Is HDMI 2.1 important for console gaming?

[elazz]

Kerotan said:

elazz said:
Hmm, this one is tricky since at 4K HDR10 at 60fps HDMI 2.0 is enough as we see with PS4. However when support for eARC will probably be there on PS5 (for Dolby Atmos passthrough for example.) It's an HDMI 2.1 standard but a lot of TV's already support it without having 2.0 for example the Sony AF9.

I guess it's best to wait for CES in 2 weeks and see what Sony will release on their next gen TV's.

So the Sony AF9 doesn't support 2.0 let alone 2.1? I know it has eArk but assumed it had 2.1.

 

Another thing I read was that LG have a monopoly on the production of OLED displays making it likely the price of non LG sets won't drop in price much over the next few years. 

 

So Xbox X has 2.1 but not full 2.1 support. 8 presume the ps5 and next xbox will have full support. 

The Sony AF9 has 4 full bandwith HDMI 2.0 ports. They also have certain 2.1 features but is not officially stated to be HDMI 2.1

People are wondering if in fact the eArc port is at least 2.1 but I don't think so. at CES Sony will show the new TV's and give information about any possible updates so stay tuned. Same for the other manufacturers. OLED will come down in price when Samsung's MicroLED panels is being sold to other brands as a working product.