“I am thinking about buying this tv. My question I will be hooking it up to A/V receiver and was wondering if the T/V would be doing the upconversion or the receiver. Will There be some loss of the Sony's processing power to upscale low resolution program”
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The TV will do the upconversion. The signal will just pass through the receiver. Thanks, >Joffrey
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.This depends on your A/V receiver and the settings. My STR-DH800 won't upconvert at all. My STRDH820 will up convert and I'm not sure it can be turned off (my son says no for his old game console angst). I'm pretty sure the STR-DN1080 I have on order for this TV (XBR64X900E) one can select on a per-port basis. Offhand my suggestion is that newer equipment does a batter job of up-converting / re-scaling than olter equipment. So I'm sure (but can't test until the DN-1080 comes in) that the TV (this in particular -higher end) will upconvert beter than the older STR-DH820. But the STR-DN1080? Well I don't know and they don't say. So I'll have to experimet on that. One of the first things my son did was hook up an original (yes!) PONG to the RF input. Looked great! That said he hasn't hooked up yet his other older console ("museum") not has he tried "Game Mode" yet so I can't yet comment on that portion of gaming or other low res upscaling. RIght now *everythig* looks gorgeous on this TV! Note that incudes what the TV is doing with it's internal apps (generally 4K HDR) or older Blu-Ray. But I also ahve the new 800x Sony HDR Blu-Ray delivered for hookup. It also can up-convert. Which wins? The 800X or the TV? I don't know yet. Offhand you may need to just check or ask - with specific model numbers for A/V. And at that as I test each - AV and Blu-Ray. Also ensure you have "Premium HDMI" cables. Certified at that (Wiki it). It won't help non 4K HDR unless yoru 1.4x cables are cruddy. But for 4K HDR connections to 4K HDR you now need not 1.4x but 2.0a/b - which is calld "Premium HDMI" and certified. to get the non-degraded benefits of 4K HDR between devices.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.There's not a simple answer to this, but basically no. The receivers, in my experience, are not doing up-converting. The source (media player) or the display are the items that are typically doing this work. The receiver will just pass through. However, if you do not have a receiver capable of 4K, it will not pass through a 4K signal and you'll end up with a reduction in quality. In my case, my receiver does not support 4K so I ran the video direct to the display and a separate (audio-only) feed to the receiver. So my UDH Bluray player up-converts what it sources and the rest of my non-4K content is up-converted at the television. This is not something you have to invest a lot of time in unless you really hate how a device does the up-converting.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I had no trouble hooking this up with my Denon AV system. Sounds are sharp and there is no delay as I've seen with other products(TVs). This was one of the factors used in my decision to buy this model. Most of our programming is 3K HD and I assure you, you won't be disappointed.
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