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Is anyone buying a new TV for the PS5/XSX because of HDMI 2.1 and VRR
- Thread starter Inglorious Man
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I've wanted an OLED for a few years now and this year will be the year I get one.
PS5 releasing in the same year is a major bonus for me.
PS5 releasing in the same year is a major bonus for me.
Same! I had ALREADY held out and resisted the LG 6/7s before getting the C8 last year and it's good!
A locked 4K 60 would still look pretty great even without the 2.1 features. It does do a native 1440p 120 lol 🤷🏼♂️.
If I have enough money later this year after paying off my credit cards(Christmas presents/49er tickets), finish paying off my car(June), and building my new PC with hopefully a 3080ti(whenever the fuck it comes out), saving up for multiple new consoles later this year, and oh yeah more games. Then I will definitely look into getting a tv to get the most outta of both the new new consoles and a new PC.
It's the same thing as g-sync which is often heralded as the next biggest improvement to gaming since SSDs on PCs.
Yeah but I feel bad since my current tv is still working fine. I normally have a rule that things have to break beyond repair.
It turns 7 this year so hopefully it explodes or something.
It turns 7 this year so hopefully it explodes or something.
Or go direct to the TV with the console and then use arc to send the audio down to the receiver. Little bit more messing about with remotes for switching inputs but not too bad
I haven't seen any receivers announced yet with HDMI2.1
I only updated last year to a 4K/HDR compatible receiver so I'll have to go direct to my TV for a while I think
i'll be buying a new TV for next gen yes but i don't care if it has 2.1/VRR. the VRR isn't really needed since most games will be playing at just 30fps. if 60fps was standard and there were a lot of games that could do <144hz then maybe i'd be interested. other than that the only real benefits is improved HDR support or playing at 4K with at least 60hz.
i'm more excited for 2.1 on my PC. i'll probably buy a new gpu/monitor for that.
i'm more excited for 2.1 on my PC. i'll probably buy a new gpu/monitor for that.
When you're shortlisting it's worth at least bearing it in mind. For consoles I don't expect VRR to be like 60-144Hz but more like 40-60Hz. Think of mid gen refreshes ps pro and x1x. They already often have performance mode options that unlock the frame rate. Often not hitting 60 often enough and therefore dropping frames. VRR would really help in those situations and with the more powerful CPUs coming along that might be an even More common situation.
I bought a TV with VRR but my guess is I'll usually pick 'graphics' mode if it's a solidly capped 30fps
I don't think so. Bought a new 4K LED Hisense TV when I moved into my new Flat in April and I'm still paying that off every month.
Once that's been paid off in another 2 or so years I'll probably buy another but not before then.
Once that's been paid off in another 2 or so years I'll probably buy another but not before then.
Do you have $300-700k to buy a display?
That's where we are with MicroLED right now
They're probably playing in Borderless mode and don't realize that means they have V-Sync on, even if the in-game option is disabled.
Even if the developer implements a 30/60 FPS frame rate limit, few games hit their target frame rate consistently. And you should still get the latency improvements.
You connect directly to the display and use eARC to send audio to the receiver—which is how HDMI audio should have been implemented from the very beginning.
no, i just bought a q70r this year, it already has VBR and ALLM. Very happy with it(upgraded from a 2011 sony 1080p display). But somehow i doubt devs will actually use VBR. I mean you rarely see games hit 40fps on console anyway bc most developers optimise for 30fps or 60fps. And i doubt thats gonna change.
A question I could've Googled for, but I have a feeling I'll get a better answer here. Does VRR do anything else apart from eliminating screen tearing? Like, do games look smoother even with lower fps or something? Or just the screen tearing effect thing?
It eliminates screen tearing, but also allows for more responsive input than when VSYNC is enabled.
It also means games can run at arbitrary framerates that aren't 15/30/60 FPS
The game could target 52fps should the developers choose, which of course is beneficial for games that fall short of those arbitrary numbers we are used to speaking about.
yeah this is exactly my position as well, same tv/year and all. I'm glad I waited.
Variable rate refresh. Allows the TV or monitor to refresh at the framerate of the game (within some range that varies from display to display), instead of at a fixed framerate.
I'll get a new TV when it will have HDMI 2.1 ports with VRR and native 120Hz+ refresh - and when there will be at least one AVR with at least three HDMI 2.1 input ports. TVs are here already but where the fuck are all the HDMI 2.1 AVRs?
And tbh I'm shocked at some 2020 TVs (Sony's for example) being announced at CES without HDMI 2.1 inputs.
And tbh I'm shocked at some 2020 TVs (Sony's for example) being announced at CES without HDMI 2.1 inputs.
Is the firmware update that was promised in june 2019 out yet?
I think I'm upgrading this year. It's time to join the OLED crew. I'm upgrading from a 1080p LED that I begrudgingly bought since OLED was not available yet after my Panasonic plasma suddenly died. It was the time after plasma stopped getting manufactured and before OLED was commercially viable for the mass market. I'm other words, I got screwed for a few years and have been biding my time ever since.
Can't wait to finally get one.
Can't wait to finally get one.
No i only just bought a 55 inch Samsung RU8000 in August.
The HDR is little dim but it's a great tv for 4k gaming.
The HDR is little dim but it's a great tv for 4k gaming.
I usually can only afford one toy each fall. So the pattern historically last few gens was Xbox at launch, TV the next year, second platform the following year etc.
So in my imagination, Xbox this fall, TV 2021, PS5 or gaming PC 2022 depending on how the gen evolves, probably mid-cycle upgrade Xbox 2024...
Though I HAVE been toying with a dual screen setup with a gaming TV on the bottom and a streaming/movies/satellite TV mounted on top. Then I'd need a new one.
So in my imagination, Xbox this fall, TV 2021, PS5 or gaming PC 2022 depending on how the gen evolves, probably mid-cycle upgrade Xbox 2024...
Though I HAVE been toying with a dual screen setup with a gaming TV on the bottom and a streaming/movies/satellite TV mounted on top. Then I'd need a new one.
This.
Right now my B7 already looks perfect with anything I'm throwing at it, both in SDR/HDR/Dolby Vision.
Plust most next-gen games will very likely still target Native 4K @ 60hz + HDR and/or Dolby Vision + Dolby Atmos.
No actual native 8K/60hz or 4K/120hz or 4:4:4 HDR need (yet).
VRR is the only thing that may be a worthy upgrade to me, but even there we are talking about a more light and direct way to fix screen tearing.
Tearing that is already almost entirely eradicated from console gaming (when games are actually locked to 30hz or 60hz), therefore with VRR less impactful compared to PC gaming.
The Gsync update? If that's the one your talking about, then yeah that's out. If your talking about the eARC for multi channel audio, then that has not been fixed yet.