The new generation consoles , PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, stand out for having HDMI 2.1 ports. With them, you can enjoy signals in 4K at 120 Hz and in HDR on current high-end Smart TVs, as well as 8K at 60 Hz. However, there was a bug that prevented you from enjoying this quality on Samsung Smart TVs. It was not clear whether it was Sony or Samsung’s fault, but it seems that in the end it was Sony’s thing.
This has been revealed by the launch of the first major update of PlayStation 5 since its short life of half a year on the market. The failure with Samsung’s QLED Smart TVs was confirmed by Samsung and Sony last January, where both companies claimed they were working hand in hand to fix it. In Xbox Series X the failure was not present, hence it was thought that the fault was PS5.
HDMI 2.1 failure was PS5’s fault
And finally, the patch released by Sony for the console that fixes this bug confirms that the bug was on its side, where the screen went black and no signal was transmitted. The fault seems to be in the implementation of the HDMI 2.1 connectivity , but luckily patch 21.01 fixes this bug and introduces new features.
Among these novelties we find other options such as being able to use Share Play with PS4, zoom to the screen, deactivate the audio chat of the games, see if friends are connected by pressing R1 and L1 at the same time, previous downloads for updates, customize and browse the game library for new settings for trophies and stats, and much more.
For image quality we also find other improvements, such as the introduction of an option that allows us to activate the 120 Hz output directly in the settings, as well as another mode to activate the mode without HDR by default in case we have problems with image on our Smart TV or monitor if we activate it.
Games can now be transferred to external hard drives
The patch, in addition to fixing the bug with Smart TVs and introducing other minor functions, also allows you to store games on external hard drives or SSDs , which is appreciated considering that, until now, if we filled the 667 GB they can use Console users, the only option was to delete files without us being able to transfer them to external devices.
This option will be very convenient to add cheap storage to the console. Although we cannot play games from external hard drives, it does come in handy to lighten the internal memory of the console; especially in view of being able to install M.2 NVMe drives in the future when Sony enables it in a future firmware update.