Trouble using Xbox One with a Sony 4K TV.

@IceStorm III

Be a little realistic, man. TV tech is never that great, not even Sony's "original Cell Processor TV that was shown ages ago. If the Sony 4K TVs were so powerful, they would have a built in optical drive to play PS4 games without the need of a PS4 console.

The pricing for Sony's 4K TVs is both the actual panels and early adopter "fee".

An Xbox One is light years more powerful than Sony's 4K TV internals, period.

As someone who owns a Sony 4K tv I can tell you it already upconverts all content to 4K using Sony's 4K X Reality Pro engine. So yes, you will be able to play games in upscaled 4K on day one. I'm not sure if all 4K tv sets do this, but I know all of Sonys
do. It does a damn good job of upscaling too.

Hello a7ime7raveller,

Thanks for taking the time to let us know about your situation. It's good to know that the problem is not the Xbox directly, but more of a compatibility issue. After the release of the PS4 Pro a saw and read a few articles about problems with 4K HDR working
on not only Sony's own TVs, but also with other manufactures 4K HDR TVs, see URLs below. It's my understanding that Sony has had to push out some firmware updates to get things straightened out. However, when it comes to the Xbox One S it seems that the real
threshold for 4K UHD support is
HDR10. But, of course it appears Sony dose not like to use that nomenclature. It's almost like they expected only PS4 to be connected to their TVs.... At this point, unless you can try some other third party 4K HDR device, it looks like you are going to
have to follow up with Sony.

www.forbes.com/sites/johnarcher/2016/11/21/ps4-pro-tv-connection-problems-sony-responds-and-you-probably-wont-like-it/#973b19176f1b

www.forbes.com/sites/johnarcher/2016/11/26/ps4-pro-tv-connection-problems-samsung-and-vizio-respond/#5d03ba3d2c50

community.sony.com/t5/4K-Ultra-HD-TV/Sony-X930D-with-PS4-PRO-HDR-Problem/td-p/605667

www.lifewire.com/sony-update-to-4k-3276243

community.sony.com/t5/4K-Ultra-HD-TV/Does-Sony-plan-on-releasing-an-HDR-10-firmware-update-for-their/td-p/583207

Good luck and good gaming,

SA

thanks for the information so I would next would like to ask have you tried changing your settings on the tv itself to allow for 4k HDR as you may need to edit it within the TV settings rather than the Xbox as sometimes Xbox struggles to detect. As I had
trouble originally setting my sony tv to allow for 4k and hdr

It's a question of how you like your XBox output to look.

I had two Full HD Sony TVs running on both an XBox One S and then the XBox One X, which were both fine, and I could move between different size screens (32" to 49"). Then I decided I'd like to see the 4K full-on value of my XBox One X, so upgraded to a
55" 4K Sony and a 49" Samsung (both 4K).

Never regretted the move, because the image is stunning - same goes for watching a 4K film, for example.

One thing you may wish to consider is the size of the TV, as there are no 4K TVs under 49" - I've got a "small" Samsung 49" 4K, and it's pretty spectacular for all things 4K.

I recently upgraded my 55" Sony to a mammoth 65" 4K.

My only word of advice is, although the output is spectacular for anything with 4K related to it, game-wise or film-wise, but you'd be really wise to consider where you're going to put the TV. I have a dedicated room for both gaming and TV, and have both
the 49" Samsung and the 65" Sony, so can watch TV in 4K or play on a console (both XBox One X and PS4 Pro).

A very large 4K TV will cost an arm and a leg: you can get the 49" Samsung, for example, from Amazon UK for £755. This is a bucket of cash, but with 4K you do get what you're paying for. The price goes up sharply when you go for the bigger models:
you'll end up paying over £3,000 for the 65" Sony if you get the latest OLED versions, and 65" is by no means the largest screen out there.

If your room is small, the size of the screen is going to matter (as may be the number of HDMI outputs, etc). Do remember, too, that both the XBox One X and the PS4 Pro double as a 4K video player, so you can watch 4K videos via your console (technical
note: you don't need a 4K TV to watch a 4K film/game, but the output won't be so good on a non-4K screen.

Lastly, 5K screens are out there and 8K are on the horizon. These are going to be horrendously expensive for the moment. Too, none of this addresses the possible frame-rate of future consoles, but I'd guess that MicroSoft will have considered that most
gamers who want to move on with Scarlett aren't going to want to buy a £20,000 TV in order to play games, so will have had to consider what gamers are using today, which could be a mix of different TVs.