MBP capable of playing 10 bit 4k HDR .mkv movies via HDMI to exter nal 4k tv?

[samcema]

Hi, I am planning to buy an retina mbp which will be able to play 4k 10 bit HDR movies (.mkv format) via usb-c to hdmi 2.0 to my 4k TV? Any suggestion? Should I buy the 2017 kaby lakes one or I have to wait.

 

[Samuelsan2001]

In a word No.

 

[Fishrrman]

You need to keep waiting until the 2018 models are released...

 

[upandown]

You need to keep waiting until the 2018 models are released...

What about the 2018 models will make it possible?

I thought Kabylake brought native hardware 4k capabilities.

 

[Chancha]

The display I/O is the bottleneck, not the CPU hardware acceleration nor the GPU capabilities.
I believe it takes HDMI 2.0a for 4k HDR 10bit 60Hz(or even 30Hz)
either way the HDMI version out of the MBP via USB-C, regardless of what adaptor, is capped at ver 2.0

 

[upandown]

The display I/O is the bottleneck, not the CPU hardware acceleration nor the GPU capabilities.
I believe it takes HDMI 2.0a for 4k HDR 10bit 60Hz(or even 30Hz)
either way the HDMI version out of the MBP via USB-C, regardless of what adaptor, is capped at ver 2.0

Got it. Very useful information. Thank you!

 

[upandown]

The display I/O is the bottleneck, not the CPU hardware acceleration nor the GPU capabilities.
I believe it takes HDMI 2.0a for 4k HDR 10bit 60Hz(or even 30Hz)
either way the HDMI version out of the MBP via USB-C, regardless of what adaptor, is capped at ver 2.0

Do you think they will update to 2.0a or greater this year? Any reason to believe they won't?