Using a monitor for console gaming

[videohalp]

Monitors now have HDMI ports. I was wondering if I can hook up my console.

The monitor has no speakers, but does have an audio connector. How am I suppose to adjust the volume on the headphone?

Anyone here using their monitor for console gaming? If so, how is it?

I am aware of monitor/TV hybrids, but was wondering about the above.

[redwudz]

Not for console gaming, but I do use the HDMI input to both my 27" PC monitor and my video projector. I also use VGA on the monitor. I don't use the audio in either unit. I run the SPDIF digital audio from my PC, WDLive, and my BD player to my surround sound amplifier through a switcher.

My monitor has tiny little speakers and the projector has none. Depends on your source unit. I'm using a PC and I just redirected the sound out through the SPDIF ports, not the HDMI cable.

If you don't have that selection or a surround amp, you may be able to find a box that you can plug a HDMI cable into and extract out the audio for your audio system. I'm assuming your console would have some control over audio levels or your audio system would.

But the first question is if you can hook up your console to the HDMI and the video part will correctly work. Probably, HDMI is somewhat universal. Without knowing your consoles video output specs, I would just try it. If you need an external audio setup, it would probably be better than the usually crappy speakers on video monitors anyway.

[Krispy Kritter]

Connect the headset directly to the console.

[usually_quiet]

If your LCD monitor has a native resolution of 1920x1080, and your game supports 1080p60 output it might be OK, but the picture may look a little different than it does on a TV.

A monitor doesn't do all the processing a TV does because a PC's video card normally provides progressive video output and a "perfect" correctly scaled picture with no overscan. TVs deinterlace, scale video input and hide overscan among other things, because it is required for some of the types of video input they are normally used to display.

[videohalp]

The monitor in question has 1 VGA, 1 HDMI and nothing else. I am interested in the monitor, because it is lighter and uses less energy than a TV-monitor.

I'm assuming your console would have some control over audio levels or your audio system would.

The consoles do not have an internal volume control. The audio device device is a headphone.

Connect the headset directly to the console.

But how do I adjust the volume? Games and movies use different volume levels.

[usually_quiet]

I'm assuming your console would have some control over audio levels or your audio system would.

The consoles do not have an internal volume control. The audio device device is a headphone.

Connect the headset directly to the console.

But how do I adjust the volume? Games and movies use different volume levels.

Some headphones and gaming headsets include a volume control. There are also inline volume controls for headphones that are sold separately. Maybe you should invest in one or the other of these options since neither the monitor nor the console provides a volume control.