Apple 4K HDR for Plasma TV?

[oldhifi]

I would like to get the new Apple 4k HDR 64 GB, but I have a Panasonic 55inch plasma TV, so will it benefit me in picture quality?

Panasonic VIERA TC-P55ST50 55-Inch 1080p 600Hz Full HD 3D Plasma TV (2012 Model)

 

[Menel]

If you aren’t upgrading your tv, just get the old appletv4 on discount. Its 1080p like your tv.

 

[A7ibaba]

Update because it has simultaneous Wifi 802 ac, BT 5.0 ,A10X processor, 4K support , 1 gbps lan and HDMI 2.0

 

[upandown]

Yeah. It'll do everything faster with the next wave of features included. I say get the 4k

 

[mikelj]

I use an ATV 4K for my 55” VT65 plasma, as I decided to quit purchasing discs now that Apple are upgrading to 4K for free. However, I couldn’t shake the nagging feeling that I’m giving up some picture quality now for gains in the future, when I eventually retire the plasma for a 4K TV.

Given how close to UHD Blu-Ray iTunes 4K material is, I decided to purchase a HD Fury Linker. This enables me to access the superior bit-rate of the 4K titles by making the ATV think that it is connected to a fully-capable 4K DV/HDR UHD TV. I set the ATV to 4K SDR (the ATV does a really good job of DV/HDR conversion to SDR imo; I’m used to a calibrated image and the converted picture looks natural) and the Linker downscales to 1080p (and sorts out EDID/HDCP).

The resulting picture is very close, if not the same as, Blu-Ray.

 

[Menel]

I use an ATV 4K for my 55” VT65 plasma, as I decided to quit purchasing discs now that Apple are upgrading to 4K for free. However, I couldn’t shake the nagging feeling that I’m giving up some picture quality now for gains in the future, when I eventually retire the plasma for a 4K TV.

Given how close to UHD Blu-Ray iTunes 4K material is, I decided to purchase a HD Fury Linker. This enables me to access the superior bit-rate of the 4K titles by making the ATV think that it is connected to a fully-capable 4K DV/HDR UHD TV. I set the ATV to 4K SDR (the ATV does a really good job of DV/HDR conversion to SDR imo; I’m used to a calibrated image and the converted picture looks natural) and the Linker downscales to 1080p (and sorts out EDID/HDCP).

The resulting picture is very close, if not the same as, Blu-Ray.

iTunes 4k is embarrassingly low bitrate. 1/8 to 1/10 of a bluray.

 

[priitv8]

iTunes 4k is embarrassingly low bitrate. 1/8 to 1/10 of a bluray.

Where did you get that information?
I'd say 20-30Mbps that iTunes 4K is streamed at, is about 1/2..1/4 of a UHD Bluray.
On the video side of things. Audio is a different story.

Image linked from a neighbour thread.

 

[mikelj]

iTunes 4k is embarrassingly low bitrate. 1/8 to 1/10 of a bluray.

It’s nowhere near that. It’s 25-30Mbps. Point is, the picture quality it isn’t a million miles away from UHD Bly-Ray discs and what I’m achieving using the Linker is very close to HD Blu-Ray on my 55”, so close in fact, that I’m happy to ditch buying discs.

 

[Menel]

Where did you get that information?
I'd say 20-30Mbps that iTunes 4K is streamed at, is about 1/2..1/4 of a UHD Bluray.
On the video side of things. Audio is a different story.

Image linked from a neighbour thread.

How do you access that info overlay on AppleTV?

From my gateway. Their Jason Bourne 4K film maybe is at very low bitrate as that is what I used.

 

[priitv8]

How do you access that info overlay on AppleTV?

ATV 4K is a Scam! Not Truly Delivering 4k/HDR post #23

From my gateway. Their Jason Bourne 4K film maybe is at very low bitrate as that is what I used.

They also stream with adaptive bitrate. I believe HLS is used (might also be MPEG-DASH, but HLS is Apple's in-house tech).