KS8000 settings for gaming at 4k/HDR

Am I supposed to get an indication that HDR content is on? Tried a few Amazon Prime videos that are marked 4K HDR. Interstellar didn't give me any indication that anything had changed when it started. Now I'm starting Rise of the Tomb Raider and I again got no indication that HDR is in affect. The lamp and lightning on the title screen look pretty good so I guess maybe it is.
 
Am I supposed to get an indication that HDR content is on? Tried a few Amazon Prime videos that are marked 4K HDR. Interstellar didn't give me any indication that anything had changed when it started. Now I'm starting Rise of the Tomb Raider and I again got no indication that HDR is in affect. The lamp and lightning on the title screen look pretty good so I guess maybe it is.
Should say in top left an hdr video is playing. Started up uc4 on og ps4 and got alert on tv that hdr video was playing.
 
That's everything including taxes at border. I avoided the 60 inch bc it's a different panel. 55 and 65 are samsung panels

Who makes the 60?

I looked at a few of them and the bottom left on each was much brighter than the rest of the screen.

Also when I did the white screen test on one of them, the left part of the screen was all yellow.
 
Am I supposed to get an indication that HDR content is on? Tried a few Amazon Prime videos that are marked 4K HDR. Interstellar didn't give me any indication that anything had changed when it started. Now I'm starting Rise of the Tomb Raider and I again got no indication that HDR is in affect. The lamp and lightning on the title screen look pretty good so I guess maybe it is.

Mine indicates when hdr game/video is starting. You have it game mode?
 
Who makes the 60?

I looked at a few of them and the bottom left on each was much brighter than the rest of the screen.

Also when I did the white screen test on one of them, the left part of the screen was all yellow.

I forget. Sharp?

Made it chapter 10 in uc4 and hot damn. Just amazing visual experience.
 
That's everything including taxes at border. I avoided the 60 inch bc it's a different panel. 55 and 65 are samsung panels

Yea the 60 is a different panel, but i hope i get lucky with my panel. The price was too good to pass up. I've looked at some display panels at frys electronics. They looked pretty good.


Just curious, how much would it cost if you bought it in Canada?
 
Mine indicates when hdr game/video is starting. You have it game mode?

Yeah. Game mode is on. HDR+ is off. HDMI UHD color is on. HDR is set to automatic on my PS4. I'm never getting any indications from my TV when I boot HDR games on my pro though. Light sources all appear to be bright in RotTR, but I'm not sure.
 
Yeah. Game mode is on. HDR+ is off. HDMI UHD color is on. HDR is set to automatic on my PS4. I'm never getting any indications from my TV when I boot HDR games on my pro though. Light sources all appear to be bright in RotTR, but I'm not sure.
I thought Tomb Raider didn't have HDR? My tv tells me when I start uncharted or LOU.
Mine also doesn't notify me when I start a HDR video on Netflix. But its supposed to automatically change your backlight to 20 if an HDR video is playing.
 
I just nabbed at 65-inch on EBay for $1397 brand new. Looking forward to setting it up when it arrives. Are the OP's instructions still valid for the latest software?
 
I just nabbed at 65-inch on EBay for $1397 brand new. Looking forward to setting it up when it arrives. Are the OP's instructions still valid for the latest software?

Grats. Yep. Hopefully I find time to format a guide better soon. 2 kids need daddy time. Maybe a better than me will do it.

I've seen people say the tv remote works with ps4? How do I get that to work?

Edit:zero issues.with my aao2 tv model here. Only some pillar lighting that's normal with the display.
 
Grats. Yep. Hopefully I find time to format a guide better soon. 2 kids need daddy time. Maybe a better than me will do it.

I've seen people say the tv remote works with ps4? How do I get that to work?

Edit:zero issues.with my aao2 tv model here. Only some pillar lighting that's normal with the display.

What where you watching that showed pillars?
 
What where you watching that showed pillars?

You'll get blooming on anything that is a black background with a little white on it.

Note this isn't how bad it looks in real life. Infact, with the bias lights on behind my TV I can hardly ever see it at all.


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I thought Tomb Raider didn't have HDR? My tv tells me when I start uncharted or LOU.
Mine also doesn't notify me when I start a HDR video on Netflix. But its supposed to automatically change your backlight to 20 if an HDR video is playing.

OK Yeah. I guess it doesn't. I was sure it did with all the Pro talk about it. I'm getting the notifications properly with Uncharted 4.
 
Ooh my god you all are nit picking to the insane side of the spectrum. Not even extreme, y'all jumped off the deep end.

Suggesting settings that totally environment specific...

To all my KS owners out there, pick some settings you like and enjoy the TV. Christ this thread turned into a nightmare.
 
Ooh my god you all are nit picking to the insane side of the spectrum. Not even extreme, y'all jumped off the deep end.

Suggesting settings that totally environment specific...

To all my KS owners out there, pick some settings you like and enjoy the TV. Christ this thread turned into a nightmare.

Now to count the pixels it takes up on my monitor to display your driveby. Oh you know what ? One pixel looks 0.2% brighter than it should, let me check my warranty.
 
