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As far as I remember from older threads, the update you are talking about would upgrade HDMI to 2.0 only, allowing to playback 4K at 50 and 60 fps (HDMI 1.4 supports 24/25/30). Personally, I do not consider it important unless you have a gaming supercomputer.
HEVC codec requires updated hardware, and B&O apparently does not consider it a priority.
Marcello: HEVC codec requires updated hardware, and B&O apparently does not consider it a priority.
Rightly so. I don't want my TV to date quickly and would rather the implementation of such features are done in external boxes. A TV at this level is an expensive purchase and ploughing in £3k every 2 years to stay current is not a good agenda IMOP. Better to spend £100-150 updating the external technology and deriving most of the same benefit, especially when all we are talking about currently with HEVC is having Netflix at 4k. I have a much bigger problem to resolve first and thats getting more than 15MBps to my house so that I could actually consume 4k content.
The 2.0 is important if you want to use one of the UHD-player that in near future will be on the marked.
One example is the Philips player:
http://www.tpvision.com/press-room/news-releases/press-releases/419-tp-vision-announces-philips-media-player-uhd-880-to-tap-additional-4k-uhd-streaming-services-for-philips-uhd-tvs.html
These players will have built-in HEVC support - and make it possible to access and play the 4K content on your Avant.
I am quite sure that there will be PUC-solutions for these boxes very soon also.
There will be no direct HEVC support on the Avant. One may be sorry about that - but do we really need it? I think that playing 4K content from a connected device will be fine for time being.
The update to HDM 2.0 is announced for 'later this year' - no further details known by now.
MM
There is a tv - and there is a BV
mawheele: Rightly so. I don't want my TV to date quickly and would rather the implementation of such features are done in external boxes. A TV at this level is an expensive purchase and ploughing in £3k every 2 years to stay current is not a good agenda IMOP. Better to spend £100-150 updating the external technology and deriving most of the same benefit, especially when all we are talking about currently with HEVC is having Netflix at 4k. I have a much bigger problem to resolve first and thats getting more than 15MBps to my house so that I could actually consume 4k content.
I fully agree.
Also, 4K at 50/60Hz is mostly targeted at gaming. But the high input lag on 4K TV (across the industry, not just B&O) needs to decrease to 4/6 ms otherwise it does not make any sense.
Millemissen: The update to HDM 2.0 is announced for 'later this year' - no further details known by now. MM There is a tv - and there is a BV.