HDR Discussion Thread

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by JohnAV

He still can't get Dolby to respond to him at all.

I hope he doesn’t feel irrelevant.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by gkolb

....Just need to sit back and watch the dust settle.

The dude abides.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Venice fans check it out.

Now shipping accessories…

https://vimeo.com/251308723

[Nothing371]

multi-quote is your friend mister 2007

[ray0414]

Originally Posted by Nothing371

multi-quote is your friend mister 2007

Not his style.

[Ernest Rister]

You guys have time for a pass-through question? When I bought my receiver two years ago, one of the selling points was 3d and 4k pass-through. So I was thinking that I should just be able to take my existing HDMI-out from my receiver and go straight into the TV. The 7100 comes with this odd dongle with extra HDMI inputs which the TV recognizes as Input One, Two, etc. If I have to use the dongle, fine, don't care. I remember when 4k Blu-Ray players first came out, and a writer for Blu-Ray.com apparently had a nightmare trying to get the thing to work, like Hanks, Paxton, and Bacon frantically scrambling and bypassing wires trying to survive in Apollo 13. I don't have a 4k 3D capable BRD (yet), I'm using a 3d-capable Sony Blu-Ray player and I'm counting on the TV to do the upscaling. Am I off-base in assuming that, thanks to the pass-through on the receiver, I should be good to go already just by using the 2.0 HDMI out from the receiver?

Thanks for the time. TV is now in Dallas, will probably be in San Antonio by Friday, but won't be delivered until Monday morning. I'm bouncing off the walls in anticipation.

[gkolb]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Now shipping accessories…

https://vimeo.com/251308723

Ohhh, let's go shopping ! What's our budget... ?

[Staying Salty]

https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.ph...&id=1511934073

Since the announcement in January 2017, a few new – very welcomed – features have been added, and these are perhaps some of the most exciting in the near term.

•Quick Frame Transport (QFT) reduces latency for smoother no-lag gaming, and real-time interactive virtual reality.

•Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM) allows the ideal latency setting to automatically be set allowing for smooth, lag-free and uninterrupted viewing and interactivity.

Is this somewhat related to the Sony DoVi FW update?

Could Sony/Dolby be implementing part(s) of the HDMI 2.1 spec?

[Staying Salty]

Originally Posted by ruined

yep i bet more people could identify that hdr10+ is hdr than dolby vision.

dolby-theatre-teaser-m1.jpg

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Nothing371

multi-quote is your friend mister 2007

far too technologically sophisticated and devastatingly witty for me

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by ray0414

Not his style.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Staying Salty

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[puddy77]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

You guys have time for a pass-through question? When I bought my receiver two years ago, one of the selling points was 3d and 4k pass-through. So I was thinking that I should just be able to take my existing HDMI-out from my receiver and go straight into the TV. The 7100 comes with this odd dongle with extra HDMI inputs which the TV recognizes as Input One, Two, etc. If I have to use the dongle, fine, don't care. I remember when 4k Blu-Ray players first came out, and a writer for Blu-Ray.com apparently had a nightmare trying to get the thing to work, like Hanks, Paxton, and Bacon frantically scrambling and bypassing wires trying to survive in Apollo 13. I don't have a 4k 3D capable BRD (yet), I'm using a 3d-capable Sony Blu-Ray player and I'm counting on the TV to do the upscaling. Am I off-base in assuming that, thanks to the pass-through on the receiver, I should be good to go already just by using the 2.0 HDMI out from the receiver?

Thanks for the time. TV is now in Dallas, will probably be in San Antonio by Friday, but won't be delivered until Monday morning. I'm bouncing off the walls in anticipation.

What model is your receiver? I'm going to err on the side of caution and say it is likely that no, your receiver will not pass a 4k HDR signal. Your receiver needs to have HDMI 2.0a ports with HDCP 2.2 to pass 4k HDR. It may be possible that it got a firmware update to enable those specs, so there is no harm in trying. But I'd plan for it not to work.

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by puddy77

What model is your receiver? I'm going to err on the side of caution and say it is likely that no, your receiver will not pass a 4k HDR signal. Your receiver needs to have HDMI 2.0a ports with HDCP 2.2 to pass 4k HDR. It may be possible that it got a firmware update to enable those specs, so there is no harm in trying. But I'd plan for it not to work.

It's the Sony STR-DN840. Claims to have 4k/3D Passthrough. Picked it up two years ago.

https://www.cnet.com/products/sony-str-dn840/review/2/

[Ernest Rister]

Did more digging...it doesn't pass-through HDCP 2.2 encrypted content. No biggie, when I get a 4k 3D blu-ray player later this year, I'll just send the blu signal to that goofy dongle and audio out to the receiver via optical (although there was a firmware update for the receiver last year...I'll have to see what that was all about...).

Thanks for the time and help.

[puddy77]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

It's the Sony STR-DN840. Claims to have 4k/3D Passthrough. Picked it up two years ago.

https://www.cnet.com/products/sony-str-dn840/review/2/

No, that receiver cannot pass a 4k HDR signal. It has HDMI 2.0 ports, not 2.0a. It looks like the last firmware update upgraded it to pass 4k 8-bit signals, like for video games from a PC or PS4 Pro, but it can't do 10 bit HDR from UHD blu-ray players.

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by puddy77

No, that receiver cannot pass a 4k HDR signal. It has HDMI 2.0 ports, not 2.0a. It looks like the last firmware update upgraded it to pass 4k 8-bit signals, like for video games from a PC or PS4 Pro, but it can't do 10 bit HDR from UHD blu-ray players.

Yeah, I'll have to optical out to the receiver whenever I get a new BRD 4k 3D player and HDMI to the TV from the player...and then go looking for a new 7.2 receiver next Christmas.

[puddy77]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

Yeah, I'll have to optical out to the receiver whenever I get a new BRD 4k 3D player and HDMI to the TV from the player...and then go looking for a new 7.2 receiver next Christmas.

Or buy one with dual HDMI outs. That's what I do.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

Yeah, I'll have to optical out to the receiver whenever I get a new BRD 4k 3D player and HDMI to the TV from the player...and then go looking for a new 7.2 receiver next Christmas.

Yup, use the HDMI 2 out to the receiver and HDMI 1 out to the TV until you get a new receiver. That way you don't lose lossless audio decoding. Just make sure your UHD Blu-ray player has dual HDMI outs.

And get a receiver that does at least 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos and DTS:X decoding. You'll thank me as the extra effort to move to immersive surround is worth it.

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by FilmFreakosaurus

Yup, use the HDMI 2 out to the receiver and HDMI 1 out to the TV until you get a new receiver. That way you don't lose lossless audio decoding. Just make sure your UHD Blu-ray player has dual HDMI outs.

And get a receiver that does at least 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos and DTS:X decoding. You'll thank me as the extra effort to move to immersive surround is worth it.

The UHD BD has to support 3D...looking to pick one up in March or April.