Back to Andy: “So, what’s going on with HDR (high dynamic range)?
I have now had it confirmed directly from LG’s factory in Korea that the EG960 does not use a Silicon Image HDMI port processor. LG have implemented their own solution and looking at the tracks on the TV’s circuit board, it would appear that part of the main XD engine is doing the work (as illustrated).
If LG had have used the sil9777 chip from SI they would not have to worry about HDMI 2.0a firmware as SI would have written and tested it. Having your own chip means that either you have to write your own firmware or ensure that third party code runs on your platform.
LG have stated that the EG960 will not support HDR via the HDMI port and that they will launch HDR products that do in the second half of 2015. Let’s look at the possibilities come September.
We know that there will be several new TVs.
A 55EG920, likely to be a tweaked version of the unreleased 55 Inch EC970 with WebOS 2.0. This set is unlikely to be HDR compliant.
55EF950 and 65EF950, flat screens of the same generation as the EG960 curved.
65EF980 flat screen with enhanced audio via integrated soundbar.