OT 4K HD Question

[MaroonNation]

Wife wants to upgrade TV in living room. We currently have HD service and X1 operating system throug xfinity. With 4K HD sets is there any additional equipment above and beyond our preexisting HD equipment through Comcast?

 

[mcdawg22]

I can only speak for Uverse but they don't broadcast in 4K yet but when they do there shouldn't be any equipment.

 

[MaroonNation]

Thx for the info

 

[RocketDawg]

Wife wants to upgrade TV in living room. We currently have HD service and X1 operating system throug xfinity. With 4K HD sets is there any additional equipment above and beyond our preexisting HD equipment through Comcast?

Supposedly you need the latest high speed HDMI cables ... HDMI-2. Price is wide ranging ... I bought my 4K television at HH Greg and they tried to sell me cables for just under $100. I wound up ordering them from Amazon for something like $5 each as I recall. They work fine. I'm not sure if they're necessary, but I suppose you do need a cable capable of handling the 4K bandwidth.

 

[aTotal360]

https://www.xfinity.com/support/cable-tv/uhd-4k-faqs/

 

[57stratdawg]

You might as well get it. You can get a nice 4K TV now for probably < $700.

Inhave a Samsung and their "One Connect" thing pisses me off. It overrides a lot of the input controllers for the devices plugged into it. The entire TV is pretty buggy.

 

[RocketDawg]

You might as well get it. You can get a nice 4K TV now for probably < $700.

Inhave a Samsung and their "One Connect" thing pisses me off. It overrides a lot of the input controllers for the devices plugged into it. The entire TV is pretty buggy.

I have a Samsung also and I don't care for the Smart Hub thing either. Also, I never use the apps ... I go through Roku when I want WatchESPN, or even YouTube or Netflix (quality seems better through Roku). I might as well not have a 'smart' television but I suppose all of them are now.

 

[MaroonNation]

You can get a 55" Vizio 4K for <$500