I meant HDR in game mode and getting notifications when it's enabled. Also don't have the bugs listed.
Which 4K HDR TV are you planning to buy for Scorpio or One s?
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Have you updated it recently? If not then I wouldn't.
-They took out the HDR pop-up notification thing several firmware updates ago. I'm totally okay with this to be honest as I already know when the media is going to be HDR, seems redundant.
-I'm not sure if it's exactly the same from tv to tv but on my KS9000 when I'm in gamemode and an HDR source is introduced, it does switch to an HDR profile settings, but the actual Backlight setting (which needs to be at 20 for HDR) doesn't change (I have it on 10 normally) and people need to manually change it. My contrast and brightness are the same across all of my profiles so I'm not sure if that was an issue for me. My work around is to simply keep my backlight at 20 always, but then non-HDR games are retina melting bright for no good reason.
-I don't have the audio sync thingor any issue calibrating, I assume it's a bug that maybe comes and goes for some people. Actually, my audio is handled via my Xbox One's and bypassed from the TV, into my soundbar via optical, so maybe thats why I've never had that issue.
-I see the screen brightness fluctuation thing on rare ocassions, sometimes when changing from scene to scene it'll start dim, then pop up bright for a millisecond or something. I've never seen it while gaming, generally if it happens, it's usually when I'm watching a Comcast movie or sometimes in Netflix and might happen once or twice for a stupid short amount of time.
I could be wrong, but I think the older firmware from around the time I got the TV, I could've sworn the HDR backlight setting switching in game mode worked fine.
I'm really glad they're doing this. I was sitting here all year contemplating selling my KS or trying to find some way to trade-in and upgrade lol.
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Should we create a sound thread next? I’m now in the same place with sound that I was with TVs a year ago. I’m going to cancel my SJ9 soundbar. My brother upgraded his sound system and gave me his old receiver and 2 speakers. I figure even if I replace his receiver, I’m still ahead and could get more sound for the $700 the sound bar cost. They’re older but they were solid Inifinity speakers for their time. Long term I’ll look to get an Atmos receiver and tweaters. For now need to add center and sub woofer.
Thread should be renamed moved and I think A temperate audio thread would be ok or a all in one AV talk thread...
That is a good tv. I almost bought it in 49" since it was the highest rated tv in that size this year.
On my Samsung I generally avoid messing with sharpness all together as a rule of thumb, I prefer to keep it au naturale. I know on some sets, 50/100 is the au naturale setting and 0 would be blurry but thats not the case on any of the Samsungs I've ever touched, but overall, if you're playing 4k stuff with HDR, it's not going to add anything good to the mix. If you're playing lower res stuff, a little maybe wouldn't be out of the question.
I'm not saying it's for everyone but these are my Game Mode 4k HDR settings:
Backlight 20
Brightness 47
Contrast 90
Sharpness 0
Color 47
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Smart LED High
Dynamic Contrast High
ColorTone Warm2
Gamma -1
ColorSpace Native
I lifted random white balance settings from somewhere online.
I'm not sure if all games need the Dynamic Contrast on High, but Horizon 3 looks a bit dim without it; other games don't react the same. You do lose some detail with it on though so most would recommend off in most other circumstances.
They do small tweaks to color and balance with some patches though so it's always worth coming back and being willing to change settings later.
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Yeah, I don't ever use tv audio if I can help it. It definitely still gives me the pop-up for HDR. I like it. I can't say I've noticed any brightness issues like flicker, but I have a pretty high tolerance for bugs unless they are persistent.
No regrets on my 65” B7. This is the most I’ve wanted to play single player games and watch movies in a long time due to the image quality.
Already cooking crock pot meals and decided I’m going to keep driving my car with 190K miles on it a few more months instead of get a new one like planned. Figure a few months of frugality will justify going for broke on this thing.
Already cooking crock pot meals and decided I’m going to keep driving my car with 190K miles on it a few more months instead of get a new one like planned. Figure a few months of frugality will justify going for broke on this thing.
I was planning on waiting for that too, but bit the bullet.
For me, it's all about the VRR feature to make gaming smoother, but Xbox X seems to be pretty good frame rate wise, so probably not as important as during the 360/One OG days.
Still waiting on my 900E...called them up today and they told me it was still back ordered because they sold more then they anticipated during the Black Friday days...at 600 dollars less Sony,you should of figured that lol...oh well,my 1080p set still looks good...I am going to have a hard time selling it though,especially if I dont feel like putting it up on Kijiji(people calling,strangers coming in the house etc etc...)
So I went to get my Sony 900E today.
Was told thw earliest I could get it is in 2 weeks. Faaaaaaq.
So I ended up breaking the bank and getting a 65" Samsung QF7.
Colours are freaking amazing.
Has 10 milliseconds less input lag too compared to the Sony.
I was really worried about blacks and contrast as its edge lit but they look beautiful. Plus it goes 500 nits brighter too.
Was told thw earliest I could get it is in 2 weeks. Faaaaaaq.
So I ended up breaking the bank and getting a 65" Samsung QF7.
Colours are freaking amazing.
Has 10 milliseconds less input lag too compared to the Sony.
I was really worried about blacks and contrast as its edge lit but they look beautiful. Plus it goes 500 nits brighter too.
The q series get a bum rap. I like they are stunning TVs even if they are edge lit. The colors pop more on those than the Sonys imo.
HUGELY DISAPPOINTED today. Can see obvious banding while watching soccer and hockey matches. I would not recomend at all. $1000 more in price and inferior to the Sony 900E.
Taking it back tomorrow and Ill have to be patient and wait out Sony order.
Taking it back tomorrow and Ill have to be patient and wait out Sony order.
Well.. despite the huge savings I spent a lot more on a tv than I had originally planned. Got a 75" Sony 900E today.
My wife seems ok so far but she may be playing cool and planning to murder me in my sleep tonight. If you never hear from me again, know that I was the victim of a crime of passion. A three way love triangle between a man, a woman and a tv.
My wife seems ok so far but she may be playing cool and planning to murder me in my sleep tonight. If you never hear from me again, know that I was the victim of a crime of passion. A three way love triangle between a man, a woman and a tv.
