The source is still a 100 nits image so any brightening of it is artificial and not what HDR is meant to do. The 500 nits is only when you put the HDR slider all the way to 500 too which then destroys the blacks.
This sums up HDR well on RDR2:
You've got nothing to lose by turning on HDR in Red Dead Redemption 2 but nothing to gain either and this begs the question - what's the point in it being there?
Spent my first 5 hours playing going back and forth trying to tweek the HDR to look good. Eventually I gave up and accepted that HDR looks bad no matter what I did so I keep it turned off, playing on a Pro with a samsung MU8000.
Which serves as a counterpoint to the "Muh HDR, it's teh brokes...use SDR for colors!" crowd.
You missed an important part in the next paragraph...
Which serves as a counterpoint to the "Muh HDR, it's teh brokes...use SDR for colors!" crowd.
It also serves as a counterpoint to your own posts on "The HDR looks great" so are you trying to gotcha yourself here too?
You missed an important part in the next paragraph...
Which serves as a counterpoint to the "Muh HDR, it's teh brokes...use SDR for colors!" crowd.
Yup, I took pics last night after seeing the "HDR is washed out" thread. On a professionally calibrated LG OLED HDR and SDR are virtually indistinguishable. I just turned it off.
You might get burn-in if you left RDR2 running for a week straight without moving. Don't do that and you won't get burn-in.
Yup, I took pics last night after seeing the "HDR is washed out" thread. On a professionally calibrated LG OLED HDR and SDR are virtually indistinguishable. I just turned it off.
You might get burn-in if you left RDR2 running for a week straight without moving. Don't do that and you won't get burn-in.
HDR does look great. Just as great as SDR! If there's any washing out it's due to your personal TV settings.
HDR does look great. Just as great as SDR! If there's any washing out it's due to your personal TV settings.
It also serves as a counterpoint to your own posts on "The HDR looks great" so are you trying to gotcha yourself here too?
What is funny there was people claim they could saw HDR and there is no HDR...
That's not completely true. It can also be down to where you have the HDR slider in the game. It ranges from dim to SDR to washing out for me as I go along the scale.
The source is still a 100 nits image so any brightening of it is artificial and not what HDR is meant to do. The 500 nits is only when you put the HDR slider all the way to 500 too which then destroys the blacks.
This sums up HDR well on RDR2:
You missed an important part in the next paragraph...
Which serves as a counterpoint to the "Muh HDR, it's teh brokes...use SDR for colors!" crowd.
The burn in will be from the icons which are on screen most the time in exactly the same position. As pointed out in the write up (if I understood it correctly) because they are white they are being displayed much brighter than they should be because of the 'fake HDR' implementation therefore increasing the risk of burn in
fixing the HDR would be one of the biggest improvements they could make IMO. Wonder if they will address it at all.
Gonna turn it off on my PS4 Pro next time I play. Sigh.
Man... I remember playing FFXV in HDR and it was blowing me away. I was hoping we'd be moving more in that direction... too bad Rockstar doesn't see the benefits of having it done well in their games.
You can turn some or every single HUD element off btw, and you can make them come up when you need them by pressing down on the dpad. Its actually great, gives the game a much more immersive feel, while never feeling like you're at a disadvantage.
The way I have mine set up is everything off except the mission prompts and the aiming dot.
Hmm I was thinking about having and getting a 4k tv because of this game. Guess I'll still wait till next gen before I take that dive.
LOL @ y'all telling us how great hdr looked on your TVs for this game.
Hmm I was thinking about having and getting a 4k tv because of this game. Guess I'll still wait till next gen before I take that dive.
What is funny there was people claim they could saw HDR and there is no HDR...
Seriously. Those 2 games are the top examples of gaming HDR. We have that wonderful Resetera thread going into detail about how great the work is.Oh yeah definitely lets just ignore Sea of thieves, Forza and Gears 4 right?
Yeah HDR is a mess in general right now. Very few games do it well.
RDR2 on my KS8500 looks a million times better with the HDR turned off. I'm cool with that and I'm not expecting R* to fix it.
Yes
please..it's a HUGE difference to you and the hardcore peeps.
Run a game or a video with and without HDR to your mum or uncle. Or the '2 games (COD, Madden) per year' casuals. Their answer is the representation of the general consumer. Not the hardcore native pixel counting audience
sdr can be above 100 nits. look at any tv review on rtings. the x900e can hit 900 nits in sdr.The source can be whatever. At the end has been tailored the end output is up to 500 nits which the tv should account for which goes beyond 100 nit sdr scale. It has to be showing some content above the 100 nit scale though because all you would be getting would be 100nit sdr, which his lumens test show they are not. It peaks at 500. How does it show colors/brightness out of the sdr scale and still be out if it is sdr 100 nits still? Using terms like '''fake hdr' is also misleading as HDR is fake, as HDR is a postprocess.
sdr can be above 100 nits. look at any tv review on rtings. the x900e can hit 900 nits in sdr.
So, am a bit confused with what the best way to play on a ps4 currently is, should I turn off HDR and output at 1080p for now?
Or just turn HDR off and leave it at whatever resolution it is checkerboarding to?
So, am a bit confused with what the best way to play on a ps4 currently is, should I turn off HDR and output at 1080p for now?
Or just turn HDR off and leave it at whatever resolution it is checkerboarding to?