Sony Xf-90 and HDMI questions

Andy Pandy · 11 May 2018 at 10:19

Hi all. I have just bought a Sony XF-90 tv and I am very happy with it. The tv says that only 2 of the 4 hdmi ports can do full 4k HDR and these ports are HDMI 2 and HDMI 3. I have my soundbar connected to HDMI 3 as this one says arc on it and my PS4 pro connected to HDMI 2.

For my 4k blu ray player will it still work to its full potential on HDMI 1 or HDMI 4? Or to ask a different question, would my soundbar still work as it should if I didn't plug that into the HDMI arc port?

Thanks

lucid · 11 May 2018 at 18:00

Are you sure your ARC port is also 4K? That's unusual as ARC and 4K UHD don't normally live together.

Andy Pandy · 11 May 2018 at 20:28

Im pretty sure that in the Sony settings on the TV when I turned something on to make the hdmi ports full speed it says ports 2 and 3 are full speed. On the back of the TV it says hdmi arc is port 3.

stoofa · 12 May 2018 at 12:55

lucid said:
Are you sure your ARC port is also 4K? That's unusual as ARC and 4K UHD don't normally live together.

Yes - same was as it was on the XE models.
Why wouldn't you want 4k & ARC on the same port?
Port 3 for ARC/4k, Port 2 for 4k alone.
Personally I only use HDMI 3 which goes to my Yamaha Receiver and then everything else just plugs into that, saves a lot of messing about.

TheVoice · 12 May 2018 at 13:06

What soundbar do you have? If it's 4K-ready can you input either the PS4 or BD player into it?

Andy Pandy · 12 May 2018 at 13:31

It's an LG soundbar I have. I don't think it's 4k ready though. I got it 3 years ago for £200 when I bought a £450 LG 4k tv. It does have hdmi in and hdmi out ports on it though.