8K@60Hz Displayport KVM Switch 2 PC 1 Monitor with 2 DP Cables

I use an Apple MacBook Pro M! for music production and as my daily driver. I also have a Windows Rig I built myself for gaming. Running a 4080 super and AMD 7800X3d. My Monitor is an LG UltraGear 38 Ultrawide, running at 3840x1600. It has a refresh rate of 165Hz with overdrive. But I run it at 120Hz as it gives me 10 bit colour. It is GYSNC compatible and so provides variable refresh rates across the full spectrum. It is also HDR 600 Compliant. I am connecting wired Razer BlackWidow Pro V2, and a Razer Mouse. (Don't judge, I love the RGB!). I was looking for a device that could swap between both devices, making my life considerably easier then it was faffing around changing the input on the monitor, swapping over the keyboard, etc. I was dubious about this device, because I was asking for a lot. However, I can safely say, it all works. Working on the PC Side : * GYSNC passthrough works perfectly, I get variable refresh across the range * HDR passthrough works perfectly. I still get HDR compliancy via the switch * 165Hz at 8 bit colour, 120Hz at 10 bit colour, at 3480 x 1600 (native), works flawlessly. * Both Razer Keyboard and Mouse are detected and work flawlessly as though they are connected natively. * Previous Logitech Dongle (MX Keys and Mouse Master 2s) also works perfectly. Working on the Mac Side : * HDR passthrough works perfectly. I still get HDR compliancy via the switch * 75Hz VRR works perfectly. This is the maximum my dock provides via Displayport * Both Razer Keyboard and Mouse are detected and is recognised via openRGB (great software BTW), and colours can be changed. Additional Notes : I did think I would need to supply the device with additional 5v power due to the RGB keyboard and mouse being connected. To my surprise, this was not the case. This may be different if you're using Corsair Devices, or Logitech, or SteelSeries RGB devices. If so, I can't see why they wouldn't work if you provide them enough power given my Razer Devices work without it. You will need you're OWN power cable though if you do require additional power; Contents : 2 x USB A to USB C cables. 2 x Display Port 1.4 to Display Port 1.4 Cables (Backwards compatible) - And yes, they are DP 1.4 compliant! 1 x USB remote control cable The DP cables are very short at about 3 feet. Bizarrely the USB cables are another foot longer. Still, they are excellent quality cables. The unit itself has some weight to it. Is certainly DP 1.4 compliant and is very well made. The remote control is quite long, but isn't up to the standard of the rest of the device. Merely functional and acceptable. There is room for improvement. I may decide to make my own as a fun project. Additional Notes for Mac Users : I see there are quite a few negative complaints from Mac Users saying this device does not work with their device. That might be down to what dock you're using. Or you are using the wrong type of cable. Or you're confusing Display port with Thunderbolt as they are NOT the same. This is a basic DISPLAY PORT switch. A Thunderbolt switch WILL allow Video Passthrough via your USB-C connector. However, you can basically double the price of that device, if not more. You might be better off using the HDMI version of this dock if you're having problems. But if you're expecting to get video passthrough on a basic Display Port switch that isn't Thunderbolt, then you're not going to have much luck I'm afraid. Just an FYI. Blame the USB/Thunderbolt corporate overlords standards committee for not making this clearer. Conclusion : If you have TWO DP compliant devices, want HDR, VRR, Gysnc, and High Refresh rates at high resolutions, then this is a GREAT device for the price. I was very surprised it provided all of the above. I was expecting to pay a LOT more for a more compliant device. (You're looking in the hundreds of pounds to be honest!). I was very surprised at how good the build quality of the unit is, how good quality the cables were, and how competitive the price is. Very pleasantly surprised in every aspect. I recommend.

There do not seem to be that many DisplayPort KVM’s on offer. I was particularly attracted to this one because unlike numerous other KVM solutions this product supplies two DP leads in addition to 2 USB leads. The DP leads are very chunky – (note : quite short – 1 metre) and seem like high quality. The price at review time was £47.99 (owing to a 20% offer – previously £59.99). Even the cheapest DP-DP cables would add considerably to the cost if not included, so I think this is very good value. This unit doesn’t come with a power supply, but for me this was a plus. The power is suppled via a USB port and I am more than happy to run a USB cable supply from an existing USB port rather than sacrifice a mains socket for another charger. The unit is made of metal and is very compact. I was not sure from the description if it came with a remote control. I decided I wanted to try this one regardless because of the other features, but as it turns out it does indeed have a remote switch which plugs into a micro USB socket on the front. One minor criticism: the labelling of the different ports is very hard to read. In use though they are fairly obvious so the labelling is not really that important. To reduce cabling even more, I opted to use a wireless keyboard/mouse combination rather than using my usual wired keyboard. The small wireless dongle sits in one of the front USB slots and that’s it. This all works very well. One thing to note though, if the un-selected PC goes to sleep when sharing the monitor using the mouse/keyboard does not wake it. I have to lightly press the power button to wake the machine. This is slightly annoying but not too bad when you are aware of it. I removed the remote button – again to remove unnecessary cabling. The button on top of the unit is no less convenient than using the remote, so again an opportunity for less wiring clutter. Obviously useful to have though if you are siting the KVM somewhere less accessible / out of sight somewhere. The device is not only “plug-and-play” but also “fit-and-forget” if you are not using the monitoring sharing; you forget it is there since the principal PC in use starts up as normal. For me, this is exactly how it should be. Summary – a stylish little unit at a good price. It absolutely helps with my project of running two PC’s side by side as I migrate a lot of legacy software from an old Windows 10 PC to a new Windows 11 machine.

