Hi there!
I recently bought a Sony XF90 TV and then added an Apple TV 4K last week. The TV is fantastic but the one major drawback is that only two of the four HDMI ports are HDMI 2.0 and I have three devices running through it. I think I’ve already resolved my issue but I was wondering if anybody here can confirm something for me because it’s been really difficult to find information about this.
I decided to plug the Apple TV into one of the non-2.0 ports (HDMI 1.4?) and sure enough, having previously been configured to output 4K Dolby Vision at 60fps the screen remained black and I had to wait a few seconds for the device to reconfigure to a compatible format. So then I figured that if the difference between HDMI versions is just bandwidth, why not just lower the fps output. I couldn’t think of a situation where I’d need more than 30fps with Apple TV, so I changed the format to 4K Dolby Vision at 30. Success! I think? 4K DV content to my eye looks as it should, my TV infobar says 3840x2160p and HDR when I’m watching something that is HDR.
So basically what I want to know is, is it definitely the case that 4K HDR/DV works at 30fps from a 1.4 port? Because it’s almost impossible to find any information on the net that isn’t “you’ll need HDMI 2.0 for 4K HDR”.
I recently bought a Sony XF90 TV and then added an Apple TV 4K last week. The TV is fantastic but the one major drawback is that only two of the four HDMI ports are HDMI 2.0 and I have three devices running through it. I think I’ve already resolved my issue but I was wondering if anybody here can confirm something for me because it’s been really difficult to find information about this.
I decided to plug the Apple TV into one of the non-2.0 ports (HDMI 1.4?) and sure enough, having previously been configured to output 4K Dolby Vision at 60fps the screen remained black and I had to wait a few seconds for the device to reconfigure to a compatible format. So then I figured that if the difference between HDMI versions is just bandwidth, why not just lower the fps output. I couldn’t think of a situation where I’d need more than 30fps with Apple TV, so I changed the format to 4K Dolby Vision at 30. Success! I think? 4K DV content to my eye looks as it should, my TV infobar says 3840x2160p and HDR when I’m watching something that is HDR.
So basically what I want to know is, is it definitely the case that 4K HDR/DV works at 30fps from a 1.4 port? Because it’s almost impossible to find any information on the net that isn’t “you’ll need HDMI 2.0 for 4K HDR”.
