Macs Need T2 Security Chip to Play 4K HDR Netflix in macOS Big Sur

[Kcetech1]

which 27" do you have? mines a 2017

 

[Canaan_c]

which 27" do you have?

the 2020 T2 chip 27" iMac

 

[Kcetech1]

Im out of ideas, for you sorry. I did a bunch of reading on the 2020 models and keep getting conflicting information. But will keep lookint at it, hopefully someone else with a 2020 model has better ideas.

 

[iamasmith]

@Canaan_c you know the news here is about running Netflix 4K on macOS Big Sur not bootcamp Windows? I went back through your posts and it looks like you have an issue with Windows drivers not macOS.

 

[Macbookprodude]

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Macs Need T2 Security Chip to Play 4K HDR Netflix in macOS Big Sur​

There is absolutely no evidence this is true. i have no trouble playing 4K HDR under Big Sur on my 2015 dual graphics macbook pro. Another fake topic with no merit at all. No evidence this is needed to play 4k HDR netflix according to a lot of Mac sites out there.

 

[The Phazer]

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Macs Need T2 Security Chip to Play 4K HDR Netflix in macOS Big Sur​

There is absolutely no evidence this is true. i have no trouble playing 4K HDR under Big Sur on my 2015 dual graphics macbook pro. Another fake topic with no merit at all. No evidence this is needed to play 4k HDR netflix according to a lot of Mac sites out there.

No, you can't.

And the article literally links to a Netflix help article that explicitly says so, and multiple Hackintosh developers have noted that some variations of Apple's Fairplay DRM seem to require the T2 chip.

 

[iamasmith]

Oh, here's a bit of an annoyance.

I just bought a new 4K Samsung monitor to replace my Target Display mode which no longer works. Connecting this seems to stop Netflix from playing in 4K on either display.

I'm pretty sure this is going to be related to HDCP 2.2 requirements

 

[The Phazer]

Oh, here's a bit of an annoyance.

I just bought a new 4K Samsung monitor to replace my Target Display mode which no longer works. Connecting this seems to stop Netflix from playing in 4K on either display.

I'm pretty sure this is going to be related to HDCP 2.2 requirements

I haven't tested it on MacOS, but I know Windows is only capable of recognising one level of HDCP across all it's outputs at any one time, so if you plug in two different monitors with different levels of HDCP the OS will report only the lowest common denominator.

 

[iamasmith]

I haven't tested it on MacOS, but I know Windows is only capable of recognising one level of HDCP across all it's outputs at any one time, so if you plug in two different monitors with different levels of HDCP the OS will report only the lowest common denominator.

I confirmed with Samsung support that none of their monitors sold in the UK market support HDCP 2.2, I don't know if that means that in some regions they have it.