This is a nice little KVM, but it comes with a few limitations you should be aware of. Before I get into that, I was instantly impressed by the build quality. It's surprisingly small, looks sleek on your desk, and has some weight to it, so it won't slide around when you press the switch button. It comes with two USB-C to USB-C cables and two DP to DP cables and a wired remote switcher so you can hide the KVM itself if required. The DP cables are short (1m), but I assume this is because the DP specification states that 8K@60Hz requires 1m or shorter cables which is exactly what the KVM is advertised to support. Selling it with longer cables would probably have caused users to claim the KVM wasn't working as advertised. The USB-C cables, however, are longer—I think 2m—but I didn’t measure them. Now, on to the limitations. If you’re looking to buy one of these, you are most likely more of a power user and need to be aware of a few things. I run the KVM to control a Windows 11 PC and a Mac Mini M4 Pro, as I game on the PC and do everything else on the Mac. This means I generally leave one or the other alone for an extended period of time, and this is where the first problem comes in. You can't wake a hibernating or sleeping device (PC or Mac) when you switch over to it from the active computer. If, while gaming, the Mac goes to sleep, I have to press the physical power button on the Mac to wake it—mouse or keyboard input will not wake it as the input has been severed, so to speak. The same goes for the PC. This behavior is confirmed by Ugreen support and is not a defect but a limitation of this KVM. Some much more expensive KVMs will apparently keep the connection between the KVM and the computer 'alive' even when the computer which is not the active KVM target goes to sleep, but sadly not this KVM. You can, of course, set the sleep timer to be several hours long or even disable it, but that's far from ideal from a power consumption point of view if you’re like me and rely on sleep mode instead of powering off your devices. The second issue I’ve found, which may be linked to macOS software, is that switching from Win11 to the Mac doesn’t always trigger the display to activate, even when the Mac is not sleeping. Switching from Mac to Win11 always works however. I can’t tell if this is a Mac issue or some issue with the KVM and Ugreen support has not been able to confirm either or. So it’s something to keep an eye out for if you try this KVM and you use a mac or two. Another point for Mac users: as other reviewers have also pointed out, note that while your Mac has Thunderbolt (which also supports USB-C DisplayPort mode), the KVM does not support Thunderbolt. In other words, you’ll need one cable for the display to KVM and one cable for the keyboard/mouse to KVM—you can’t use a single cable from the KVM to your Mac for both display and peripherals. For PC gaming, there is no noticeable input lag, and G-Sync works flawlessly through the KVM switch. I have a wired Wooting keyboard and a wireless mouse with a dongle plugged into the KVM, and it all works flawlessly. It’s just a real shame that you can’t wake sleeping devices when switching over to them and that the Mac switching is a bit flaky. Do note that you can wake the active KVM device if it went to sleep just fine (as the USB hub connection is never severed), so it’s just switching over to a sleeping device that requires the power button to be pressed to wake it. Update: After replacing the UGREEN DisplayPort to USB-C cable that I also ordered with the KVM with a cable from another brand, the switching issue to the Mac Mini has gone away which is great. The wakeup issue still persist as its a hardare limitiation.

Cuts out all the time. Yes I made sure the USB power is on all the time etc. The item is trash. Need to be unplugged and re-plugged in every 2-3 hours for it to work "Ok" and still the mouse movement gets 'stuck' every few minuets.

Quick review: The product itself is great. Well built, sleek as a KVM can be and good quality cables. The only negative I can say about it is that the remote doesn’t have any way of showing which input device you’ve switched to. This is genuinely the only change I think it needs. Considerations: - this is not a thunderbolt KVM and you need to use both a display cable and a data cable for each device - you cannot use a HDMI output from a MacBook Pro/Mac mini/ Mac Studio unless you use an active HDMI to display port cable (I wouldn’t recommend this option but have shared a better alternative right below). A normal DP to HDMI cable will not work. - If you connect a MacBook Pro I’d highly recommend that you use a USB-c thunderbolt cable to display port cable (1m) - if you have two displays or want thunderbolt you’ll have to buy a more expensive device - this thing isn’t pretty. You’re going to want to jam is somewhere out of sight, hence why the remote would benefit from visual feedback indicating which device was active. Over all great product, and sharing these considerations as so many others kindly have in the reviews.

