HDMI Vs Display Port on 4K TV.

KateB

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Hi all.

I have a Panasonic TV that I'm about to take back to the shop and exchange for an LG one (I have until the 11th Feb) and one issue someone has just brought up with me is to make sure the new TV has HDMI 2.0a and HDR support so it's ready for the new UHD Blu-Ray players when they come out.

The problem is unless I spend 3x more than the Panasonic is worth on a 4K OLED I can't find any LG LED 4K TV's available now that has HDMI 2.0a or HDR Support.

A few do have some fancy names like colour prime, I'm not sure if that's LG's term for HDR but nothing about HDMI 2.0a.

Now I have just read an article about getting ready for UHD Blu-Rays and a line about cables needed said either HDMI or Display port if connected to a PC.

This TV will be connected to a PC via a GTX960 (For now).

The TV has HDMI 2.0 slots but no display port slots so an adaptor would be needed.

I'm new to this so I may have it all confused but can I plug in a display port 1.3 cable to my graphics card, into an adaptor and then into an HDMI 2.0 slot on my TV and bypass the need for HDMI 2.0a or will the lack of HDR support if colour prime is not it doom it to failure?

Thank you.

Kate.
 
I am not sure if the adaptor route will solve your problem. May be some one else can answer.

But I can tell you that if you upgrade your GPU to 970/980/980TI/Titan-X, then you can connect directly to HDMI 2.0 using a HDMI cable as these cards support HDMI 2.0. So if I am you then I will simply sell gtx 960 and grab a gtx 970 or better depending upon your budget.
 
Forget the stuff about the cables your graphics card is almost certainly 2.0a capable (one of the very few that is likely to be) and so it will just be HDMI to HDMI a completely standard cable.

The actual new TV is a much harder question to answer as indeed to get HDR support in particular you are looking at the very latest of TVs and 2.0a and 2.2 basically mean 4k sets.

Like everybody else looking at a new TV you need to look at everything but of course price is the big no 1 factor.

If your wealthy it is easy the LG 55EF950V Smart 3D Ultra HD 4k 55" OLED TV is nice or maybe a 65 inch version of the same set ?
 
Don't bother with HDR till next year. Some TVs have it(mine does) but for streaming only.

What TV are you thinking of going for?
 
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Well I'm limited by what the shop I bought it from has and that's these:

LG 49UF850V
LG 55UF850V
LG 55UG870V
LG 55UF950V

The LG 55EF950V certainly ticks all the boxes but is out of my price range, the 3 55" above are as well really as the Panasonic cost me £749 and that was what I was aiming at but I will stretch to one of those.

The thing is I don't intend to change this TV for a good 7-10 years so I might as well get everything on it now that I can.

Thanks.
 
KateB said:
Well I'm limited by what the shop I bought it from has and that's these:

LG 49UF850V
LG 55UF850V
LG 55UG870V
LG 55UF950V

The LG 55EF950V certainly ticks all the boxes but is out of my price range, the 3 55" above are as well really as the Panasonic cost me £749 and that was what I was aiming at but I will stretch to one of those.

The thing is I don't intend to change this TV for a good 7-10 years so I might as well get everything on it now that I can.

Thanks.
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The LG 55UF950V does sound very good. I like Passive 3D rather then active(I have both)
Lets us know what you got and what you think of it :)
 
Domi said:
Forget the stuff about the cables your graphics card is almost certainly 2.0a capable (one of the very few that is likely to be) and so it will just be HDMI to HDMI a completely standard cable.
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Ah thanks for that. I was under the impression that only 970 and upwards are HDMI 2 capable. This means OP is all set already :)
 
Thanks.

So I'm set if I use an adaptor with the Display port 1.3 cable and don't need to worry about HDMI 2.0a socket on the TV or HDR to be able to use UHD Blu-Ray players when they come out?
 
I think you are missing something here.

UHD Blu Ray players are a stand alone device so HDMI cable from that to a TV , for this to get all the fancy features full 4k in 60fps and HDR the TV must have HDMI 2.0a and 2.2.
However that does not mean it will not work ! if the TV does not have HDR you will still be able to watch the film in 4K, I am pretty certain if the TV is not 4K all the players will still happily play in 1080.

This gets more complicated in that your TV alone will almost certainly not be capable of delivering the full audio experience that the Ultra Blu ray standard is giving us for that you also need an AV amp and external speakers.

For all of us there are compromises to be made on price/performance do not get to hung up on being able to access everything at the expense of quality.

I am not even sure where the PC side of your proposed setup comes in to the discussion but I assume the GTX960 has an HDMI and not just displayport so you use that one and go HDMI to HDMI in to the TV.
 
Thank you.

Currently I have an HDMI 2.0 cable going from my GTX960 to the TV, the only reason I brought up the subject of display ports is I read it might be an alternative to TV's that don't have 2.0a & HDR but I'm more than happy to stick with HDMI.

The PC regardless of cable will always be connected to the TV, the TV is my monitor.

I use external 5.1 speakers.

As far as I know all of the TV's I have listed above have HDCP 2.2 but only HDMI 2.0.

So does that mean then that I don't need HDR but I do need HDMI 2.0a for the UHD Blu-Ray to work or will HDMI 2.0 work just without certain fancy features?

Thank you.
 
Yes basically HDMI 2.0 will indeed work with UHD Blu ray but you might lose something (but probably not).

Of particular note is 2.0 to 2.0a is as far as I understand a software change not hardware so most better sets and indeed your graphics card will almost certainly firmware update to 2.0a anyway.

HDR is just the latest TV enhancement only available on some of the most recent TVs. It is also so new that the jury is still out a bit on just how much difference it really makes (though some people think it may be a very big thing).

I am not saying you do not want HDR just that it might be at a considerable extra cost.

I can only suggest you read reviews of the various TVs in your price range and see what the pros make of each model.
 
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