Denon announce x700 series with HDMI 2.1 and 8k ready

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Surprised there is no thread about this yet, but Denon have now finally announced their 2020 receivers with HDMI 2.1 and 8k readiness https://www.avforums.com/news/denon-introduces-8k-ready-av-receivers-as-industrys-first.17649

Looks like this is a series where you can upgrade now and then be comfortable in your purchase and that it will stay relevant for the forseeable future with all of the home cinema and gaming features it has.

The x3700 looks like a particular good purchase given that it represents a good feature upgrade from the x2700 and then in comparison not much of a downgrade form the x4700. :)
 
RussZS said:
I believe so, even for the existing 8500's upgraded HDMI board. 1x 40GBPS 2.1 (not 48) input and 2x outputs
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Hmm will this be a big imitation do you think? I guess most people will have a console and/or a PC to connect. I consider blu-ray a dying format that will be replaced by dtreaming and downloaded content anyway.
VincentHanna said:
4700H looks perfect for me.
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What major benefits does it have over the x3700H? Spec increase seems pretty marginal compared to the greatly increased cost.
 
RussZS said:
I believe so, even for the existing 8500's upgraded HDMI board. 1x 40GBPS 2.1 (not 48) input and 2x outputs
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I read this too. I certainly don't think 1x HDMI 2.1 port is enough to cater for my intended setup: UHD player, Xbox X, PS5, nVidia Shield, PC. .. Going to sit this out until other brands release their updated equipment.
 
devils advocate - if you connect avr by earc, and have reliable DTS pass-thru on the tv, does it matter if it has few hdmi ports ?
put the onus on the tv manufacturer to manage the high bandwidth video signal component
 
Yeah eARC means your TV will have at least 3 HDMI 2.1 ports at least in the case of the B9, C9 and CX and GX, I think the BX only has 1 or 2 HDMI 2.1 capable ports.
 
jpaul said:
devils advocate - if you connect avr by earc, and have reliable DTS pass-thru on the tv, does it matter if it has few hdmi ports ?
put the onus on the tv manufacturer to manage the high bandwidth video signal component
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Yeah that's how I am doing it. Devices into C9 then eARV to AV receiver which has eARC, works great as single remote does it all, turn receiver on and off but full audio formats.

That said it would be good I suppose to make rest on reciever 2.1 then rely on TV manafactures. The CX for example does not support or passthrough DTS afaik. Some TVs do support VRR but not hdmi 2.1/eARC (looking at my own for that) or for those who want to go via AV. I imagine they will make next year's models with more 2.1 as a separate selling feature.
 
Isn't this always the problem with being an early adopter? I'm just thinking that what will actually do 8k at the moment anyway? I know a PC technically could in terms of power, but I can't imagine it will be a pleasant experience, and then buying an 8k telly won't be cheap (and there's not much to choose from). I'd be surprised if many people buying these amps, would still be using then come a time when 8k is (sort of) commonplace. It is always good to get new tech though:D.
 
I'm not interested in 8k

I am interested in 4k/120hz though which is the native panel that LG use and requires HDMI 2.1

Obviously we'll need beefy next gen GPUs/consoles to utilise it hence we are also waiting for devices to come out with HDMI 2.1 but they will be along shortly.
 
theone8181 said:
Isn't this always the problem with being an early adopter? I'm just thinking that what will actually do 8k at the moment anyway? I know a PC technically could in terms of power, but I can't imagine it will be a pleasant experience, and then buying an 8k telly won't be cheap (and there's not much to choose from). I'd be surprised if many people buying these amps, would still be using then come a time when 8k is (sort of) commonplace. It is always good to get new tech though:D.
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8k is currently next to useless for consumers and impractical in use to the massive amounts of space and bandwidth content needs... it is pure tech demo marketing guff at this point and to see the benefits over high bitrate 4k content you would need a hell of a big screen.
 
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