X BOX ONE S

In my previous post, I  forgot to mention how the X Box One S performs with 4K games.    

The short answer is that it performs very well. As well as playing 4K HDR Blu Ray discs, it also plays 4K/HDR games. As far as I can see, I can’t notice any difference between it and the PS4 Pro – although there probably is.

Also I found that the X Box has more information and adjustments in the settings. In fact, it was the X Box that alerted me to the fact that the Denon AVX 2000 would not pass through the HDR signal.

On the X Box One S go to – Settings / Display and sound /Video output / Advanced Video Settings /4K TV Details and it shows on a table what is happening with the 4K settings. Be sure to set the Display to “TV Resolution 4K” and under “Advanced video settings” set it to “TV Connection Auto Detect” and tick all of the boxes on the right. When the X Box was connected via HDMI to the AV receiver, the HDR box was disabled but connecting to the TV fixed this (with a Optical Digital cable used to deliver the sound to the AVX2000). Don’t forget to go into Audio Output (in the “Display and sound” X Box settings) and turn off HDMI audio output and select either Dolby or DTS for the Optical sound out.

At this stage, I probably won’t upgrade to the X Box One X.