#USING A MAC MINI FOR NETFLIX 4K 1080P#

#USING A MAC MINI FOR NETFLIX 4K 1080P#

That means older Macs can only play 1080p videos on Netflix, even with macOS Big Sur. I do expect these articles to get updated to clear up any confusion, but for now they're basically wrong. Unfortunately, according to Apple, the 4K High Dynamic Range stream requires a Mac introduced in 2018 or later. When you can, add a good-to-great subwoofer for bass (that no tiny little speaker (s) can replicate simply because of size). With 1 & 2, this will likely sound better than any 2 mini speakers you can get even if you dont go any further from here. The other thing that's interesting is this Article totally leaves out the Mac Mini M1. When you can, add a center speaker to go right under/over the TV. Eventually it said it would have to get help, and I haven't heard from it since. I asked this 4K HDR question to the 'pre-sales' Apple Bot, and it was thoroughly confused. I don't see any reason why you'd have to use a Thunderbolt3 port to connect up your HDMI 2.0 (or greater) TV. Plus HDMI 2.0 is perfectly capable of 4K so purely from a technical standpoint there is no reason why the Mac Mini M1 shouldn't be just as capable of 4K HDR playback as the iMac. I have no reason to believe that the article is correct because if it was the Mac Book Air would have the same capabilities/limitations as the Mac Mini because with the 2020 models they're practically the same thing (minus throttling they use on the Air to avoid having a Fan). As mentioned on the Netflix Ultra HD support page, 4K streaming only works on select 2018 or later Mac computers with an Apple T2 Security chip (via MacGeneration). Now certainly I can understand resolution/hdr limitations on content that isn't provided by Apple (like HBO from an App), but this is with premium HDR content from Apple. Netflix has finally made its 4K Ultra HD content available to stream on Mac, albeit not everyone will be able to benefit from that. What I'm looking for is 4K HDR playback, and the linked article claims the Mac Mini (2018 or later) is only capable of 1080P HDR playback.

Using a mac mini for netflix 4k