For me, yes, because I have a Polk audio surround system running off a Sony receiver. I guess if I use the LG apps, I'd have to run an optical out cable from the TV. I've just never felt like fishing it through the wall, so everything just runs through the receiver; PS4, blu-ray and Roku. Also, FWIW, I really like the Roku interface.
Does that make a big difference?
The internet tells me "HDMI 2.1 supports resolutions up to 10K, while HDMI 1.4 supports 4K." I don't know if there's even such a thing as "10k" at this point.
Very much so. Not so much v2.0 to v2.1, but 1.3 to 2.1 is a big difference. From the Googles:
Yep. Looks old-fashioned but is simple, you can organize it the way you like, and it just works. I use my Roku most because it always seems like a chore to get where I want on my other devices.
I travel with a universal remote and a Roku for hotels too. It's just easy.
Luckily I bought all the cables on Amazon. It looks like I've got two that are 2.0 and the rest are 1.4. I suppose I'll need to re-buy them and replace them all.
I replaced my cables first and definitely noticed a difference before I even bought the OLED. My surround sound is significantly better!
Did you have to pay for expensive cables, or will standard up-to-spec cables be good enough?
All right - I just ordered new cables. Amazon says they'll be here between 2-6pm this afternoon: that's not bad!
I had different length requirements, so had to spread out the brands. None were pricey.
We recently upgraded our main tv to a samsung OLED, and it is amazing. It makes a massive difference in a viewing experience over what we had hanging over the fireplace, and is even surprisingly better as compared our smaller overflow LG OLED (4 times brighter than the LG). We have 4k for YTTV. I like the higher number of feeds you get, and the 4k content which is available. It's not much content, but the Eagles game yesterday was magnificent in 4k. For Netflix, we also pay for 4k again as part of some premium package which again I mainly have for extra users who do not live with me (son in college). Looks good to me, but depends on source material. I think 4k just kind of comes with the other services. Is all of this something I would pay for if I was living in the margins? Eff no. I just got all of this stuff at age 50 with discretionary income.
Don't expect to be blown away (with just cables), just know you'll be getting all the correct signals to your speakers. I played the intro scene to Star Wars Ep3 and could really hear the difference in sound. Then when I finished the upgrades and put in a 4K blue-ray on the OLED, man the black levels were amazing!
The Highwings brand are the ones I got:
That's a solid set-up as well. I had originally ordered an upgraded Denon receiver so I could get the 120hz, but once I realize my Roku would only do the 60z refresh, I canceled the order. I mean, dang, if 60 to 120 is that noticeable I must have really good eyes. LOL From what I hear, you'll only notice it watching sports. I watched my Bucs last night and it looked fantastic!
I think we've reached the point where it's smaller, incremental improvements. Even then, if I've got "better", more modern equipment, then I should at least have the right cables to get the most out of it - I just didn't know enough to know there was a difference - figured HDMI was HDMI...
Netflix forced me to upgrade by eliminating their lowest-cost ad-free plan. A-holes. But I saw no point in upgrading to the most expensive 4K plan. Sure, sometimes you can tell, but mostly I don't notice.
That's my arrangement, too.
That was me 2 months ago. I knew there were differences in the versions, but never bothered to look into the impact. I built this house in 2014 and wired in all the surround myself, bought the latest stuff at the time and haven't touched it since. Boy was I surprised how much had changed in 10 years.
And that's what the "experts" were telling us a decade ago. Copper is copper as long as you don't buy poorly made cables. But apparently that changed with 4K and 8K.
I would say that the jump from standard LCD 4k to an OLED 4k is pretty dramatic in terms of picture quality, brightness, true darks, etc. But you're the only one that matters. If you're happy with it, stay the course.
If you have QLED those look to be about the same price as OLED, so I am sure it looks pretty damned good!
Similar setup with the OLED and Yamaha 5.1 Dolby DigitalDTS receiver with powered sub preout. Have cable box and Series X hooked up to it.
