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Dear all,
As far as I know, the new BEOVISION Avant 55 supports, for the moment, only HDMI 1.4 ports. Is it possible to upgrade via a software update these ports to a HDMI2.0? Or will a hardware update be required?
Is a HEVC decoder (hardware or software) available inside the TV?
Thanks for your answers.
Kind regards,
Didier
Raeuber:That's why the Avant will soon be outdated.
Hhhhh??? HEVC inside the Avant is irrelevant. You'll get it from whatever you actually use to view streamed or broadcast TV - e.g. Sky box or AppleTV or any other.
Hello,
I am not sure it is so irrelevant than that. If the Webmedia application includes Netflix, it will be very interesting to have a HEVC decoder inside the TV.
Indeed, Apple TV is currently not supporting HEVC!!!
Kind regards.
Is something moving here? Were are already April.
when will the upgrade To hdmi 2.0 be available?
is the update to hdmi 2.0 still expected? We are already April.
many thanks
joost
doun: Hello, I am not sure it is so irrelevant than that. If the Webmedia application includes Netflix, it will be very interesting to have a HEVC decoder inside the TV. Indeed, Apple TV is currently not supporting HEVC!!! Kind regards.
There will never be a Netflix app on the current Avant SmartTV platform.
You will be able to connect any external box supporting 4K (HEVC encoded) material to the HDMI ports after the coming update.
These boxes will do the encoding - so no big deal.
The biggest problem is, that (apart from a few exotic boxes) there hardly is any external hardware with HEVC support yet.
This and the lack of (4K) content makes it easy to wait for the update....even if it should be delayed a couple of months - IMO!
MM
There is a tv - and there is a BV
The update to HDMI 2.0 came this night 04/05.
B&O delivers as promised. Their approach makes very much sense: they deliver the right "screen" and sound and stay away from very quickly charging image processing technology. They make sure the right "image connection" can be done.
I believe their technical product marketing could be better. It took me a while to be convinced And particularly when they introduced HDMI 1.4 without explaining the update work. Maybe I missed it.
And connecting a MacBook Pro supports very well 4k as well as far as I can see.and hear.
Must be a Mac after end 2013 + use thunderbolt + HDMI Cable.
is this also the experience of others?
Indeed, my mid 2012 retina MacBook Pro outputs 4k on the HDMI port alone and it works great. I just needed to use SwitchResX app to get 30fps as I was getting frame drops in 30fps material when connected over 25Hz.
Interestingly, SwitchResX also says a 60fps/60 Hz option, but I really don't think the rMBP is capable of 60fps output from the port.
You could connect a 4K capable Mac to the Avant even before the update. Doesn't make any difference at all since the Mac is not HDMI 2.0 compatible - meaning it can not provide 60 fps over 4K. I haven't got any HDMI 2/4K60FPS devices to try but I suppose they should work now too.And don't forget that Youtube on the Avant is NOT 4K, even if some people think so :-)
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You can drive 4k 60hz on a Mac but through Thunderbolt 2 port, not hdmi.