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Thanks for the link, however it doesn't say which box doesn't support it.
I have the 32B0xx as it's the earliest box I'm guessing I will be without.
Thanks for the link, however it doesn't say which box doesn't support it.
I have the 32B0xx as it's the earliest box I'm guessing I will be without.
Nice to have, I find myself leaving the Skybox Apps for native TV apps to get the better quality, probably still have to do that for Dolby Vision I guess.
now if they could let the mini q boxes play back UHD content (even downscaled to 1080p) that'd be nice, so annoying to have to download two version of a program if I decide to watch in another room.
now if they could let the mini q boxes play back UHD content (even downscaled to 1080p) that'd be nice, so annoying to have to download two version of a program if I decide to watch in another room.
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About time really I thnk. What movies will be available in HDR
Well that has come as a bit of a surprise - considering they were touting 2021. I guess that is what can be accomplished when people go and work and concentrate on projects.
I've had Q for just over a year and have the 2TB box, so assume it'll be HDR compatible.
If you've got a non-compatible box, considering we rent them these days, I'm sure a "fault" could develop that forces a replacement?
I've had Q for just over a year and have the 2TB box, so assume it'll be HDR compatible.
If you've got a non-compatible box, considering we rent them these days, I'm sure a "fault" could develop that forces a replacement?
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Any of the boxes that have hdmi 1.4 ports will not support hdr or 4k, those with 2.0 hdmi ports will. The differences are hardware based thus cannot be upgraded by firmware.
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AFAIK 1.4 supports 4k. All the boxes we are talking about are UHD Q boxes.
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UHD ( aka 4k ) and hdr / dv are not the same thing.
The hdmi 1.4 standard DOES support 4k , but DOESN’T support hdr.
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I thought the 1tb box didn't do 4k in which case it won't likely support hdr (unless you can find anything 1080p hdr
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Yes correct, I was pointing out that 1.4 does support 4k to the post above
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2Tb and the v2 1Tb boxes do.
Meh, i'm sure something will be worked out. It's not like there's going to be mountains of content to consume anyway.
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With Sky now broadcasting in HDR are people expecting the file sizes to go up when recording to the 2 gig. As when recording 4k programing 2 gig will fill up quite quick I think. Maybe allow expendable memory in the future.
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i didn't realise as there must be so few 1080p HDR screens it's almost pointless.
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Or if the program doesnt have a 4k stream to begin with (like Discovery)
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@MissChief do you have access to the link in the article you posted about the compatible boxes. If so which boxes don't work?
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some elaboration https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnar...hdr-next-weekbut-theres-a-catch/#1fa9553c79cc
so maybe worth waiting.
[edit: new box would presumably have hdr10/dv for netflix too]
[also
"My engineer contact suggests, though, that one easy way to tell is that the incompatible V1 boxes don’t come with an external power supply, while the compatible newer boxes do"
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Is a new non-satellite(purely-internet) box on it's way too ? although, does 4k sport, from satellite still offer an exclusive 30Mb/s, you wouldn't get on internet
so maybe worth waiting.
[edit: new box would presumably have hdr10/dv for netflix too]
[also
"My engineer contact suggests, though, that one easy way to tell is that the incompatible V1 boxes don’t come with an external power supply, while the compatible newer boxes do"
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Nothing in those 3 links answers my question.
For clarity -
It seems that within the models of UHD skyQ boxes released by sky over the last few years there is a model(s) that can not output High Dynamic Range, I would like to know which of those don't.
Some articles suggest the first gen boxes (mine) don't whereas other articles suggest it's the 1Tb refresh boxes. Again I'm talking solely about UHD boxes not the inferior
HD SkyQ boxes.Personally I believe it's the first gen boxes due to the HDMI 1.4 output.
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I believe the internet only box is still in development but that development is rather sporadic. I suspect bandwidth issues for recordings is an issue, especially in UHD and now HDR.
I have a HDR capable box and tv AFAIK as I was testing the 1TB UHD capable box. Will have a look at it on Wednesday.