KD-43XD8305 - 4k @ 2160 ??

[chenks76]

is it possible to get the youtube app to play 4k content at 2160p?
i've played a few tests now and with "stats for nerds" enabled it shows that the current res is 2560x1440@30, it never goes to optimal res of 3840x2160@30.

is it actually possible to play 2160p content anywhere other than direct from a USB stick?

[chenks76]

no-one?

[Kuschelmonschter]

If it does not go up to 2160p, it is most likely a bandwidth limitation, either bad Wi-Fi in your home or not enough internet bandwidth from either your ISP or the YouTube server.

[chenks76]

so it restricts on bandwidth even though the youtube website has no problems with 2160p?

tv is connected via ethernet and the "stats for nerds" showed a 14Mbps

[Kuschelmonschter]

YouTube 4K streams are mostly quite big. 14mbps might not be enough. Try power cycling your TV. Networking on Sony is quite poor (due to flaky MediaTek) and can get stuck sometimes. Total reboot can help.

[chenks76]

network isn't an issue as i can stream 4k content to it from my plex server.

i'd be surprised if any youtube content exceeded a bitrate of 14Mbps, happy to be proven wrong though.

[Kuschelmonschter]

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chenks76 schrieb:

i'd be surprised if any youtube content exceeded a bitrate of 14Mbps, happy to be proven wrong though.

Check out The World in HDR:

313   webm   3840x2160  2160p   21981k, vp9, 30fps, video only, 314.00MiB
315   webm   3840x2160  2160p60 29805k, vp9, 60fps, video only, 457.80MiB

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[chenks76]

is my TV even capable of HDR though?

too many variants of 4K floating about it's hard to keep track of what the TV is capable of.

there's 4K, and HDR, and 10bit, and HLG and god knows what else.

[Kuschelmonschter]

Sony still can't do HDR for YouTube (VP9.2). But it plays the 4K SDR (VP9) streams.

[chenks76]

what is my TV capable of though, in terms of the panel?

it's an KD-43XD8305