This fancy $300 KVM switch from StarTech does its thing and all but takes a ridiculously long time to switch between monitors while waiting for the computer to re-detect the “new” monitor. That’s absolute bullshit. The whole point of the KVM is to keep the connection cached so that there is no display initialization taking place when switching. Apparently, such is not the case. The long and sort of it is that it is just fucking stupid to buy a KVM when a KM is just fine. Switching the USB is all you really need anyway. I’m sure I could have saved hundreds of dollars if I had realized this earlier.
I don’t trust the buttons to last on the monitor to make the switch that way all the time. So the best option of all, of course, is to have multiple monitors on at the same time. I’ll have to rethink how I have them on my desk. I once though having one on top of the other was the best, but I now realize that would make my neck hurt real fast. So side-by-side it is. It will fuck up my speakers, lighting, and camera, but I’ll figure it out.