@CRANIAL You don't need a new TV in reality unless you really care about getting the best performance out of a few games. HDMI 2.1 will allow you to get 4k120 or 8k60 for example. However, very few (mainly Indies) will use this. Dirt 5 for example supports 120fps which I believe maxes out at 1080p (need to confirm). In this case HDMI 2.0 is more than enough, in fact HDMI 2.0 can support 120fps at up to 1440p as long as the display also supports this ( I currently have a LG OLED HDMI 2.0 which supports 120fps so I should be able to play Dirt 5 in that mode). Same goes with TV's that support HDMI2.1, there's nothing to say they will support 120 refresh rates. If you have a One X you can already put it in 120 refresh mode via display settings, although I don't think any game supports this. So I think for me if I was in the market for a new TV I would look at one that supports variable refresh rate first.
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Re: Reminder: You Don't Need To Buy An HDMI 2.1 Cable For Xbox Series X
@CRANIAL HDMI cables are backwards compatible as far as I am aware. But obviously you will only have access to the bandwidth of the lowest spec.
Re: Reminder: You Don't Need To Buy An HDMI 2.1 Cable For Xbox Series X
@CRANIAL You don't need a new TV in reality unless you really care about getting the best performance out of a few games. HDMI 2.1 will allow you to get 4k120 or 8k60 for example. However, very few (mainly Indies) will use this. Dirt 5 for example supports 120fps which I believe maxes out at 1080p (need to confirm). In this case HDMI 2.0 is more than enough, in fact HDMI 2.0 can support 120fps at up to 1440p as long as the display also supports this ( I currently have a LG OLED HDMI 2.0 which supports 120fps so I should be able to play Dirt 5 in that mode). Same goes with TV's that support HDMI2.1, there's nothing to say they will support 120 refresh rates. If you have a One X you can already put it in 120 refresh mode via display settings, although I don't think any game supports this. So I think for me if I was in the market for a new TV I would look at one that supports variable refresh rate first.