4K TV with Onkyo TX-NR515

[96Firebird]

Preparing for moving into a new house and getting my equipment out of storage, I am wondering how I would set this up... I plan on getting a cheap(er) 4K TV for my living room, and using my Onkyo TX-NR515 to power my Polk Monitor 70s, CS1, and whatever sub I buy. I also have rear bookshelf speakers but not sure how, or if, I am hooking them up. How are most 4K TVs hooked up to receivers that don't have HDMI2.0? Here are in the inputs/outputs for it, would I use the optical-in? Is that my best option?

 

[razel]

Yes. Your choices with your receiver are:

1) 4K, lose discrete surround, if you are lucky your TV will pass Dolby PLII.
2) 1080p, full surround support

However I wouldn't lose sleep over 4K unless the TV you buy is 60-ish. That's the gray area from your couch where some people are willing to pay for the resolution difference. However it's the wide color gamut that the new 4K standards and the better color display of newer OLEDs that you may want in your new TV. It will be very expensive as of now. LG OLED 65" retail is $5k. I suppose you can get it on sale later this year for under $4k.

 

[Kartajan]

I plan on getting a cheap(er) 4K TV for my living room, and using my Onkyo TX-NR515 to power my Polk Monitor 70s, CS1, and whatever sub I buy.

I would hook the ARC HDMI to the receiver. If you have 4k capable devices to attach, attach direct to TV.

In theory, this would yield proper audio and video. In practice..... YMMV.

http://hdguru.com/hdmi-audio-return-channel-arc-for-your-hdtv-explained/

 

[96Firebird]

I've been debating between 1080p and 4K... I figure since I don't upgrade TVs often, I'd get the 4K now. I want to get 55"+, and thought I could catch a deal on an older model 4K when the 2016s come out. Who knows, I might just settle on the 1080p to make things easier. But thanks for explaining the options guys. :thumbsup:

 

[96Firebird]

Slight change of plans, while I was looking at refurb'd 55" 1080p TVs from Walmart to save some money, my sister and bro-in-law got me a Vizio M55-C2 4K TV for my housewarming gift. Right now I am thinking of using the money I was going to use for a new TV and spending it on a new receiver that is 4K capable, but I haven't decided yet... I still have a month before I close, but want to get everything ready for moving in. If I kept my old receiver, I could use the ARC out on the TV to feed the sound, but the TV only has one 4K @ 60Hz input...

 

[Kartajan]

If holding off on a 4k AVR, and you need to add multiple 4k devices to your setup, there is always the 4k capable HDMI switch. ( I saw some with decent ratings on Amazon for under $40)

Although I am not aware of anything except the NVidia Shield that actually would use the full 4k 60Hz.

 

[cmdrdredd]

You could make use of 4k @ 60hz from a PC if that's your thing. As was mentioned just use ARC. It'll give you DTS or Dolby Digital 5.1.

 

[96Firebird]

I was thinking of building myself a small HTPC, maybe use that to stream Amazon TV/Netflix/Plex. Unfortunately, this TV doesn't do 4K@60Hz with 4:4:4 chroma... I probably wouldn't be gaming on this TV @ 4K, sub 30Hz movie watching is the main use.

 

[Kartajan]

re: small HTPC

given the recent-ish changes in Windows (specifically the loss of <legitimate> WMC in Win10), I would probably recommend leaning towards the small android based STBs instead of HTPC (FireTV if you had to have Amazon, NVidia Shield otherwise)

I am still annoyed w/ MS over that...