Denon announce x700 series with HDMI 2.1 and 8k ready

[Richdog]

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.

 

[Richdog]

Only one port has HDMI 2.1 though - a little disappointing

I didn't notice that... is that for all models?

 

[Richdog]

I believe so, even for the existing 8500's upgraded HDMI board. 1x 40GBPS 2.1 (not 48) input and 2x outputs

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.

4700H looks perfect for me.

What major benefits does it have over the x3700H? Spec increase seems pretty marginal compared to the greatly increased cost.

 

[Richdog]

My Denon 3200x is 5 years old and is starting to show its age.

It's been updated by Denon substantially over the years but eARC doesn't want to work properly

I'm still running an X2300 and it doesn't skip a beat.. all I miss at the moment is eARC.

 

[Richdog]

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.

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.