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KMA wrote:

It will be HDMI 2.0 with HDCP 2.2 later this year when B&O releases the software upgrade for Avant. As of now, it's HDMI 1.4 with HDCP 1.4.

HEVC won't be coming to Avant's internal media player, it requires a hardware upgrade. But you'll be able to use an external source for H.265 / HEVC playback.

That's why Netflix 4K won't work with the Avant. But Panasonic has also this problem:

http://www.techradar.com/news/television/hdtv/dealbreaker-panasonic-reveals-its-ultra-hd-tv-is-not-compatible-with-netflix-4k-1252105

And I doubt if the Avant will be able to show 4K content from 4K Blurays coming soon.

Does it make any sense at the moment to buy this new Avant (besides the issues with upscaling HD and SD content described in another thread)?

Regards

Räuber

4K already works. The update will

Add hdmi 2 for over 24/30 fps which is very unusual today.

Ergo: "4k bluray" would work already if they existed.

Bluray 4K will need H.265 / HEVC decoding. I don't know if a 4K Bluray player will do this job or the 4K TV is responsible for decoding. If the latter you can't watch 4K blurays on Avant (if KMA's update info is correct).

Slight problem with 4K Bluray..

http://www.techradar.com/news/video/blu-ray/why-the-4k-blu-ray-format-could-be-dead-in-the-water-1246497

Chris Townsend wrote:

Slight problem with 4K Bluray..

http://www.techradar.com/news/video/blu-ray/why-the-4k-blu-ray-format-could-be-dead-in-the-water-1246497

May be, but:

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/126502-4k-blu-ray-discs-confirmed-by-the-blu-ray-disc-association

I truly hope so.

Your article was from January the 4th, mine the 2nd of May😮

Raeuber wrote:

Bluray 4K will need H.265 / HEVC decoding. I don't know if a 4K Bluray player will do this job or the 4K TV is responsible for decoding. If the latter you can't watch 4K blurays on Avant (if KMA's update info is correct).

Of course the player has to do this! Picture sent over hdmi is always video not compressed with hevc etc...

Chris Townsend wrote:

Slight problem with 4K Bluray..

http://www.techradar.com/news/video/blu-ray/why-the-4k-blu-ray-format-could-be-dead-in-the-water-1246497

Chris, I can't go too public on this (note my public liability warning about forum posts, in another thread), but I really wouldn't take what TR says as gospel. I know these guys well having worked for them for three years.

TR put a lot of gossip, exaggeration and non-news online, to get as much SEO as possible.

ie. it's not the most credible source for concrete tech news.

One of the reasons for the industry moving to 4K and 8K was to combat piracy. A 4K film needs GBs of data and is hard to stream, forcing many users to switch back to a physical disc. The film industry makes far more from a physical disc than it does via renting your moving via an Apple TV. If they had their way, they'd prefer the disc over streaming.

Good Grief , you really think a a forum like this would affect sales of a company the size of Bang & Olufsen?

Hahahaha

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