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It turns out that LG’s latest OLED and LCD televisions aren’t as future proof as we were led to believe. In a statement to Forbes, the display giant clarified that its 2020 4K lineup wouldn’t actually have full-bandwidth HDMI 2.1 ports, which means that the TVs cannot take full advantage of the standard’s maximum 48 Gbps data rate.
Is this a deal breaker? For most folks, probably not. The setback here is that uncompressed video output will be limited to 10-bit 4K at 120 Hz with RGB 4:4:4 chroma sampling, rather than 12-bit. Technically, that’s around a billion colors vs. 68 billion colors – but many would find it difficult to tell the difference without a side-by-side comparison.
“While LG covered most of the HDMI 2.1 related specs in its 2019 TVs...
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