PS4 Pro (HDMI 2.0 MHL question)

Moonpie2 · 14 Jun 2017 at 07:40

So, I've been pondering getting a PS4 Pro, and noticed that it comes with HDMI 2.0 and I figured that the display device also needs this.
Upon inspecting my TV (letv X50 Air) I see it has HDMI 1.4A and one port supports MHL2.0.

Now, I have no idea what this might mean.

Does anyone here know if I'll be getting 2K/4K through these input ports?
I'm pretty clueless.

andshrew · 14 Jun 2017 at 12:22

If your TV only has HDMI 1.4 I don't think you're going to get 4k at all from the Pro.

Moonpie2 · 14 Jun 2017 at 12:45

I actually did a bit of hardcore googling and apparently, upon release, it DID do 4K through HDMI1.4, but then a firmware update broke that, but that was back last November, so I dunno if it's fixed or not yet.

Anyway, at the end of the day, even if I can still only have 1080p, I guess I'll enjoy the extra oomph making stuff smoother and having extra VFX if supported.

mmj_uk · 15 Jun 2017 at 16:30

MHL is just for connecting mobile devices or something like that. However, it seems weird for a 4K TV not to have HDMI2.0 ports.

Moonpie2 · 16 Jun 2017 at 05:31

I dunno.
It's quite an old one now.... at least 3 years old. And it was never super top of the range to start with.
I guess that's how things were back then.