I just bought a new desktop PC and needed regular access to my old one in order to transfer files across. This switch lets me easily share the display port monitor, keyboard and mouse between my 2 systems. Although there is a changeover button on the switch box itself, a useful remote control button and cable is also included so that you can tuck the main box and wiring away to tidy up your desk. The keyboard and mouse change over instantaneously whilst the monitor takes a couple of seconds. Very solidly built and comes complete with 2 good quality DP cables. Note that this switch is for display port connections only.

I bought a simpler/cheaper dp 4k @240hz switch. I don’t need all the usb ports etc, but the cheap one was rubbish and caused loads of monitor flickering, even to the point the monitor would knock itself off. I'm using on a Macbook M3 Max and a Mac mini on a 49" Odyssey Ultrawide. Getting full resolution (less than 4k on this monitor) but 240Hz coming through nicely. The little remote switch button is great, I can hide all the cables nicely. Paid an extra £30-40 for this UGREEN and just so much better.

I bought this so I could improve my work from home setup to help switching between my personal PC and work PC. I honestly could not recommend it more. it’s one of those things where I’ve felt “why did I not buy one of these sooner?!”. My setup consists of my work desktop and personal laptop. I have both machines connected to the switch box via display port, and all my peripherals connected to the switch box via USB. I then have both machines connected directly to my second monitor. This allows me to view both machines at once if I need too. Overall switching between devices is super stable, reliable and seamless. it takes a little over a second to switch all my devices between machines. Overall I’d massively recommend one of these if your looking to switch two PCs and their peripherals between two monitors, you’ll never need to mess with cables again!

画面を切り替えたいというよりはUSB機器の切り替え機能をメインに購入しました。 画面は液晶側でも変更できますが、ボタン一つで画面やワイヤレス接続のキーボードなどすべて切り替わるので非常に便利です。 遅延や機器の誤作動などもなく、私の環境では完璧に動作しました。 TypeCケーブルやDPケーブルなどもすべて入っていましたので、環境が合う方はおススメです。

Compact, takes less space, easy to use. One push and it switches from one pc to another. High resolution

Brilliant product. works as expected with almost instant switch for the Monitor, keyboard and trackpad . using to switch 34 inch ultra wide 165HZ oled between macbook and macstudio. There is almost nothing in this price range which can do all this. impressive.

Can confirm that this KVM works with the following setup: M1 Max MacBook Pro and Lenovo laptop both running usbc to dp 1.4 (ugreen) to the KVM. Mac is connected via an anker thunderbolt 4 cable to the KVM while the Lenovo is using the included usb a to c cable. Juicing it with 18w is sufficient it seems since I get picture and surprisingly, the usb a ports output enough power that my MX Master 3S detects a charge! KVM is connected using a standard DP 1.4 cable to the monitor. I didn’t use the included one because it’s way too short and too thick. The KVM is metal, is surprisingly small compared to my 4 in 1 out HDMI 2.1 switch but is comparable in weight. Looks and feels well made but only time will tell. My monitor is a Lenovo curved ultrawide with 3440 x 1440 pixels and both machines are able to hit the max 144hz via this KVM with DP 1.4 cables. The wired remote is a single button with no indicator so you have to look at the dock itself to see which device you have switched to. The indicator lights on the decide itself is very small and too close together which might be an issue for some. Very pleased with the product so far. Will update if anything else changes. Update: the KVM pulls around 0.027A from the outlet and I was not able to get it to pull anymore by loading up the USB ports with peripherals. It also seems to work just fine with it unplugged. The KVM does get its power from the connected laptops because if I dont connect it to the laptop via USB C, the KVM will not charge my mouse, even if I connect it to the outlet. Since my setup only needs it to drive a 3440 x 1440 @ 144hz monitor, I suspect that higher definition/ refresh rate might result in power draw from the outlet. The product can certainly do with more detailed documentation.

This Display KVM Switch was purchased to share a monitor, keyboard and mouse between my gaming PC and my Mac mini M2 Pro and it is working flawlessly. My monitor is a 3440x1440p 165hz and I am getting the full resolution and refresh rate on both computers. G-Sync and VRR is also working on both Mac and PC. I am using a Logitech wireless keyboard and Corsair wireless mouse and I have both dongles attached to the KVM and they are also switching across both computers along with the DisplayPort signal. I really can't fault this unit at all, it is working perfectly.