I need help with KVM's :(

[aasie]

Hello "the internet,"

 

So I am currently in the process of moving and since I don't want to shell out for a whole tv/monitor I thought about HDMI splitters. I have went through two (my first one fell victim to a tragic water spillage), but I have been trying to find a splitter or KVM that takes in DP and HDMI and outputs DP/audio(not totally necessary but none of this is I guess), and yeah I have found a few KVM's that offer 4 inputs and 2 outputs but with the prices they're asking I would rather just buy a TV/monitor at that point. My main goal is to use my monitor as a TV/PC. I am just looking for convenience, so when I turn the PC off and turn on the Fire Stick I don't have to worry about the volume controls not working or the video not displaying correctly. And maybe there is a better way for me to buy a remote for my PC and just watch like that, but I know that later on when I plan on getting a Switch, and I get a TV, I can swap out the Fire Stick for the dock and boom i'm set for a while (fingers crossed no more water spillage). 

 

Sorry if I did anything incorrectly on the forums as I am very new to this and want to learn more about electronics and PC stuffs. 

 

Thank you!!

[Bombastinator]

30 minutes ago, aasie said:

Hello "the internet,"

 

So I am currently in the process of moving and since I don't want to shell out for a whole tv/monitor I thought about HDMI splitters. I have went through two (my first one fell victim to a tragic water spillage), but I have been trying to find a splitter or KVM that takes in DP and HDMI and outputs DP/audio(not totally necessary but none of this is I guess), and yeah I have found a few KVM's that offer 4 inputs and 2 outputs but with the prices they're asking I would rather just buy a TV/monitor at that point. My main goal is to use my monitor as a TV/PC. I am just looking for convenience, so when I turn the PC off and turn on the Fire Stick I don't have to worry about the volume controls not working or the video not displaying correctly. And maybe there is a better way for me to buy a remote for my PC and just watch like that, but I know that later on when I plan on getting a Switch, and I get a TV, I can swap out the Fire Stick for the dock and boom i'm set for a while (fingers crossed no more water spillage). 

 

Sorry if I did anything incorrectly on the forums as I am very new to this and want to learn more about electronics and PC stuffs. 

 

Thank you!!

HMMM. cheap and dirty… The fire stick is basically just a little embedded Linux machine.  Might also have a DTV tuner in it. I don’t know.  Plug the monitor and the fire stick into the computer.  Or toss the fire stick and use the app instead.

[doomsriker]

I would just buy the below wireless keyboard as a remote and use the PC for all multimedia. You might want to increase text and window size/scaling in windows settings to make the screen readable from further away too. 
 

https://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Wireless-Keyboard-Control-Touchpad/dp/B014EUQOGK/ref=sxin_16?asc_contentid=amzn1.osa.1213c232-4911-4c93-a5a9-080c7940f1b5.ATVPDKIKX0DER.en_US&asc_contenttype=article&ascsubtag=amzn1.osa.1213c232-4911-4c93-a5a9-080c7940f1b5.ATVPDKIKX0DER.en_US&creativeASIN=B014EUQOGK&cv_ct_cx=logitech+wireless+keyboard+with+touchpad&cv_ct_id=amzn1.osa.1213c232-4911-4c93-a5a9-080c7940f1b5.ATVPDKIKX0DER.en_US&cv_ct_pg=search&cv_ct_we=asin&cv_ct_wn=osp-single-source&dchild=1&keywords=logitech+wireless+keyboard+with+touchpad&linkCode=oas&pd_rd_i=B014EUQOGK&pd_rd_r=4159c348-36b4-4ce6-ba58-18ed28a14a75&pd_rd_w=628cE&pd_rd_wg=vZJHC&pf_rd_p=61e61805-5a8a-44d6-a47c-fc7f850ccb0f&pf_rd_r=R18394BZZT185PMG0ZEZ&qid=1620256887&sprefix=logitech+wireless+keyboard+with+t&sr=1-1-1254d17a-1387-4dae-bb74-9da8fe434220&tag=gadgetreview-tca-20