I have been working from home on my laptop quite a bit recently and borrowed a monitor so that I could have a bigger screen. The new monitor is set up next to my existing monitor, which looks dull, yellow and just awful in comparison. Time for an update.

My question is, if I buy a monitor with two HDMI inputs, I assume that I could have my personal desktop permanently plugged in and I could also plug in my work laptop when I needed? If so, could I have both computers turned on simultaneously and alternate somehow between the two? Or would it be a case of having just one computer on at a time?

My thinking is that instead of the current set up of two 23 inch screens side by side cluttering up my desk, I could get just one larger monitor and free up space while getting a nice big screen that I can use for both work and play.