HDMI Vs Display Port on 4K TV.

KateB

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.
 
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.
 
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?
 
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.
 
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