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Hmmm it seems I still have some calibration to do.
It's a pretty dark living room area. Very comfy.
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I need ERA to show me a game with the best HDR implementation.
- Thread starter Vex
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I hate HDR but it's because my TV sucks (super cheap TCL 4-series). Hoping to upgrade over the next few months and see what it's actually supposed to look like
I have a TCL tv and the HDR sucks and has soured me on the HDR experience. Everything is super dark no matter what I do and I spend wayyyyy too much time fiddling with settings. I shouldn't need to have my tvs secret operator menu shortcuts memorized IMO :(
So i'm inclined to blame your TV because I sure blame mine. I didn't go look at my model but I think it's the same exact TV as yours. And it is for sure the TV I've seen good HDR at friends houses this TCL model....it's not good.
So i'm inclined to blame your TV because I sure blame mine. I didn't go look at my model but I think it's the same exact TV as yours. And it is for sure the TV I've seen good HDR at friends houses this TCL model....it's not good.
As a former HDR skeptic, it's probably a feature I appreciate the most on my C9. It really is night and day--I've never seen such pitch-dark blacks and blindingly bright whites before--so I'm inclined to believe that it's not your eyes.
This is me right now I have a TLC 4K Roku TV and Sackboy A Big Adventure, Days Gone, AstroBot all look super dark when I use the HDR.
Wow this is a really shortsighted comment. My 2017 Sony 930e has great Hdr.
From Rtings review
The X930E has exceptional brightness for HDR, and is brighter than any TV we tested in 2016. Local dimming helps to make small areas incredibly bright, but large areas also remain very bright. The TV maintains this high brightness for a long time. This high brightness will make highlights in HDR content very bright so they stand out from the rest of the picture.
https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/sony/x930e
I am sad more people don't mention Gran Turismo Sport. For me it's the best implementation of HDR I've seen last gen. DF did a great video on its implementation-
www.youtube.com
[4K HDR] Gran Turismo Sport Analysis: HDR's Killer App!
Gran Turismo Sport is due imminently! We took a look at this week's demo and were impressed with the improvements over prior betas. Performance is improved a...
www.youtube.com
Play horizon zero dawn.
Also, what are your settings like when you watch movies? Are you a warm2 or vivid mode type of person?
I have a Sony x90H which they said is special for gaming.
How do I set up the HDR in the TV? i already did in in m XBOX1X and some games look beautiful, not sure if is due to HDR or not.
How do I set up the HDR in the TV? i already did in in m XBOX1X and some games look beautiful, not sure if is due to HDR or not.
Wondering what I'm doing wrong then. Tried it yesterday and enabling HDR in the game's settings actually made it look way worse, desaturated the colors and made whites look yellow...(on a Sony XH90).
Bolded might be one of the dumbest things I've read on Era in a while. Just straight up false.
I watched the Auto HDR video done by Digital Foundry on my iPhone 12's OLED S
screen and was blown away.
The HDR I experienced prior on my friend's TV wasn't nearly as good.
OLED is the way to go. It looks alright on non-OLED TVs though. Just richer on an OLED panel.
screen and was blown away.
The HDR I experienced prior on my friend's TV wasn't nearly as good.
OLED is the way to go. It looks alright on non-OLED TVs though. Just richer on an OLED panel.
If you're talking the 2019 CX 65, that was recently on sale for 1850 at Best Buy. I got it price matched and also didn't have to pay tax.
Edit* link below. Seems to be 1900 now.
A good HDR TV is a must to see what HDR is capable of, but some games just have bad HDR implementation and even a good TV can't help those games. I find myself switching between HDR and SDR depending on the game. God of War and Red Dead Redemption 2 are examples of games with bad HDR and I recommend playing them in SDR.
Horizon: Zero Dawn, on the other hand, is a game that looks wonderful in HDR and better than SDR.
Horizon: Zero Dawn, on the other hand, is a game that looks wonderful in HDR and better than SDR.
