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Will the KD65ZD9BU be upgraded to 2.1 HDMI?

Darren980 — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 11:04:09 GMT

I just got a high-end PC gaming rig for the the ZD9 TV. I just wanted to know if SONY will be to upgrading the TV go adaptive frame rate and 4K at 120fps when HDMI 2.1 comes out? I don't know if the MediaTek chipset which the TV uses can be upgraded to that specification or not or if Sony will spend the time to make up a firmware that will have the HDMI 2.1 standard in it?

Any help regarding these questions would be very greatfully.

Thank you.

Re: Will the KD65ZD9BU will it be upgraded to 2.1 HDMI?

Anonymous — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 11:08:03 GMT

Hi there

Welcome to the forums.

Congratulations - for being the first person to raise this question I was only thinking about this yesterday, of which to ask Sony on their position on HDMI 2.1.

As far as I believe, HDMI 2.1 is a hardware upgrade not software - however I will be checking this out (in order to create a FAQ on this later on). I believe 'some' functions such as eARC can be implemented by software (if manufacturer chooses to do so).

There is a 2.6(ish) increase of available bandwidth to 48Gbps using HDMI 2.1 (up from 18Gbps). Even though the connectors will be the same and backwards compatible, you will also need new cables.

At this stage, take it as a 'NO' - the ZD9 will not be upgraded to HDMI 2.1 or any other 2017 and before TV.

Cheers

Re: Will the KD65ZD9BU will it be upgraded to 2.1 HDMI?

Darren980 — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 11:36:25 GMT

Thank you for replying to my message. Its a shame as of now that the the TV won't to getting HDMI 2.1.Just wanted to be over 60fps in gaming on the PC with the ZD9 that's all.

Re: Will the KD65ZD9BU will it be upgraded to 2.1 HDMI?

rknerd93 — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:17:01 GMT

ZD9 is old and obsolete only has 4 HDMI 2.0b ports

Re: Will the KD65ZD9BU will it be upgraded to 2.1 HDMI?

rooobb — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 09:39:36 GMT

@rknerd93 ha scritto:

ZD9 is old and obsolete only has 4 HDMI 2.0b ports

Like most of any brand new 2020's TV (except some LG's)

Re: Will the KD65ZD9BU will it be upgraded to 2.1 HDMI?

rknerd93 — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 11:02:03 GMT

2019 Sony TVs aren't obsolete especially the AG9 and XG950 but 2018 and before.

Re: Will the KD65ZD9BU will it be upgraded to 2.1 HDMI?

rooobb — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 11:03:49 GMT

obsolete in which respect? And also AG9/XG95 does not support HDMI 2.1 (only eARC is implemented)

Re: Will the KD65ZD9BU will it be upgraded to 2.1 HDMI?

haferguxk — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 19:22:21 GMT

This is still a good tv not everybody can afford to splash out 5k on a tv just to get a better functions ps I have the 65” version