Are there any receivers out with HDMI 2.1b or is that still way into the future?

[Tao1]

Greetings,

I have been using an AV receiver to power speakers for a PC for years now. However, I recently made the mistake of buying a video card with only 1 HDMI port. The receiver only has HDMI 1.4 so I need to pass video directly to my TV, but I have issues with ARC.

Since I would be in the market to look for a new receiver, I may as well look for something with HDMI 2.1b to be sure I won't be replacing it well into the future. Are there any receivers with this spec yet? Even looking on Yamaha's site, it doesn't go into details of what spec the HDMI ports are on their products.

Thanks!

 

[ban25]

HDMI 2.1b doesn't bring much to the table relative to HDMI 2.1a. Just QMS, I think?

FWIW, the current line of Yamaha AVRs are a bit old (2021 vintage) and it may be worth holding out for a refresh if you're keen on having the latest and greatest.

 

[Tao1]

Thanks!

Taking a second look, the confusion seems to be that the HDMI Forums' 'new features' for 2.1b was just regurgitating all of the standard 2.1 features. One of many reasons why I can't stand marketing...

 

[ban25]

Thanks!

Taking a second look, the confusion seems to be that the HDMI Forums' 'new features' for 2.1b was just regurgitating all of the standard 2.1 features. One of many reasons why I can't stand marketing...

Yeah, current 40 Gbps HDMI 2.1 implementations like you'll find on Yamaha, Onkyo, Denon, etc. will get you 8K60, 4K120, VRR, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, etc. *Some* niche implementations like in the McIntosh AVPs and potentially the Storm and Trinnov boxes (still researching), lack VRR support, which is unfortunate. Definitely stay far away from anything that's HDMI 2.0 only, as that does not support any high-frame-rate modes.