Computer Monitor Fire Stick

The amazon fire tv stick is primarily for hours and hours of television goodness but did you know it also allows you to use your tv as a second screen.

Computer monitor fire stick.

The amazon fire stick is a broadcast device which has hdmi output. So what stops you from doing this is not a technical issue but a lack of foresight on the part of amazon. The amazon fire stick uses hdmi to connect to your tv and stream content to the screen. Mirroring windows 10 to your amazon fire tv.

The fire tv stick should work fine plugged directly into a computer monitor but amazon won t let you watch anything copy protected or not. Most newer laptops also have hdmi to connect to external monitors so the two should connect and just work right. The laptop s hdmi port is also a broadcast output to be able to send. The fire tv stick uses hdcp encryption to copy protect certain forms of content however and some earlier hdmi equipped monitors may not support that standard.