Mid 2014 15" MBPr and Samsung 4K UHD TV

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  1. andeify, May 2, 2016

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    I was wondering if anyone had a Samsung UE50JU6800 4K TV and has hooked up their MBPr to it. I got this TV today and have been very impressed with it, I plugged my MBP into it with a HDMI cable and enjoyed looking at photos in crazy detail! It wasn't till I tried a 4K short film that I realised it was only connected at 30p, I've seen on Apple's website that my MBP does support 60p but I'm not sure about the TV or if there is something I need to do differently.
     
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  2. lixuelai, May 2, 2016

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  3. Samuelsan2001, May 3, 2016

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    Yep the HDMI will only do 30 Hz you need the correct mini display port to HDMI 2.0 cable to run form your thunderbolt port to get 4K 60 Hz.
     
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  4. Donfor39, May 3, 2016

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    slightly off Topic, as I'm considering 4k t.v. purchase (for sky q ) which t.v. services do you use with you Samsung UE50JU6800 -I'm going 43" max though was considering a Sony 4k model. (currently have Samsung 720HD past 6 years)
     
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  5. andeify, May 4, 2016

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    Thanks everyone for the replies, will have to pick up one of those adaptors.

    I don't watch a lot of live TV, I mainly use the Plex app. I was about to get a Sony as I had heard good things about android TV, but it seems they are very slow and sluggish, the Samsung JU6800's are quite smooth. Panasonic TV's don't have a Plex app available, so that ruled them out for me.
     
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  6. Donfor39, May 7, 2016

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    Purchase Sony 4k t.v. today, same day delivery, Android is a little slow as is YouView.

    Though Sky q hd picture is stunning.
     
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  7. andeify, May 9, 2016

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    and we wait impatiently for a 4K AppleTV.
     
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