Win Intel HTPCs/NUCs & Kodi-native 3D MVC Playback
(2017-03-15, 21:05)3DBuff Wrote: P750mmx, thanks for review. Try to connect your i5 HTPC to OLED when you get a chance just to double check and compare on the same system. The i5 with HDMI 1.4 should also do 4K at 24 fps interlace mode as well as hardware frame packing. This way the type of TV will not interfere with quality of image.

Let us know your observations.
I tested and compared several things, no explanation for some things I saw, but that maybe will be cleared up later. I will add more text when I forgot something.
Here it comes..

Al systems are running Windows 10 Prof. Up to date (drivers and OS). After every resolution change I rebooted the system.

Media used:
Ant-Men ISO testfile
Edge of Tomorrow ISO full media

Watch position: 3 meters from 55" LG Oled 950V TV, horizontal to TV center.
Receiver: no up-scaling, just passing signal as is.

First: Intel Haswell Core i5-4250U and HD5000 iGP


HDMI 1.4
Desktop 1080p/60Hz
Kodi 1080p/60Hz
3D hardware option available and playing without any problem.
TV displays [3D][1080p@24Hz]
Picture looks OK, but not really sharp. Looking accurately there seems to be a slight haze over the picture in general. It's not crosstalk.

Video Process Information
Hardware decoding: Actief
Decoder: msdk-mvc . d3d11_mv12 (HW)
Deinterlace: none
Resolutie: 1.920x1.080 px . 1.78 AR . 23.976
Low CPU load

Switching to Interlaced mode in Kodi.
TV displays [3D][1080p@24Hz]
Picture looks OK, but not really sharp. Looking accurately there seems to be a slight haze over the picture in general. It's not crosstalk.
Video stutters sometimes, no smooth image.

Video Process Information
Hardware decoding: Actief
Decoder: msdk-mvc . d3d11_mv12 (HW)
Deinterlace: none
Resolutie: 1.920x1.080 px . 1.78 AR . 23.976
High CPU, sometimes to 100%.

Switching resolution to 3840x2160/30Hz overall.
3D hardware option still available: no picture, just sound.
3D Interlace mode: picture and sound, image the same as above but the stutter is still there.
TV displays [3D][1080p@24Hz]

Video Process Information
Hardware decoding: Actief
Decoder: msdk-mvc . d3d11_mv12 (HW)
Deinterlace: none
Resolutie: 1.920x1.080 px . 1.78 AR . 23.976
High CPU, sometimes to 100%.

Second: Intel Kaby Lake Pentium G4560 and HD610 iGP


HDMI 1.4
Desktop 1080p/60Hz
Kodi 1080p/60Hz
3D hardware option available and playing without any problem (I thought this gives me no picture, but I was wrong) .
TV displays [3D][1080p@24Hz]
Picture looks good, cleaner and a bit sharper. Looking accurately there seems to be no haze at all.

Video Process Information
Hardware decoding: Actief
Decoder: msdk-mvc . d3d11_mv12 (HW)
Deinterlace: none
Resolutie: 1.920x1.080 px . 1.78 AR . 23.976
Low CPU load (almost zero)

Switching to Interlaced mode in Kodi.
TV displays [3D][1080p@24Hz]
Picture looks good, the same as with hardware option, not different that I can see.
No stutters, smooth image.

Video Process Information
Hardware decoding: Actief
Decoder: msdk-mvc . d3d11_mv12 (HW)
Deinterlace: none
Resolutie: 1.920x1.080 px . 1.78 AR . 23.976
Low CPU, (somewhat higher now, but not much)

Switching to DisplayPort adapter and with that to HDMI 2.0a output and resolution to 1920x1080/60Hz overall.
3D hardware option not available
3D Interlace mode: Picture looks good, the same as with hardware option, not different that I can see.
TV displays [3D][1080p@24Hz]

Video Process Information
Hardware decoding: Actief
Decoder: msdk-mvc . d3d11_mv12 (HW)
Deinterlace: none
Resolutie: 1.920x1.080 px . 1.78 AR . 23.976
Low CPU load (almost zero)

Resolution set to 3840x2160/60Hz overall.
3D hardware option not available
3D Interlace mode: Picture looks great, cleaner and a sharper.
TV displays [3D]*[3840x2160@24Hz]* << there will be a follow up on this.

Video Process Information
Hardware decoding: Actief
Decoder: msdk-mvc . d3d11_mv12 (HW)
Deinterlace: none
Resolutie: 1.920x1.080 px . 1.78 AR . 23.976
Low CPU load (almost zero).

Besides what one can read above, the Kaby Lake iGP is a step up regarding Image Quality comparing it to the Haswell iGP, no doubt about this. I never notice this before, but tonight I did for the first time.

If one should have some follow up questions, let's go.

Edit: there seems to be an answer above for my vague experience, great !!
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