Scott_Mac
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I had a bizarre moment recently. My wife turned to me and said those amazing words "I was thinking that maybe we should get a new TV".
A trip to John Lewis later and I'm about to click go on a lovely LG OLED55B7V.
The problem that this now causes is that whilst I have an amazing AV amp, it's a bit on the old side.... most of my media comes from Plex on a Mac Mini and as such I know I'm going to be missing out on a lot of new fancy things, but don't know exactly what. I know for a fact that the Mac Mini won't kick out anything better than DTS over HDMI so I won't be getting much use out of Dolby Atmos etc (though I do have an Xbox One S that can now be used for 4K video etc). So am wondering what I will actually gain from an upgraded AV amp....
[FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif]My current amp won't have 4K pass through, but does that matter if the TV upscales it anyway? All of my media on Plex is only 1080p at the moment! All logic suggests I should upgrade, but that then opens up the can of works, that is... to what!?
I can't afford the modern replacement to mine, which in order to future proof would be the MRX720. So am back to considering mid range Japanese products... Marantz SR6010, 6011, 7010, 7011 etc.. or the Denon XW3300, 3400, 4300, 4400 etc...
Can anyone who is more up to date on HDR and all that jazz offer me something useful!?
TIA[/FONT]
A trip to John Lewis later and I'm about to click go on a lovely LG OLED55B7V.
The problem that this now causes is that whilst I have an amazing AV amp, it's a bit on the old side.... most of my media comes from Plex on a Mac Mini and as such I know I'm going to be missing out on a lot of new fancy things, but don't know exactly what. I know for a fact that the Mac Mini won't kick out anything better than DTS over HDMI so I won't be getting much use out of Dolby Atmos etc (though I do have an Xbox One S that can now be used for 4K video etc). So am wondering what I will actually gain from an upgraded AV amp....
[FONT=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif]My current amp won't have 4K pass through, but does that matter if the TV upscales it anyway? All of my media on Plex is only 1080p at the moment! All logic suggests I should upgrade, but that then opens up the can of works, that is... to what!?
I can't afford the modern replacement to mine, which in order to future proof would be the MRX720. So am back to considering mid range Japanese products... Marantz SR6010, 6011, 7010, 7011 etc.. or the Denon XW3300, 3400, 4300, 4400 etc...
Can anyone who is more up to date on HDR and all that jazz offer me something useful!?
TIA[/FONT]