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post #151 of 157
5/11/13 at 4:57pm
BR can hold 100GB. There is no reason why the upcoming Sony 4K player, and PS4, couldn't have a BR player that would dump the Discs to a contained hard drive for playing. Beats the heck out of downloading and streaming is out of the question.
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post #152 of 157
6/13/13 at 10:16am
Someone on overclock.net bought a Skyworth 39e780u 39" 4K HDTV (review) for only $600 by wiring someone in China, and getting it shipped to him.

Surprisingly, the display overclocks (via computer) to a true 140Hz refresh rate at 1920x1080, confirmed native 120Hz with multtool... (And supposedly 254Hz refresh rate at 1280x720, but not fully confirmed)

Also blogged at Blur Busters as well as added to HDTV Overclocking HOWTO: True Native 120Hz from PC to TV
Edited by Mark Rejhon - 6/13/13 at 3:28pm
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post #153 of 157
6/13/13 at 10:56am
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Originally Posted by Mark Rejhon View Post

Someone on overclock.net bought a Skyworth 39e780u 39" 4K HDTV (review) for only $600 by wiring someone in China, and getting it shipped to him.

Surprisingly, the display overclocks (via computer) to a true 140Hz refresh rate at 1920x1080, and to a true 254Hz refresh rate at 1280x720!

Also blogged at Blur Busters as well as added to HDTV Overclocking HOWTO: True Native 120Hz from PC to TV

 

Ironically, someone in the Sony KDL-xxR550A forum just posted that the TV can take 120hz native all on its own.  I don't know if he's being fooled by some HDMI handshaking that may or may not be going on behind his back, but I find that interesting.  That and HDCP used to be the only things that made monitors monitors and TVs TVs.

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post #154 of 157
6/13/13 at 11:11am
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Originally Posted by Mark Rejhon View Post

Someone on overclock.net bought a Skyworth 39e780u 39" 4K HDTV (review) for only $600 by wiring someone in China, and getting it shipped to him.

Surprisingly, the display overclocks (via computer) to a true 140Hz refresh rate at 1920x1080, and to a true 254Hz refresh rate at 1280x720!

Also blogged at Blur Busters as well as added to HDTV Overclocking HOWTO: True Native 120Hz from PC to TV

 

This is great news, but I see it far beyond gamers.  It opens the door to 3rd party attempts at interpolation---the next rev of darblet or whatever.  Even open source stuff potentially (maybe?....or does that come up against blu-ray and HDCP licensing hooey?)

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post #155 of 157
6/14/13 at 2:20pm
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30hz sucks for desktop use, you can try it on your current 1080p display if you don't believe me. They haven't used 30hz for computer monitors since the days of EGA, if even then. I don't remember ever owning a < 60hz tv or monitor.

This thread has convinced me not to upgrade my receiver until HDMI 2.0 is out and all the kinks are sorted out. Really, 4k /30hz passthrough is useless cruft for those of us who want their displays to be smoother than a circa 1920s era projector. Hopefully you can get the 60hz signal through, one way or the other. Having to use a second cable isn't the worst thing in the world. I'm really looking forward to a highly curved 4k projector screen that will literally put me in the center of the virtual worlds I create. Perhaps a variable, curvature DIY screen could be cool, but that assumes Ps4 games will support changing the projection matrix, which is highly doubtful.

Are we stuck in a never ending cycle of HDMI updates requiring AVR purchases? It seems like we need new AVRs every 2-3 years now which is getting expensive.
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post #156 of 157
6/14/13 at 5:23pm
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Are we stuck in a never ending cycle of HDMI updates requiring AVR purchases? It seems like we need new AVRs every 2-3 years now which is getting expensive.
This is part of the reason I use a HTPC as my sole playback device, using an external DAC rather than passing audio through HDMI.
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post #157 of 157
6/14/13 at 5:39pm
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This is part of the reason I use a HTPC as my sole playback device, using an external DAC rather than passing audio through HDMI.

How do you get the digital audio to your external DAC?
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