New monitor

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Not touched my rig and setup for about 10 years but its time to move on, starting with the screen

Currently running 2* 24inch 1080 panels, the main issue being the gaming one, only support over 60hz over DVI-DL, so its got to go for me to move forward

Id like to bin the 2 and get 1 ultrawide but not lose any screen real estate, Id also like something with a built in kvm and USB-C PD I work from home 2/3 days a week on a laptop and while ive been provided docking stations etc, its a pain plugging / unplugging k/m and swaping screen inputs when moving between laptop and dekstop, so I want to be able to plug k/m into the screen and seemlesly swap between the 2, if I can plug the laptop (65w usbc charging) into the screen with just one cable for charging and k/m that would be awesome.

Must be at least 120hz I couldnt go back to 60 now, would be nice to have Picture in Picture so I can run it as 2 screens if wanted.

Options please
 
Samsung G8 Odyssey OLED 34" G85SB

May be the monitor you're after if price isn't an issue.

OLED isn't the best choice if the OP is doing work 2-3 days on the screen, assuming the work is daytime then I'd be looking at IPS. https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/best/by-features/ultrawide would be a good start, then cross reference with Hardware Unboxed.

If your laptop has a Firewire 4.0 USB-C then you should be able to drive a 4k screen at 144Hz + all your standard peripherals (mouse, keyboard, webcam, mic) - my screen (Sony Inzone M9) doesn't provide enough power to charge my laptop (XPS 15) so need to plug in 2 usb-c cables.
 
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