If you don't have consoles, and HDR on PC is not givng you good results . You can try to watch some PS5 and Xbox Series X gameplay on Youtube, that are uploaded in HDR.
I'm not sure if the Youtube app on that Roku/TCL supports HDR though.. but if you have other newer streaming devices that do, use those.
I'm not sure if the Youtube app on that Roku/TCL supports HDR though.. but if you have other newer streaming devices that do, use those.
I have this TV and it's entirely sufficient for good HDR. It's very noticeable in God of War, GT Sport, Forza Horizon 4 and others.
I have a TCL Roku 4K TV 49S405 and HDR looks really dark and off I've been messing with it since yesterday, Don't know what to do anymore.
No. My previous TV was a LED KS9000 and HDR makes a difference there. Probably just as well as my CX if you disregard the blooming and contrast difference
What year? I know when I got my 6 series a couple years back I don't think the 4 series had HDR panels, this is what makes alot of people skeptical about HDR is their TV can decode the signal but their panel cannot display the full color range or brightness.
For me it's probably still Gran Turismo Sport. And in general, even though I calibrated my Xbox twice, HDR somehow seems better on Playstation. I thought it was Sony's first party games (since that's all I ever play there... almost), but now that I have a Series S and Tetris Effect to compare it... it just pops more on Playstation. Maybe it's my hardware or the HDR setup works better for it there, idk. This is not a fanboy post (not even planning on getting a PS5 anytime soon), just my personal experience.
why is this?...I hear this all the time...is something different in the HDR code on PC that makes them act differently then consoles or is it primarily a Windows issue?
Got a C9 in June and have only played TLoU2 and a little of Horizon. I've researched settings to death. Feel like everything is configured properly and about all I could do from here is have a professional calibration done.
HDR looks great, but more like what I'd expect the game to look like, versus being some mind-blowing phenomenon. But I take this as a good thing, that I'm not looking at it like something is wrong with what is being displayed.
I think HDR is cool but it's not all it was hyped up to be IMO.
HDR looks great, but more like what I'd expect the game to look like, versus being some mind-blowing phenomenon. But I take this as a good thing, that I'm not looking at it like something is wrong with what is being displayed.
I think HDR is cool but it's not all it was hyped up to be IMO.
I can't tell you the technical details, but I can only say that I could never get it to work properly and even got some performance loss in some games
Final Fantasy XV features one of the most impressive HDR implementations. The difference is mind blowing.
Hmm do you have your input setup well for HDR? Did you try HDR setup on your console to adjust?
Not super familiar with the C9 but iirc it's a decent panel, and even testing at the title screen turning HDR on/off in the menu is a huge upgrade to the color range on the swirling particles, no HDR they are almost a flat color, with HDR I can spot a ton of different shades and brightness in them.
Can't comment on 4 series but I just assume the budget lines won't be good for another few years after all these features trickle down. The 6 series OP owns is fine for HDR though.
No offense to anyone that has it but on the set I saw and wanted to neck myself trying to calibrate, I thought TCL's HDR quality was lacking to put it mildly (I don't remember the model, just the pain).
I've never checked out the HDR implementation in RE3 but I'd recommend at least giving a few other good examples a shot on a better set before forming an opinion on it, most people end up walking it back afterwards.
Gears 5
Doom Eternal
Forza Horizon 4
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
GT Sport
I've never checked out the HDR implementation in RE3 but I'd recommend at least giving a few other good examples a shot on a better set before forming an opinion on it, most people end up walking it back afterwards.
Gears 5
Doom Eternal
Forza Horizon 4
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
GT Sport
It's mostly that there is no standard, it's like the wild west for how developers approach and implement it; some will even have HDR on console and then don't even bother because of it.
Microsoft can't force people to fall in line with one way of going about it, so one of PC's biggest strengths kind of works against it here.
I'm sure I've got everything set up correctly I just don't notice it much for whatever reason. I'd go test out Tetris Effect again to see if I could notice a difference on the title screen like you said but I don't have it anymore :/
can't Microsoft develop a DirectX type of standard for HDR on Windows?
