Is switching to an HDMI 2.0 worth it?

[0nard00]

We just bought a 50" 120hz 4K TV. It's quite nice, but I'm getting some input lag and Motion Blue (Which I think is a problem that's isolated to the TV). I was wondering if HDMI 2.0 is worth switching to, or possibly fix the issue.


Here's the TV:
VISIO

 

[mrmez]

What is your input source?

HDMI 1.x can only do 1080 @ 60 fps.

 

[0nard00]

What is your input source?

HDMI 1.x can only do 1080 @ 60 fps.

It's the 5th port for the HDMI, which runs 4K at 60fps.

 

[mrmez]

What's the source, what are you watching???

TV: Built in tuner, external tuner?
DVD?
Blu Ray?
Media player?
PC? Resolution, refresh rate?

 

[bystander]

What input source, as in, what device is hooked up to it? It is a PC, DVR, DVD player? If it is a PC, what is the GPU you are using?

 

[0nard00]

What's the source, what are you watching???

TV: Built in tuner, external tuner?
DVD?
Blu Ray?
Media player?
PC? Resolution, refresh rate?

Oh, Cable only.

 

[0nard00]

Doubt I'll be using the PS3 on it that much.

 

[bystander]

It won't matter much what you use, you'll be limited to 1080p or 1080i either way.

 

[0nard00]

It won't matter much what you use, you'll be limited to 1080p or 1080i either way.

Will it fix or lessen the motion blur and input lag? There's also some sort of ghosting when no lights are on around the TV.

 

[bystander]

It won't fix those issues. For cable purposes, there is no latency that you can detect. It could have a 10 second latency between the cable and what you see, but it doesn't matter as you don't respond to anything other than how long it takes "play" to start. Ghosting and motion blur is a tech issue on the TV itself. Your PS3 is going to play at 1080p or lower, so again, it won't matter. Your PS3 doesn't even support HDMI 2.0, so it would just use HDMI 1.3 or 1.4.

 

[bystander]

Oh, and btw, there is no such thing as an HDMI 2.0 cable. There are just high speed and normal cables. As long as you have a high speed cable, there is nothing stopping you from using the HDMI 2.0 connection, but given the devices you have, it shouldn't change anything.