Now to count the pixels it takes up on my monitor to display your driveby. Oh you know what ? One pixel looks 0.2% brighter than it should, let me check my warranty.

Return that shit!!!

Btw, you hurt my feelings. Not a driveby, I've been providing gaffers with deep discounts on KS* goodness since day one!! (:

*Est 2016, quantities limited while supplies last. Price matching employee discounts not guaranteed. May get an unusable EA01 panel, manufacturer not liable. Too verify non Tyco** panel set backlight to 20, brightness to 100, and put supplied RayBan aviators on. Tyco panel bought out by Tiger electronics. 10 yard fight to be first HDR 8k content available in 2016.
 
Return that shit!!!

Btw, you hurt my feelings. Not a driveby, I've been providing gaffers with deep discounts on KS* goodness since day one!! (:

*Est 2016, quantities limited while supplies last. Price matching employee discounts not guaranteed. May get an unusable EA01 panel, manufacturer not liable. Too verify non Tyco** panel set backlight to 20, brightness to 100, and put supplied RayBan aviators on. Tyco panel bought out by Tiger electronics. 10 yard fight to be first HDR 8k content available in 2016.

You know people here are into the specs. A lot of us just want to get the most out of, and especially make sure we don't regret, an expensive item. I mean this is a thread just for settings and details, of course things like clouding or judder or lightbleed in different angles are going to come up when people's first stop is Rtings half the time. If it's of interest to anyone I don't see why any of it is too extreme. I like the idea of just buying a TV and finding settings I like, but I need to go deeper, lol. If I'm paying over 1000 for something I want to know it's favorite color and what famous person it would want to have dinner with.
 
Posted last night about a colour banding problem I'm having with my set......Gears of War 4 is the worst culprit. Having done a bit more reading I believe it could be more of a posterization issue rather than banding.

Do any experts out there know if posterization can differ from set to set? Or is it just a limitation of the technology? Blacks and dark colours seem to suffer the worst on my TV.
 
You'll get blooming on anything that is a black background with a little white on it.

Note this isn't how bad it looks in real life. Infact, with the bias lights on behind my TV I can hardly ever see it at all.


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I know what blooming is, but i havent seen it much on this set. My last led tv had blooming, so that was moved, and we put up a panny plasma that is awesome. We still use it.

This tv does much better with blooming compared to other tvs we've had.
 
Just grabbed a 55 inch from BJ's for 979, wish I could just go pick it up but apparently they have to ship it but for the price (I hope it's good) I didn't wanna miss it.

Anyone has this mounted? What screws works best, kinda scared with how thin this thing is but would like to mount since my current one is mounted.
 
Just grabbed a 55 inch from BJ's for 979, wish I could just go pick it up but apparently they have to ship it but for the price (I hope it's good) I didn't wanna miss it.

Anyone has this mounted? What screws works best, kinda scared with how thin this thing is but would like to mount since my current one is mounted.

A 55" KS8000 for 979??

Not sure what your currency is but either way that's ridiculously low. Are you sure you're looking at the right model? I'm in the UK and you struggle to get it under £1500. I really want one :(
 
Look I'm very much in the camp that if we are paying this amount of money for something, it should be as close to perfect as possible. But recommending to them that they should return it for 1 stuck pixel seems to be a bit extreme. Especially on a 4K TV. No way he can see the stuck pixel from normal viewing distance.

Getting into the return lottery, especially with TVs, is a hassle.

Just my two cents!
When people are paying £1000/$1000+ up for a TV, you'd expect there to be no fault at all, even if it is just a single dead pixel.
 
A 55" KS8000 for 979??

Not sure what your currency is but either way that's ridiculously low. Are you sure you're looking at the right model? I'm in the UK and you struggle to get it under £1500. I really want one :(

No that's it lol. The average price in the U.S for the UN55KS8000 (UK 7000) is $999. Those of us who got the EPP deal paid $729.
 
Are we in the same boat?

I can't for the life of me decide between the B6 and KS8000..

Yes we 100% are, especially since the OLED black friday price is at a staggering 2299$, which is insane.

I know the input lag problems, but I feel LG will fix it.

I also watch a ton of cable, I would like opinions on Normal watching, NON hdr content, like hockey
 
After many hours I am done messing with settings. Same as everyone else for the most part.....

- Picture: Movie
- Picture Size: 16.9 with fit to screen
- Backlight: 7 - 8
- Brightness: 45
- Contrast: 100
- Sharpness: 20 (cable, 1080P content) 0 (gaming, UHD, HDR, 4K)
- Color: 50
- Tint: G50 - R50
- Digital Clean: Off
- Smart LED: High
- Motion Plus: Custom (10blur, 0 judder, motion: off)
- Color Space: Auto
- Color Tone: Warm2 (for now....)

I use these settings globally across all inputs (cable, blu-ray, ps4, netflix, amazon, usb...etc) Below is where I change mine a bit....

