Confused with HDMI 2.1 and passthrough

hardkore · 2 Sep 2019 at 12:11

Hey all.

Just bought a new TV at the weekend with a bit of future proofing in mind (LG 65SM9010PLA) which has HDMI 2.1.

Now... My receiver is a Sony STRNDN1080 which i believe is HDMI 2.0.

When the next generation of consoles comes around and i'd like to make use of HDMI 2.1 features i'm assuming the receivers hdmi 2.0 passthrough will not be happy with VRR and higher refresh rate gaming.

Would it be possible to plug the next gen console directly to the TV then use eARC on another hdmi to pass the audio down to the receiver?

Hope that makes sense.

Cheers

5punk3monk3y · 2 Sep 2019 at 12:29

Yep - that should work fine, albeit I don't have a difference in HDMI formats but I currently run my apple TV to the TV then ARC to the AVR (due to audio slip)

Radox-0 · 2 Sep 2019 at 12:53

I do that already abit without 2.1.

Have same receiver, plugs into my TV via arc ARC. My pc and console connect directly into the TV not amp.

Amp turns on and off with TV perfectly fine and volume goes up and down from the stock TV remote fine. Don't even use the Sony AV receiver remote as a result. I can't imagine consoles being any different.

hardkore · 2 Sep 2019 at 13:05

Awesome stuff cheers gents. Only bought the receiver a few weeks ago and didn't anticipate my old TV dying.

Broken Hope · 2 Sep 2019 at 16:55

The difference is that eARC allows you to pass lossless audio to the receiver, e.g True HD, regular ARC does not.

TheMightyTen · 6 Sep 2019 at 12:40

The STR-DN1080 has a firmware update to add eARC, firmware M41.R.0442 is what you're looking for.