50" 4k TV coming out this month, under $2000 *insert drool*

caveman-jim said:
Damn. I wonder if that's 120Hz input capable or just interpolation for the output?
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People on AVS forum are reporting its a 30hz set. But Im reading elsewhere it's 120hz. So I don't know.

Given the price, the 30hz would make more sense. Plus isn't current HDMI standard limited to 30hz at 4k? Pretty sure it is. So would also further back that up.
 
That sounds like circular logic. A single HDMI 1.4 supports 4K res at 30hz so this TV will report it is a 30Hz set over a HDMI 1.4 connection.

If it had a DisplayPort 1.2 input then you could do 60hz 3840x2160. Or two HDMI 1.4 connections.
 
"A single HDMI 1.4 supports 4K res at 30hz so this TV will report it is a 30Hz set over a HDMI 1.4 connection."
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This part makes me chuckle, because several of my neighbors who just built new houses next to me paid good money to have an HDMI 1.4 cable run 50+ feet to a central closet where they store all their AV equipment.

Problem is, the builder will not run conduit, so it's stapled. :lol:
 
caveman-jim said:
That sounds like circular logic. A single HDMI 1.4 supports 4K res at 30hz so this TV will report it is a 30Hz set over a HDMI 1.4 connection.

If it had a DisplayPort 1.2 input then you could do 60hz 3840x2160. Or two HDMI 1.4 connections.
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What about two displayport 1.2 cables might could able to provide 4K at 60Hz? No? I have no idea how much bandwidth 4K at 60Hz would requires.
 
The Luggage said:
What are you going to watch on a 4K tv?
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That was my immediate thought as well.... over here there is barely enough hd content (cable, legit steaming services) or even 3d content to consume.

It's going to take a looong time before the available content warrants purchasing the device... chicken and egg.
 
JohnEJohn said:
That was my immediate thought as well.... over here there is barely enough hd content (cable, legit steaming services) or even 3d content to consume.

It's going to take a looong time before the available content warrants purchasing the device... chicken and egg.
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Blurays, at the least. Will be within the next year or so offering 4k resolution.

Other than that, it's an oversized monitor. With a terrible refresh rate.

I'm assuming it can upscale 1080p, but I do not know to be certain.
 
caveman-jim said:
That sounds like circular logic. A single HDMI 1.4 supports 4K res at 30hz so this TV will report it is a 30Hz set over a HDMI 1.4 connection.

If it had a DisplayPort 1.2 input then you could do 60hz 3840x2160. Or two HDMI 1.4 connections.
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It's crazy to think HDMI is already maxed out though isn't it?

Kinda cool in a sense.
 
CurrentlyPissed said:
Blurays, at the least. Will be within the next year or so offering 4k resolution.

Other than that, it's an oversized monitor. With a terrible refresh rate.

I'm assuming it can upscale 1080p, but I do not know to be certain.
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Problem for me is, I have only just started updating my collection to blu ray, there is no way I'm forking out yet again for 4k.

I signed up for some legit streaming services, no 3d content and hardly any hd content.... to be honest I was quite pissed off, I could of just downloaded them from other places in hd formats. As for my cable TV, I get a handful of HD channels with my package, the rest come at a premium price, yet another rip off and I expect it will be even worse when they start offering their handful of 4k content to subscribers.

Content providers really need to step up their game on a number of fronts.
 
CurrentlyPissed said:
It's crazy to think HDMI is already maxed out though isn't it?

Kinda cool in a sense.
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It is, although I have to wonder if that doesn't have allot to do with HDMi feeling more like an evolution of DVi than an entirely new standard.
 
Greasy said:
This part makes me chuckle, because several of my neighbors who just built new houses next to me paid good money to have an HDMI 1.4 cable run 50+ feet to a central closet where they store all their AV equipment.

Problem is, the builder will not run conduit, so it's stapled. :lol:
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Much smarter to have extra CAT6 runs throughout the house. Can be made compatible with practically any A/V configuration, now and the near future.

I have a feeling this 4K TV will have awful viewing angles. Doubt they are using anything close to PLS/IPS technology.
 
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I'm still waiting for someone at AVS to pull the trigger on this. They'll be pickier about it than anybody except perhaps the Reduser guys. That said, the folks at PC Perspective seem to have the closest thing to a comprehensive user report (albeit more as a PC monitor and not an A/V monitor):

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Quickstrike said:
I have a feeling this 4K TV will have awful viewing angles. Doubt they are using anything close to PLS/IPS technology.
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According to one of the Reduser guys--they apparently discovered a hidden service menu in this thing--the actual screen is a Chimei S-MVA panel. The viewing angle measurement for that panel is listed differently than I've normally seen for monitors, but according to this (pages 38 and 39) it seems to indicate an IPS-level viewing angle.
 
I've heard HDMI 1.5, 2.0 and no numbers at all, just descriptions like HDMI High Speed etc.

I'm more exited about 60Ghz Wireless DisplayPort which will support streaming to 4K devices :drool:
 
Apparently the HDMI licensing association's official stance since last year is no more numbers, but unofficially it looks like everybody's calling the upcoming standard revision HDMI 2.0. (We're on HDMI 1.4a now, if memory serves.)

As for wireless DisplayPort...it's apparently been demoed on some level, but what kind of wireless pipeline are us end users going to need to be able to pull that off? :confused: I'll just take DisplayPort 1.2 capability at both ends, please...cables don't scare me. :)
 
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