How do you test your setup to make sure it plays 4k 60fps? Tbh, I don't think I can trust my own eyes to make an objective judgement. I think I have the right HDMI cable and TV, but not sure about the android tv box.
I haven't bought one yet. After watching some of the youtube reviews, I'm not sure which one that is actually capable of doing 4k 60fps. I am hoping that I could find a box that has an SPDIF connector. If not, then I guess I need to update my receiver.
How about YouTube stats for nerds?
Edit: from reading your answers on the other posts, you have no idea what you're talking about. You need to do more research in specific subforums. E.g. what make and model of 4k TV you have? In terms of playback device, all certified AndroidTVs supporting 4k will play 4k, specifically the Shield will not have an issue. if you not looking at certified AndroidTV, the you need to go to Freaktab forums, not here.
just check the playback specs on whatever box you're interested in. both of the only 2 ATV's cover this. the only reason any downsampling would occur is if your tv can't show 4k or you set the output on your box/software to do it. the shield doesn't have a spdif port but adapters are available. the mi box has spdif in the form of a shared connector which uses a mini toslink, so again an adapter to spdif would be needed.
I think I have the right HDMI cable and TV
you should verify this. the cable isn't a right or wrong thing but the tv obviously needs to be 4k.
There are plenty of devices that will happily auto switch TV Resolutions from 1080p to 4K (and back) when fed 4K / 1080p video source material. This is really convenient when watching a mixture a different resolutions.
There is a whole Subforum dedicated to such devices that also come packaged with SPDIF and can run the best version of Kodi media player software getting about - that being LibreELEC Kodi:
With Android (HDMI 2.0) devices you simply set 4k2k60Hz in Android Display settings, connect up to a HDMI 2.0 port on a 4K TV and then play 4K 60fps video content.
4K content will not be downscaled in that instance.
The media player device must be able to hardware decode 10bit HEVC video compressed content. That is mostly what 4K is encoded with. 4K YouTube needs VP9 hardware video decoding support.
Getting high bitrate 4K 60fps video fed into the device will be a challenge if it...
(a) has no Ethernet port
(b) has only Fast Ethernet aka 100M LAN - you need Gigabit LAN for trouble free high bitrate 4K 60fps.
You can also connect up USB2/3 storage that can easily transfer the 4K data.
So many useless answers and quasi experts, typical reddit users.
Just press O when you are in Kodi.
The little jellyfish video thingies. They have them transcoded at a bunch of different bit rates in different containers.
Warning, the 4k 60fps rabbit hole is deeper than you think. It's kind of like true color management and calibration.
I've got an nvidia shield, and it's hella dope. But I got a gang of 4k tvs.
The best, economical way to get 4k 60fps with full 7.1 sound is an Odroid c2 and libreelec. The box will run you about $80 all said and done. if you really want to ball get the emmc module.
The fact that you're not mentioning the model name or manufacturer leads me to believe that you are looking at an Android box and not an Android TV device. There's essentially two Android TV devices that are readily available right now: Xiaomi Mi Box and NVIDIA Shield TV.
Either way, why wouldn't you just go to YouTube and search for 4K content to stream? Or go to google.com and search for "4k sample videos" and download one?