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2 HN users recommended this between 2020 and 2024, in 2 comments.
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2 HN users recommended this between 2020 and 2024, in 2 comments.
Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
> I did this for a while, the problem is that there's really no such thing as a high-quality USB switch. They are all garbage and mess with USB devices in some way (at least at the consumer level).
A lot of these things seem to "help" by inserting their own USB host device that acts as a proxy for attached USB peripherals. This allows them to do (ostensibly) useful useful things such as intercepting keypresses and responding to them (e.g. by switching to another input).
Don't get one of those, get a physical switch that just connects the leads to the correct port when pressed. I got this USB 2.0 switch (all you need for input devices) for $12 [0]. I'm sure there are others available with more ports, but this is all I needed.
[0] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HV1N674
I bought this one [1] for USD 13 in 2019 and still use it with display-switch (which the OP mentions) to this day.
It's as "dumb" as is possible, according to one of the reviews the ports can be a little iffy if you've plugged things into it too many times, but it's still working perfectly for me for my 2x Dell P2419H monitors.
I chose this one due to all the wires being on the back, but I'd also be happy with the one with the remote in the OP's GitHub page.
[1]: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HV1N674