Which Settings for the Best Results

[Meehael]

Hi everyone,

I've just got a 65" 4K Samsung MU9000 TV.
I plan to use it primarily for gaming (PC & consoles), as an extra monitor and for movies.
I want to get the most out of the picture quality, and since this is my first TV, I've got a couple of questions 🙂

My PC components:
MSI GTX1070 8GB
i7 3770
HDMI 2.0 cable (18 Gbps/14.4 Gbps effective)

Now, after googling for a couple of hours, these are my conclusions:

For 4K@60Hz (8 bpc), if I don't want to compress the signal/picture, I should use RGB and forget about subsampling, since RGB isn't compressed.
However, if I want to use 4K@60Hz+HDR, I can't, because HDR requires 10 bpc, which, in turn, uses more bandwidth (15.68 Gbps, at that) than my cable can handle.
To use 4K@60Hz+HDR, I need to use YCbCr with 4:2:2 or 4:2:0 subsampling (lower picture quality).

In short, I can forget about using 10bpc color without compression/subsampling?

So, my question is, are my conclusions correct?


Thanks!

 

[mdram]

get a 18gbps hdmi cable

https://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-Certified-Premium-Speed-Cable/dp/B01GCGKI3O

 

[Meehael]

My cable is 18gbps, but isn't the effective speed 14.4gbps?

 

[mdram]

just try it at the best settings and see what happens

you are over complicating things