Ah I see, I didn't realise the ks8000 had issues. Fill your boots guys.
KS8000 settings for gaming at 4k/HDR
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Ah I see, I didn't realise the ks8000 had issues. Fill your boots guys.
family_guy
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When the TV detects an HDR signal it increases the backlight to maximum automatically unless you change the backlight after it goes into HDR mode.
Yeah, if you have to turn on dynamic contrast there's no way you can have a "correct" image as it basically fucks it up
I run everything though my AVR so all my components use the same input
Colors in HDR look really poor, not saturated, without dynamic contrast.
FalsettoVibe
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Tagged just in case I purchase. 
Haven't seen this mentioned yet: DON'T USE SOMEONE ELSE'S COLOR AND WHITE BALANCE SETTINGS. Those are dependent on your unique panel and will vary between panels to produce an identical picture. Rtings notes this but provides them anyway for some reason. Then inevitably we get posts to the effect of "I tried those color settings but now it looks worse." Get a disc to calibrate your color settings.
This is really a conversation that should be happening at AVS Forums anyway. One thread for calibration settings on one TV is kind of silly in a gaming forum.
This is really a conversation that should be happening at AVS Forums anyway. One thread for calibration settings on one TV is kind of silly in a gaming forum.
Quick Mustard
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Gonna sound like an idiot / dickhead asking this but...
So, Detects HDR in Game Mode, prompts to turn on HDR, you accept. Boom done.
When you then switch to non HDR stuff, it auto switches back?
Just trying to picture the scenario with going from an HDR enabled game back to the PS4 OS and then back to the HDR enabled game.
Gonna be pain if it wants to confirm the switch every single time.
Are you talking ps4 or xbs?
Bc I read xbox is lacking a feature that helps with color I Think? I forget what it was.
Edit: found it
Albert penello: Not currently. We are not supporting WCG for games in Xbox One S. We are supporting the wider Bt.2020 color gamut in Xbox One S for media, however.
Well that's weird.
Ideally, you really shouldn't have to use dynamic contrast in any scenario
FrenchMovieTheme
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Wat? Where are people getting this fr $750??
infinityBCRT
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Correct. If your game mode it's calibrated, it shouldn't look any worse than movie mode. Game mode turns off extra processing, and you really don't need that because the content you are seeing is already being mastered by experts and the source image will be better than any additional processing can provide.
Not in game mode unfortunately. Another quirk is that if you are on an input in game mode and then switch to a bulit in app like Netflix it will stay in game mode and not switch your settings property SDR vs HDR there either. So I always switch to a non game mode input before watching Netflix.
infinityBCRT
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Something is wrong with your settings elsewhere or your device's settings... Or you are used to crushed blacks now.
I have a dream... One day, someone will make a tv that is locked to calibrated settings, and detects black levels correctly, and displays non HDR vs HDR content correctly without changing settings, and will only allow people to adjust for brightness. One day.
Hero_of_the_Day
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We have an infinite supply of threads, don't worry. If a topic isn't needed, a mod will take care of it or it will drop off the front page immediately. It is ridiculous how many threads have comments like these recently.
Meh. I tried these sites. Either they go dark or washed out to what I like. I did get used to warm 2 though.
I posted them because some might find them good enough.
Again I am no reference, just your average joe.
The amount of confusion and high thread count from people trying to get this stuff to work and other people not being able to really tell the difference tells me that HDR isn't quite ready for prime time yet.
Not that it bothers me much , I hope this thread helps out anyone trying to get this stuff to work (beating ones head against a wall with any tech issues isn't much fun).
Not that it bothers me much , I hope this thread helps out anyone trying to get this stuff to work (beating ones head against a wall with any tech issues isn't much fun).
infinityBCRT
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Yep, plus this and the B6P are the premiere hdr tv's right now, so it'd be normal for discussion of settings on these tv's. And I think these threads are educational and it's needed with hdr being so new.
Devilinthiscity
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Thanks for posting. Was just about to ask about this in the other thread.
All it really tells you is a good portion of NeoGAF hasn't been interested in their TV enough to try and calibrate it before. It's a new world.
bananafactory
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The problem with Game Mode on my Samsung (JS7000) is that there's an auto dimming that can't be disabled which is really distracting at times
The only time it's off is Movie mode or when the input source is set to PC device
Not sure if that applies to the KS8000 but I'm under the impression most Samsung displays have this
The only time it's off is Movie mode or when the input source is set to PC device
Not sure if that applies to the KS8000 but I'm under the impression most Samsung displays have this
There's currently a bug in the firmware where the settings won't automatically adjust when HDR content is playing in Game mode.
When you switch over to a game in HDR, the PS4 OS is also in HDR mode up until you close the app.
Nope, you just have to enable UHD Color for that HDMI port.
All the other settings are basically equivalent to what most people are using with this TV, I simply think that with dynamic contrast the colors look much more vibrant and the image has a much better contrast. Without it, even with contrast at 100 I don't like it, it's muted.
It has nothing to do with crashed blacks which I immediatly recognize and hate. I don't have crushed blacks on my TV, I can get them if I use the wrong input settings and I know how they bad look.
Btw I guess that everyone has its own prefereces, after all if all these options are available there must be a reason, just like there is a reason why Samsung uses dynamic contrast turned on by default to impress people with their demos. I guess that I personally like the effect while others not.
PS4 here, thank you btw
It's that way because a) people are watching hdr in the wrong room ( it needs to be dark) or b) people think brighter = better.
If you calibrate your tv correctly dynamic contrast should only make the image brighter resulting in a loss of the higher range.
