HDR10 spec for Panasonic Viera TH-65AX800Z

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bollylover

13 posts

Geek

#207365 21-Dec-2016 10:02

Hi y'all

So I've got my Oppo 203 4K player connected to my Yamaha RX 3060 receiver. TV is connected to receiver using its 4K/ARC terminal. I've set HDR output on the player to on. When a 4K disc plays, the OSD on the TV HDR 10 briefly appears.

So........is the TV outputting HDR 10, or is it just indicating that the player is sending a HDR 10 stream??

Spoke to tech support at Panasonic, he was unable to help.

Cheers

Dunnersfella

4086 posts

Uber Geek

#1693473 21-Dec-2016 19:58

Have you switched the 4K mode on the amp to 'mode 1'?

It's under the advanced menus (Google how to get into it)...

bollylover

13 posts

Geek

#1693964 22-Dec-2016 18:02

Thanks for the quick response, yip it's on Mode 1,...... don't really want to buy a HDR TV, if this one outputs HDR10, I just can't seem to find any specs/reviews that confirm whether it does/doesn't.

tangerz

625 posts

Ultimate Geek

#1694022 22-Dec-2016 20:55

bollylover:

Thanks for the quick response, yip it's on Mode 1,...... don't really want to buy a HDR TV, if this one outputs HDR10, I just can't seem to find any specs/reviews that confirm whether it does/doesn't.

The only reference to colour space I could find in regard to your model was here:

http://www.panasonic.com/nz/support/product-archives/product-archives-consumer/tv-home-theatre-audio/led-tvs/th-65ax800z.html

That references the Rec. 709 colour space as opposed to Rec. 2020 used by HDR10. Given that, and the fact your TV was released in 2014, before the HDR10 spec came out in 2015, I''d say it probably isn't displaying HDR10 spec images.

Your setup would seem that HDR10 is being sent to the TV. Firmware updates probably mean it even recognizes it as an HDR10 signal. However display output is likely not HDR10.

bollylover

13 posts

Geek

#1694438 23-Dec-2016 18:48

Hi there

Thanks for your detailed response, I had a feeling that the age of the TV would mean that it wouldn't output HDR 10, bollix, a mere 2 years ago it was Panasonic's flagship........sigh.....oh well, I guess there'll be some NY sales on :)