Beware of Certain 8k Receivers for Gaming

[DACslut]

Just saw this statement in a recent Cnet article:

"It turns out that the initial crop of 8K receivers from Denon, Yamaha and Marantz were manufactured using a chipset that's incompatible with 4K/120Hz and VRR. When a user connects a device using VRR at more than 4K/60Hz, the receiver refuses to pass the signal. The screen is simply blank and high-end gamers who bought the new receivers are understandably annoyed."

Full article link:
https://www.cnet.com/tech/home-ente...hands-on-why-gamers-should-still-wait-to-buy/

 

[boselover61]

This old news but thanks for the info

 

[DACslut]

This old news but thanks for the info

July 29, 2021 is the date of the article. Doesn't take long for news to get old anymore, does it?.

 

[boselover61]

We been know this since beginning of year. Check the thread here

 

[beeface]

it seems like a dire time to be in the market for an AV receiver tbh.

 

[boselover61]

it seems like a dire time to be in the market for an AV receiver tbh.

Panasonic make these chips for all receiver companies and they refuse to fix this for almost a year now for no reasons. Costco pulled the 8k receiver from Yamaha from their site after a lot of customer complaints

 

[beeface]

Panasonic make these chips for all receiver companies and they refuse to fix this for almost a year now for no reasons. Costco pulled the 8k receiver from Yamaha from their site after a lot of customer complaints

It isn't just the HDMI 2.1 stuff, based on the reviews here it seems like just about every affordable receiver underperforms in terms of audio.

 

[JSmith]

Would one not run HDMI direct to the TV/monitor that supports VRR and use eARC to send the audio out?

AVR's have had video display problems since they first came out with HDMI... this clearly hasn't ever changed. Maybe audio companies should stay out of video.



JSmith

 

[beeface]

Would one not run HDMI direct to the TV/monitor that supports VRR and use eARC to send the audio out?

AVR's have had video display problems since they first came out with HDMI... this clearly hasn't ever changed. Maybe audio companies should stay out of video.



JSmith

When I looked into eARC a while back it seemed to me that it was fraught with its own issues, often due to poor implementation by TV manufacturers. It may have improved since then, but it seems like it's all a bit of a mess tbh.

 

[Dougey_Jones]

Do we think this will be resolved by the time Denon releases its next crop of 8k receivers? I'm in the market for an AVR/Processor (I have plenty of amplification) and don't feel like dealing with any crap when I finally pull the trigger. Should 2022 models be ok?

If not, what are the issues with eARC referenced above?