Blu-Ray player Sound via PC Monitor?

[bbrook]

Hi, any thoughts on this?

I've a spare Blu-Ray player that I would like to use. My existing monitor doesn't have speakers so I can play them, but with no sound. The Blu-Ray player only has a separate optical output, but no analogue and I don't have a sound card, only a stereo jack. Sound quality isn't particularly important due to hearing lose so I would prefer a monitor to reduce desktop clutter.

I could get a tv and use that as a monitor or are there pc monitors that will accept the sound via the HDMI port on the monitor from the blu-ray player. Doesn't have to be huge it will be on a desk with 3 feet or so.

[Magic919]

The are PC monitors that have speakers and will accept audio via HDMI.

[bbrook]

Struggling to identify them currently, any clues on how to identify them?

[stevoknevo]

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=pc+monitor+with+...

[sjg]

Even if they don't have built in speakers, lots of monitors with HDMI will have a 3.5mm output for audio carried over the HDMI.

[bbrook]

Thanks, but I have a monitor with speakers, it will only accept audio via a jack plug. The player does not have an analogue sound output.

[Magic919]

If the monitor has speakers and HDMI and it's fair to assume it will accept the audio over HDMI. I looked at some Dell and Philips ones and they did.

[sgrimshaw]

bbrook said:

Thanks, but I have a monitor with speakers, it will only accept audio via a jack plug. The player does not have an analogue sound output.

To avoid buying another monitor you could get one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/ViewHD-Audio-Extractor-Con...

Plenty on ebay too.

[maffski]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cable-Mountain-Digital-Ana...

This will convert the optical out to analogue. You might need to mess about with the audio settings on the player so it only send stero rather than surround sound.

[bbrook]

I have had a look ASUS monitor with speaker and the volume was pathetic and very tinny. Maybe a converter would be a better solution or a speakers with an optical/analogue input.

[bbrook]

Magic919 said:

If the monitor has speakers and HDMI and it's fair to assume it will accept the audio over HDMI. I looked at some Dell and Philips ones and they did.

Could be - the monitor with speakers is an old one with DVI and an analogue input. I didn't want to assume that HDMI automatically meant you could get sound through HDMI.

[Magic919]

DVI isn't designed to carry audio, so it's a different situation. HDMI monitors will often have analogue audio input in addition to accepting it over HDMI.

[bbrook]

Magic919 said:

DVI isn't designed to carry audio, so it's a different situation. HDMI monitors will often have analogue audio input in addition to accepting it over HDMI.

I tried a ASUS VE247H, but the volume wasn't loud enough and very tinny, could have tried a TV as a second monitor, but decided to get another Dell U2412M to match my other monitor. The ASUS was slightly smaller and the colours very different, I could have messed around with the colours, but the size would have niggled.

[entropy]

optical to 3.5mm female converter - that means you can connect pc speakers to blu ray player.

edit: only a couple of quid from Ebay, Amazon.

Edited by entropy on Tuesday 6th January 21:40