A game where you can really notice this is gears 4. With dc off the lights in the dark are really bright and they shine like they would in real life. With dc on the surroundings are brighter too resulting in a less noticable effect. Dynamic contrast should really be off.
TV talk should be left to forums more suited to handle it. It's not going to age off the page if people keep posting opinions as facts. People are better off googling and getting informed answers.
I actually didn't know hdr was meant to be used in a dark room. Good to know.
You say you've played gears in HDR.
Now that I have this TV is it worth trading OG to an S for HDR on xbox and the 4k player?
You must miss the fact that this the TV this forum has highly touted as being the one to go into next week's console launch for and just a glimpse at this thread shows you people are thankful for it and help clear up some confusion on HDR settings.
But whatever. Keep on keeping on.
Dynamic contrast clips whites and crushes blacks
Fair enough point , I know I was in the boat of just using a THX optimizer on a dvd for many years , then they added on on blurays eventually so I used that too.
Once I got my current tv (panasonic st5055) , I simply used David Katzermeyers settings from cnet (they look fantastic for everything but I pop into game mode when I play street fighter).
So really , I guess I wasn't a hardcore settings adjuster myself. I agree with whoever in this thread said they wish TVs just came pre-calibrated with no adjustments outside of brightness (and even then they could have settings rather then an adjustable bar - daylight, basement, etc) - just SHOWROOM, HDRMOVIE, HDRGAME, SDRMOVIE, SDRGAME, SPORTS, STANDARD presets that take best advantage of whatevers in there with no need to fine tune later.
There aren't that many games right now on the s that support hdr so it would depend a bit on if you want to spend the extra cash. Gears 4 and Forza Horizon 3 were worth it for me because it's a big upgrade in hdr imo.
Hero_of_the_Day
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The OP has links to Rtings, AVForums, and CNet. It's a pretty simple and informative post that has links with further details.
People can discuss whatever opinions they have, that's kind of the point of a message board. PM a mod and ask them to close the thread if you don't think it should be here, see what it accomplishes (Spoiler:
it'll be nothing
If you don't use dynamic contrast, HDR content looks gray and washed out (on my Samsung 6300 at least)
If I'm honest I dont really know what HDR is supposed to look like.
Some people have said it makes the colours more saturated and the picture a lot more 'contrasty' in general where others have said the picture looks a lot more natural looking and mellow.
Ive only recently got a 4K TV myself and I was watching The Revenant waiting to be wowed and I found it a little underwhelming. Mine was definitely a lot more on the natural / mellow side of things.
Ive copied settings from expert websites and I find the whole HDR thing a little 'meh'.
Am I doing something wrong?
Some people have said it makes the colours more saturated and the picture a lot more 'contrasty' in general where others have said the picture looks a lot more natural looking and mellow.
Ive only recently got a 4K TV myself and I was watching The Revenant waiting to be wowed and I found it a little underwhelming. Mine was definitely a lot more on the natural / mellow side of things.
Ive copied settings from expert websites and I find the whole HDR thing a little 'meh'.
Am I doing something wrong?
Very useful to know as far as hdr use goes.
Noticed this tidbit in it.
"Of course, there exist other avenues (such as gamma adjustment or dynamic contrast trickery) to brighten the on-screen image for daytime viewing, but these are generally insubstantial compared with the most effective method of raising backlight luminance."
You should be able to notice the difference if you switch HDR on and off. Particularly take note of areas on screen where a light source is present. On HDR, the light generally becomes more natural and less oversaturdated, allowing you to see finer details in the areas around it.
If you have Ratchet and Clank on the PS4, you'll be able to notice a difference from the first sign of gameplay.
Kremzeek
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This is 100% false.
If it was as easy as that (only negatives) there would be no reason to implement the feature is all the TVs including high end models that should already have high contrast.
With dynamic contrast you get image contrast and vibrant colors that are not possible without it.
The range is dynamic and adapted continously over what is displayed so that the negatives you're talking about are absolutely minimized.
As I said IMHO HDR benefits a lot on this TV from activating dynamic contrast because HDR tends by itself to make colors less saturated.
Yesterday I tried Ratchet&Clank in HDR for example and without dynamic contrast colors were so desaturated that it lost the cartoony look.
But of course everyone has its own preferences, these things are very subjective, afterall color is perception and everyone should make a lot of trials by themselves to see with open mind what it looks best to them.
Wow, this has nothing to do with what I "like." Just want people to get good information. Do what you like and hopefully you have fun reinventing a wheel that you can find elsewhere already.
As if I care even remotely about this thread getting bumped. Is that a thing? People are that shallow?
This thread is literally a vessel for information, of which you have added none. Just clogged it up for anybody else trying to get information.
You could't have said it better on this whole dynamic contrast on or not..
it reminds me of the whole Warm 2 vs Standard temperature.. where warm 2 is the most accurate but a lot of people wouldn't like their tv looking yellow..
I might renege my OLED55C6P and get the ZD9 instead if that's the case. I think the problem will solve itself as the technology develops and becomes more capable of hitting the UHD Premium standard, but that's a mystery until those TVs arrive.
Accuracy, not preference. Just realize it's not same image at that point, and when we talk about how HDR looks, this is what happens because we don't.
Precisely.
Warm 2 to me is yellow as well, I don't use it.
In standard the illuminant looks white.
But hey since Warm 2 is closer to D65 I guess I should use a light that looks yellow to me as the illuminant
It's just a matter of industry standard vs. personal preference.
You should give Warm 2 a chance haha. I hated it at first, but you adjust and the image is so much easier on the eyes. I can't go back to cooler temperatures because they remind me of office lights.
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