Is connecting a Roku express to a Monitor possible?

Jaridan · 22 Dec 2019 at 21:23

I bought a Roku express stick today on sale as i fancied having it connected to my system for when im bored gaming.
Its connected via the hdmi port on my ASUS ROG SWIFT PG278Q.
All seemed to be going well except i cant hear any sound has anyone connected one of these to their pc sucessfully?

Space Monkey · 22 Dec 2019 at 22:07

You changed the sound output in the audio menu within Windows?

Jaridan · 22 Dec 2019 at 22:13

I swopped the sound output ovver to the monitor but it didnt seem to make any difference..

Armageus · 22 Dec 2019 at 22:16

You might need to change what the Roku outputs - TV's and other AV devices will accept Bitstream, Dolby Digital etc, DTS etc. The ROG being a PC monitor may just be expecting PCM rather than any of the different formats.

Rroff · 22 Dec 2019 at 22:24

IIRC there are no speakers on the PG278Q - I can't remember if it has headphone out.

I've also found the early G-Sync monitors with both DP and HDMI had problems with audio - can't remember if it was only supported and actually working on DP or if having both connected knocked audio out entirely.

Jaridan · 22 Dec 2019 at 22:32

There are speakers listed in the audio output, ROG PG278Q (2- NVIDIA High Definition Audio ) there is also a headphone port on the monitor itself, havent tried it yet though.

Update, tried the headphone input on the monitor and it works..the sounds pretty poor quality but at least its something.