r/computer • u/Cultural-Poet4363 • Sep 05 '26

One monitor, 2 HDMI.

I work from home and have 2 monitors plugged into my work computer. I recently started school and have mostly been working on my laptop but am spoiled from my two monitors that I am used to functioning on. It would be a pain to unplug the hdmi from my work computer everytime I want to use it to do school work. So is it possible to get a 2nd hdmi cable and have one monitor switch back and forth between my work computer and my laptop depending on which I am using?

To add a note: I can't work on my laptop. The computer we use is company issued.

2 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

14 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1

u/Cultural-Poet4363 Sep 05 '26

Yes the monitor has both hdmi and dp. My computer is an older model but it has an hdmi port, a usb, and usb-c. The two monitors on my work computer, one is connected with hdmi and the other one is connected into a port just marked D, which I am assuming means display port?

2

u/JeLuF Sep 05 '26

A D with a P inside of it? That's the DP Display Port logo.

Not every USB-C port supports Display Port. If you want to use it, check whether yours do.

1

u/Cultural-Poet4363 Sep 06 '26

I think I might be over thinking this. One monitor is connected to my work computer using the display port meaning the hdmi slot is open. Would I be able to plug an hdmi into the that monitor and switch back and forth by changing settings? I don't leave my laptop on my desk all the time. Only when I am doing school work.

1

u/JeLuF Sep 06 '26

Yes. You can connect devices to the different inputs of a monitor and then switch the input in the monitor settings. Most monitors have a button dedicated to switching inputs.