PC mode gives you low input lag irrespective of the preset that you use. HDR Standard gives you a brighter image from the off that compensates for the lack of Active HDR/Low Dynamic Contrast. It's a fudge. Ideally, you'd only use it for game consoles and use the proper modes/presets for watching media.
Where are you seeing it?
The sky, mainly. It seems to not be so much more banding, but rather the banding that's there is made more pronounced.
Thanks for the explanation!. So essentially when it comes down to it, we are trying to get the most accurate colours possible and havnt dived into whats happening with the IQ between the two options.
It's impossible to have more "pop" than this while retaining 21ms Input Mode, so the question would be: "what if I want a more accurate tone mapping, no matter if noticeable dimmer?"
Sorry, but no one (including myself) was expecting LG to actually fix "PC Input" for an out of production TV series as 2017 models...but they did!
Is there any particular reason that 2,000 nits is the target luminance value with HDR Standard + PC? Setting in-game luminance has always baffled me, since you'd naturally assume to set it to the max peak brightness of your TV, which would be around 800 for the 7-series.
The TV tries to show more detail than the panel would normally allow. With PC mode + HDR Standard, the LG is throwing away all extra detail above 2,000 nits. Normally, it would try to preserve up to 4,000 nits worth of detail. It's personal preference as to what you prefer.
So something about the PC input caps the TV's ability to tone map anything above 2,000 nits? Sorry if these are basic questions; tone mapping and setting luminance values in games has always been the part of owning an HDR TV I've struggled the most to understand.
By changing the settings in a game, you're basically telling it what the TV can do.
Yes, using now PC Input, once setup as suggested, means 4:4:4 RGB Limited @ 8-bit in SDR and 4:2:0 YUV HDR @ 10-bit.
It should ask you if you want to patch Dolby Vision, and you have to accept it.
If you will use PC Input, yes.
Make sure that you're either disabling 4:2:2 or forcing 4:2:0 in the color space settings of your respective console. On PS4 you'll need to force YUV420 instead of RGB, and on Xbox One you'll need to make sure you have YCC 4:2:2 unchecked.
What game I mean.
Where are you seeing the banding?
On X1X selecting 8-bit (and Unchecking 4:2:2) is the best option when using the fixed PC Input.
On Dolby Vision you still can enable both Real Cinema and TruMotion on PC Mode.
Select:
DV is no option, because not all HDR content uses it.
X1X HDR Calibrated Settings
