4k TVs, HDMI 2.0

[Martini1991]

On the plus side, your wife could leave you and you'll be a free man.

Agh, to be free again, I wonder what it feels like.

 

[jh30uk]

Is it not HDMI 2.0 that basically is a quick fix Firmware, I know the same cables are to be used at 1.4a?

Edit :


Can my existing HDMI 1.x devices be upgraded with HDMI 2.0 features?
Currently, there are no provisions for doing such an upgrade. Because of the new enhanced feature set, any such conversion would require hardware and/or firmware upgrades. If there are such conversions, it would come from the manufacturer. Please check with them directly.


Does HDMI 2.0 require new connectors?
No, HDMI 2.0 uses the existing connectors.


Can existing HDMI cables support the higher bandwidths of HDMI 2.0 Specification?
Yes, existing High Speed HDMI Cables (wire only) will support the new higher bandwidths (up to 18Gbps).


Seems Sony did a simple Firmware update for Bravia X9 4K TV to make it 2.0


http://www.hdmi.org/manufacturer/hdmi_2_0/hdmi_2_0_faq.aspx

 

[Martini1991]

MST?

 

[Asa]

Is it not HDMI 2.0 that basically is a quick fix Firmware, I know the same cables are to be used at 1.4a?

Edit :


Can my existing HDMI 1.x devices be upgraded with HDMI 2.0 features?
Currently, there are no provisions for doing such an upgrade. Because of the new enhanced feature set, any such conversion would require hardware and/or firmware upgrades. If there are such conversions, it would come from the manufacturer. Please check with them directly.


Does HDMI 2.0 require new connectors?
No, HDMI 2.0 uses the existing connectors.


Can existing HDMI cables support the higher bandwidths of HDMI 2.0 Specification?
Yes, existing High Speed HDMI Cables (wire only) will support the new higher bandwidths (up to 18Gbps).


Seems Sony did a simple Firmware update for Bravia X9 4K TV to make it 2.0


http://www.hdmi.org/manufacturer/hdmi_2_0/hdmi_2_0_faq.aspx

You don't want to start researching into that, it's a minefield and if you successfully navigate through it there are still no answers to be had

Sony are part of the HDMI group, and had some of the silicon in those bravias. They did firmware upgrade to allow aspects of the HDMI 2.0, but at a reduced colour gamut and still lacking the codec crucial for most 4k content.

If anyone has one of those I'd be interested to know what resolutions it accepts, but a test on a true HDMI 2.0 port would be more valid and a test on a Samsung SEK-2500 One Connect box (or any of their 2014 UHD screens) would be the ultimate answer for me.

@martini MST is the single image or the stitched together image? I forget which acronym means what I cannot imagine the TV will ever give me anything nice from a stitched image, but Displayport 1.2+ definitely supports a single 4k60 output and if a displayport > hdmi 2.0 adapter existed it would surely fix my problem (if I have in fact got a problem).

 

[Gregster]

MST is the stitched together image. Early UHD monitors used this but the Samsung uses just one image (which I didn't know till recently).

 

[Martini1991]

Yeah, Sammy's a 1 picture, I've seen some use MST, but can't you also get 2 HDMI inputs to create 1 60HZ? 2 HDMI 1.4's at 30HZ each.

 

[Gregster]

Yeah, Sammy's a 1 picture, I've seen some use MST, but can't you also get 2 HDMI inputs to create 1 60HZ? 2 HDMI 1.4's at 30HZ each.

Not on the Sammy. You can run 2 HDMI connected devices for different images but they don't tally up sadly. A bit like stackable VRAM I guess.

 

[Martini1991]

Oh, I know the Sammy can't do it.
I was wondering if OP's HDTV can?

 

[Asa]

Sadly no, it is a 4k screen made with no thought to how you might get a 4k source to display

 

[andybird123]

Hi,

Several 2014 "UHD" 4k TVs are out now, with HDMI 2.0 ports. Does anyone out there have one? I would really appreciate knowing what kind of resolutions you can push to it from current GPUs.

I have R9 290s, and they do not technically have HDMI 2.0 ports. However the HDMI ports they have do support the necessary clock and bandwidth to push a 4k 60hz signal. I think the situation is the same on the nvidia side.

I have a 2013 UHD TV, and for ~£300 I can get it HDMI 2.0 ports. I will be happy to spend that for 4k60, but less happy to spend it if my current cards will still be stuck at 30hz. I cannot find any definitive answer on whether the TV will accept the signal.

If anyone here has a HDMI 2.0 display I would really be grateful if you could let me know just what you can do with it...

Thanks!

No you can't, for a GPU to push 4K@60hz it would need to drop to 4:2:0 subsampling, which the drivers won't allow

there aren't any HDMI2 cards yet, and no DP to HDMI2 adaptors