What 4K TV to buy?

[anonymous-user]

I've been waiting for confirmation on what the standard is for 4K TV and what the BBC plan to start broadcasting in. My AV receiver supports 4K and HDMI 2.0a. So what TV to buy and when can we expect the content to be widely available? I only by a TV every 5 years so want something that will provide good service. Thinking 65 inch or so.

[anonymous-user]

Oakey said:

God I really hate to break this to you, but your A1050 can only do 8bit colour, not 10bit, or 12bit which means no HDR for you (unless you go straight into the TV which sort of defeats the purpose of your A/V amp!)!

I found out myself last night after reading AVForums.

It's okay bro, you can come in for a hug, we can be disappointed A1050 owners together.

Oakey said:

Actually, reading the forum again I might be wrong, the A1050 may do 4:4:4 10/12bit passthrough, it seems there's a bit of a... disagreement.. over the subject

Ahhhh, you're scaring me! It says:


Video Features
• 4K60p 4:4:4 Pass through
• 4K video upscaling from analogue and HDMI input
• HDMI: 8 (1 on front) and 2 output with HDCP2.2 (7 in/2 out), 3D and Audio Return Channel
• Supports Deep Colour (30/36 bit), x.v.Colour, 24 Hz Refresh Rate and Auto Lip-Sync compensation
• High quality video processing with precise deinterlacing
- Motion adaptive and edge adaptive deinterlacing
- Multi-cadence (incl. 3-2 pull-down) detection


...whatever that means.
http://www.excelia-hifi.cz/yamaha/data/yamaha-rx-a...

Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 4th July 14:14

[anonymous-user]

Chris Stott said:

UHD comes August 13. Confirmed.

What about Freeview/Freesat ? BBC can't be that far behind?

[anonymous-user]

Munka01 said:

Amusing that for over a year on here every supposed 'TV expert' categorically advised everyone against buying a 4K tv as there would never be any mainstream 4k content available.

Glad I didn't listen and waste money on a non-4k TV.

To be fair, it's taken a long time for the 4K standard to be agreed and there was a high risk of buying the next "Betamax" TV. Bit chicken and egg as broadcasters didn't want to invest in the wrong technology and had already been burned by the flop of 3D TV.

A standard is/has emerged so now the content should follow and the TVs themselves should fall in price.

http://www.techradar.com/news/television/ultra-hd-...

[anonymous-user]

Seems not all 4k TVs are created equal and the new standard we should be looking for is "Ultra HD Premium"

In time this also means we will need to upgrade our HTPCs. I'll need to switch from my on-board HDMI 1.4a graphics to a plug-in graphics card. GEForce do some 4K/HDMI 2.0a options but I'm not sure KODI needs to be upgraded. Also not sure if I need to replace all my cables which are embedded in the wall

"As mentioned above, HDMI 2.0a changes nothing about the size, shape, or wiring of HDMI cables. Should you wind up getting devices that are HDMI 2.0a compliant, your existing cables will work just fine. And since HDMI 2.0a is backward compatible with older HDMI versions, you’ll be able to connect your old Blu-ray player and/or AV receiver to a brand new HDMI 2.0a-equipped 4K Ultra HD TV with absolutely no problem."


So do we need new cables or not? Do we need HDMI 2.0a or is 1.4a good enough? The more I read, the more confusing it gets.

Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 22 July 15:25

[anonymous-user]

This looks tempting: http://www.richersounds.com/product/tv---all/samsu...