I recently upgraded my TV from a 46" Sharp Aquos that I purchased in 2003, to a 75" Vizio P series that supports 4K and HDR and all that jazz.
In 2015, I purchased an audio receiver for my home theatre (Marantz NR-1605) that, at the time, was top of the line and supported 4K content with HDMI 2.0 and HDCP 1.4.
But, in the year since, they updated the HDMI Standard to 2.0a and HDCP 2.2, thus causing HDR and UHD content to not be compatible with my receiver.
Ok, so a TV upgrade turned into an AVR update as well.. I was prepared for that eventuality and ate the cost of upgrading to the Marantz NR-1607. Same form factor, different internals, fits nicely in my home theatre rack.
So, in between this, I've updated my PS4 to a PS4 Pro.
I get the new receiver and hook it all up, and voila, the TV supports HDR, the PS4 Pro recognizes it, and everything is peachy keen....
... Not.
Almost immediately, my tv screen starts flickering. There's random signal drops and 'snow' showing up.. Turns out it's the HDMI cable not having enough bandwidth... I knew there would be the potential for my cable not supporting HDCP 2.2, but I figured it was 'new' enough to have enough bandwidth to handle the full range required by 4K HDR.
But, alas, it was not. So then I switched the cable exiting the reciever to the cable supplied with the launch day Xbox One -- they say "high bandwidth" directly on them, but even they had incremental dropouts. Anecdotal online reports said they'd work for 4K content, to which I had assumed that meant HDR as well.
I was wrong. Through my testing, yes, it handles 4K games no problem, but the moment I attempt HDR, the dropouts occur again.
So now, I've ordered 21GBPS cables that are rated for HDMI 2.0, HDCP 2.2, 4K and HDR with full ethernet communication and every bell and whistle thrown in to it.
They should arrive by Friday. I never bought into the whole 'premium HDMI' cable thing, since I guess I've never had a device that required it.. but holy hell the jump to 4K HDR has been incredibly annoying/costly.
tl;dr:
The 4K HDR connections between PS4 Pro, my AVR, and my TV require a top of the line high bandwidth cable that supports all the latest HDCP requirements, and the journey to get there has been full of very annoying trial and error.
In 2015, I purchased an audio receiver for my home theatre (Marantz NR-1605) that, at the time, was top of the line and supported 4K content with HDMI 2.0 and HDCP 1.4.
But, in the year since, they updated the HDMI Standard to 2.0a and HDCP 2.2, thus causing HDR and UHD content to not be compatible with my receiver.
Ok, so a TV upgrade turned into an AVR update as well.. I was prepared for that eventuality and ate the cost of upgrading to the Marantz NR-1607. Same form factor, different internals, fits nicely in my home theatre rack.
So, in between this, I've updated my PS4 to a PS4 Pro.
I get the new receiver and hook it all up, and voila, the TV supports HDR, the PS4 Pro recognizes it, and everything is peachy keen....
... Not.
Almost immediately, my tv screen starts flickering. There's random signal drops and 'snow' showing up.. Turns out it's the HDMI cable not having enough bandwidth... I knew there would be the potential for my cable not supporting HDCP 2.2, but I figured it was 'new' enough to have enough bandwidth to handle the full range required by 4K HDR.
But, alas, it was not. So then I switched the cable exiting the reciever to the cable supplied with the launch day Xbox One -- they say "high bandwidth" directly on them, but even they had incremental dropouts. Anecdotal online reports said they'd work for 4K content, to which I had assumed that meant HDR as well.
I was wrong. Through my testing, yes, it handles 4K games no problem, but the moment I attempt HDR, the dropouts occur again.
So now, I've ordered 21GBPS cables that are rated for HDMI 2.0, HDCP 2.2, 4K and HDR with full ethernet communication and every bell and whistle thrown in to it.
They should arrive by Friday. I never bought into the whole 'premium HDMI' cable thing, since I guess I've never had a device that required it.. but holy hell the jump to 4K HDR has been incredibly annoying/costly.
tl;dr:
The 4K HDR connections between PS4 Pro, my AVR, and my TV require a top of the line high bandwidth cable that supports all the latest HDCP requirements, and the journey to get there has been full of very annoying trial and error.
