Computer Monitor Fire Stick

Mirroring windows 10 to your amazon fire tv.

Computer monitor fire stick.

Most newer laptops also have hdmi to connect to external monitors so the two should connect and just work right. 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. 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 is a broadcast device which has hdmi output.

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. The laptop s hdmi port is also a broadcast output to be able to send. The fire tv stick uses an hdmi output so a monitor with an hdmi port will accept your fire tv stick without any issues. Your computer monitor is the tv you didn t know you had.