true.<\/p>\n

I didn’t buy one\u2014I didn’t want to add yet another item to my small desk, so I continued to manually switch my HDMI and USB cords between my various computers for a few years. I got some other items to ease this process\u2014a tiny HDMI switcher I can hide behind my monitor along with receiver-free Bluetooth devices\u2014but the real answer was always a KVM switch. Until now. I switched my monitor to one with a KVM switch built in, so it’s a win-win. Less desk clutter, and no need to plug and unplug cords again!<\/p>\n

A Desk to Rescue<\/h2>\n
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