Both are B9. B9S and B9D differ only in the number of TV tuners apparently.So something called the LG B9S have started cropping up in Scandinavia the last couple of months. Anyone heard of that?
Both are B9. B9S and B9D differ only in the number of TV tuners apparently.
https://www.displayspecifications.com/en/comparison/22bf10935f
Turn up Netflix and watch the 1st season Altered Carbon intro.
That's HDR.
Your link indicates a lot more than a tuner difference. D and S supports HDCP 2.3 and HFR (High Frame Rate) while P does not. They also support GSync, Apple AirPlay 2, Alexa, HEVC and a number of other features while P doesn’t.
P seems to have 4 HDM1 2.1 ports with eARC while D and S only support eARC on 1 of 4 ports.
Is the second season comparable for the HDR? Already saw the first season and don't want to watch it again. Got too many other shows I still want to watch.
Your link indicates a lot more than a tuner difference. D and S supports HDCP 2.3 and HFR (High Frame Rate) while P does not. They also support GSync, Apple AirPlay 2, Alexa, HEVC and a number of other features while P doesn’t.
P seems to have 4 HDM1 2.1 ports with eARC while D and S only support eARC on 1 of 4 ports.
Ehm, I didn't mention P because @Pressure was asking about B9S specifically, and PLA is usually sold only in UK AFAIK. My memory could have served me wrong.Your link indicates a lot more than a tuner difference. D and S supports HDCP 2.3 and HFR (High Frame Rate) while P does not. They also support GSync, Apple AirPlay 2, Alexa, HEVC and a number of other features while P doesn’t.
P seems to have 4 HDM1 2.1 ports with eARC while D and S only support eARC on 1 of 4 ports.
I'm gravitating towards the 55" LG CX. The BX is AWOL in the UK and I know I can get the C9/B9 cheaper and that there aren't massive differences between the 2019 and 2020 LG models but I just can't bring myself to buy a year-old model. I'd prefer the Sony A9G but given it didn't support VRR/ALLM out of the box and Sony have not indicated it's coming (but some LED sets will be updated to support it. I can't consider that - not for nextgen console gaming.
But the lack of native support for 1440p@60Hz on the C9? Just, why LG?
edit: also I bought a HENMES TV bench from IKEA (in black/brown), which solves my problem of lack of room in the current AV centre for nextgen consoles. One of the top three shelves will take the Series X and the magnificent and ludicrous PS5 can stand vertical next to the TV in is bonker's vertical glory! And my Roomba has enough clearance to make it underneath! Two days of researching AV centres, many phone calls asking online retailers how high the legs are and having had people go and open a box and measure the damn things, then finally I stumble into IKEA's online store. Why is IKEA always the last place I look when invariably they always have what I want!?!?!
Isn't the X series a downgrade from 9 series, except for better post processing?
Yeah for that needs x series is better.Yeah, there's not a lot between them. Post-processing, i.e. the picture, is a step ahead and is more important to me than the regressions which all seem to be on the audio side and don't bother us.
Sony's position is bewildering. The Sony A9G (OLED) was released in April with and almost all notable HDMI2.1 features except for VRR.. The Sony X900H (LED) released in May was released without VRR but at least a commitment to add it in a future patch.Hmm I wonder if Sony will properly support hdmi 2.1 next time.
I'm gravitating towards the 55" LG CX. The BX is AWOL in the UK and I know I can get the C9/B9 cheaper and that there aren't massive differences between the 2019 and 2020 LG models but I just can't bring myself to buy a year-old model.
Have you seen this comparison?
I love stuff like this, but this doesn't really help. Better blacks and BFI on CX, more bandwidth on C9, along with some audio formats that I'll never use. CX handle low-bitrate videos better and we do a fair amount of 1990s/2000s media on DVD that was never remastered in HD that we don't really watch because it just looks ass.
I am leaning towards the C9 at the moment though, that £700 quid saved could buy a much larger SSD for PS5 for legacy PS4 games. Really I'm conjuring reasons to avoid making a decision in the hope Sony update their OLED A9 set with VRR support. I know it's not going to happen, if it was they'd have said so already.
The CX uses a TV SoC with embedded HDMI 2.1 that limits the maximum bandwidth to 40Gbps (should be 48Gbps), whereas the C9 uses a more expensive external controller for HDMI 2.1 that is actually more capable in certain aspects.
The C9 is the better option for gaming, supposedly.
Yet both panels are only 10bit not 12bit so 48Gbs makes no difference.Have you seen this comparison?
The CX uses a TV SoC with embedded HDMI 2.1 that limits the maximum bandwidth to 40Gbps (should be 48Gbps), whereas the C9 uses a more expensive external controller for HDMI 2.1 that is actually more capable in certain aspects.
The C9 is the better option for gaming, supposedly.