Xbox One S Doesn't Support 4K Right Out of the Box - Requires Update to Enable Support

Xbox 1 Due south, the slimmer, slightly more powerful version of Microsoft's 8th generation domicile panel, is out in August with added features, 4K support for video and Blu-ray, and the power to offer HDR gaming experience to players, but if you are thinking of getting straight to streaming 4K content after unboxing your new console when yous get your hands on it, you may desire to cheque this report out. Patently, the Xbox One Southward won't support 4K video right out of the box, and players will have to update their console to enable the feature.

User Says Xbox One Southward Doesn't Support 4K UHD Blu-Ray and Video Playback Right Out of the Box - Requires Twenty-four hours-I Update

Ane lucky folk got the adventure to unbox his Xbox I S before anyone else after he received it in his mail earlier the expected date. The Norwegian gamer took his time unboxing the panel on YouTube and showing off his 2TB Xbox One South, but the happiness was short-lived. He took to Twitter after he realized the forty percentage slimmer version of Xbox One doesn't back up 4K UHD video right out of the box. According to him, his Xbox One S won't play 4K Blu-rays even later on the iv.5 GB update that the console downloaded and installed.

"In that location was no choice for 4K. We had to do nearly a four.5 gig update when it first powered on. We checked the brandish settings and information technology said 1080p. Nosotros changed HDMI cables and changed HDMI ports on the tv and nothing stock-still the issue. Still won't do 4K," the gamer told GeeksUltd. "Possibly a 'Twenty-four hour period-One' update on Baronial 2d when it's supposed to come out."

The user Kurbo76 even tried to run 4K Blu-ray of Deadpool on the console, only in vain. "Bought a 4K DVD of Deadpool and tried to play it and got an error code 0x91d70001. The Xbox One South won't play the 4K film. Microsoft is dropping the brawl on this one," he said. Machinima reported on the same.

Seeing that Kurbo76's Xbox Ane S downloaded and installed 1 update but was yet not able to play 4K UHD video and Blu-ray, information technology probably means that players volition have to go through two updates on 24-hour interval-one to start getting the well-nigh out of their new consoles. This is aught new though, the standard Xbox One console needs a specific media player app to play Blu-ray discs. Similarly, PlayStation 4 users were also required to download a day-ane update and activate their Blu-ray video playback online in gild for it to part.

Xbox I Due south is twoscore percentage slimmer than the standard Xbox Ane consoles, and comes with a born power supply. Not only the console supports 4K video playback from streaming services similar Netflix and Amazon, it also comes with 4K UHD Blu-ray built-in. The HDMI ii.0a port that it sports allows proper 4K 60Hz output. The new panel comes in three difference capacities. You will take to pay $299 for the 500GB version, $349 for the 1TB and $399 for the 2TB version.