Non HDR Content - Dynamic Contrast Low


- Cable TV
- Netflix & Amazon Prime
- USB Content
- Blu-Ray's/DVD's
* Sharpness set to 20*


HDR Content - Dynamic Contrast Medium


- Netflix HDR
- Amazon HDR
- 4K UHD HDR Blu-Rays
- PS4 Pro HDR Games
- USB HDR Content
*Sharpness set to 0*

It's a bit difficult for me to get used to Warm2 (especially my wife) We've been looking at cool screens for 10+ years. Will give warm2 a try for a week, but if it doesn't feel right, then I am switching to warm1. No sense in forcing oneself to not enjoy picture quality just because it is an industry standard...Do what's best for you!

Bottom line, I don't think there is any right answer to having the perfect settings. We all see differently, each panel might be slightly different, lighting in a room is different for everyone....etc Use what you like, but try to educate yourself as well :)

Enjoy this TV because it is fucking awesome!
 
Yes we 100% are, especially since the OLED black friday price is at a staggering 2299$, which is insane.

I know the input lag problems, but I feel LG will fix it.

I also watch a ton of cable, I would like opinions on Normal watching, NON hdr content, like hockey
Is that the 65"? The 55" B6 will be ~$1750 here on BF. The 55" KS8000 will be ~$1390.

I'm really worried about the high input lag, though. Not sure if I will be satisfied with it being so high, and I think they would've fixed it by now if they planned to. Probably won't see it fixed for the 2016 models. That's why I might go for the KS8000.. But aaaarrgh.. I really want OLED.
 
Is that the 65"? The 55" B6 will be ~$1750 here on BF. The 55" KS8000 will be ~$1390.

I'm really worried about the high input lag, though. Not sure if I will be satisfied with it being so high, and I think they would've fixed it by now if they planned to. Probably won't see it fixed for the 2016 models. That's why I might go for the KS8000.. But aaaarrgh.. I really want OLED.

Well nothing beats OLED, but ks8000 has it's own problems apparently with jagger.
 
Is that the 65"? The 55" B6 will be ~$1750 here on BF. The 55" KS8000 will be ~$1390.

I'm really worried about the high input lag, though. Not sure if I will be satisfied with it being so high, and I think they would've fixed it by now if they planned to. Probably won't see it fixed for the 2016 models. That's why I might go for the KS8000.. But aaaarrgh.. I really want OLED.

I had the same dilemma and I ended up getting the KS8000. IMHO LG will most likely not update the 2016 models in an attempt to sell 2017 models.
 
Probably means judder. Any judder on yours, Aztech?

I haven't noticed any, and I'm pretty sensitive to it. I had the JS7000 for a little while and it was bugging the crap out of me.

I don't think the set has any judder issues. it's a 120hz native set so pull down judder isn't really an issue and for anything else like television, Netflix etc the judder elimination features are working great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_H2mVDRdzE

input lag test, it's barely noticable

Speak for yourself. On PC at ~40ms gaming with K/M was very noticeably leas reactive than 20ms. That's me personally but it was enough to make me sure I'd be very uncomfortable on an OLED for gaming and graphics work. I was making quite a few more mistakes in fine movement with brushes, selection tools etc in Photohop until I switched back to game mode.

I mean I'm sure anyone can get used to it after a while. But it certainly isn't great for competitive play.
 
That's my thinking as well.

Are you happy with your KS8000? Any issues? Judder, motion blur, clouding, light bleeding, etc?

I only game on it so my use of KS8000 is limited. The major thing for me is the viewing angle. The color gets shitty when watching at an angle. Overall it's a pretty average TV and it's best selling point is low input lag. If you can get it for a cheap price, I say go for it (I got mine for $750).
 
I only game on it so my use of KS8000 is limited. The major thing for me is the viewing angle. The color gets shitty when watching at an angle. Overall it's a pretty average TV and it's best selling point is low input lag. If you can get it for a cheap price, I say go for it (I got mine for $750).

That's crazy to me calling it an average tv, this is considered one of the best high end tvs that are non OLED on the planet.

Calling it average, scares the living hell out of me.

I think you just made my choice for me, anti up the extra money and go OLED
 
That's crazy to me calling it an average tv, this is considered one of the best high end tvs that are non OLED on the planet.

Calling it average, scares the living hell out of me.

I think you just made my choice for me, anti up the extra money and go OLED

From every single one of your posts above it seems you'd already had your mind made up.
 
From every single one of your posts above it seems you'd already had your mind made up.
Care to comment on the KS8000 being an average TV? I've heard mostly positive things about it, and hopefully it's not just because of the input lag.

I only game on it so my use of KS8000 is limited. The major thing for me is the viewing angle. The color gets shitty when watching at an angle. Overall it's a pretty average TV and it's best selling point is low input lag. If you can get it for a cheap price, I say go for it (I got mine for $750).
Hm.. And if it's ~$1390 (55", in Norway)? And the B6 55" OLED is ~$1750.
 
Lol you guys are putting too much weight in my opinion.

Was the input lag a major factor in my purchase? Yes
If I had an unlimited amount of resources and didn't care about lag, would I buy an OLED? Yes

Before OLEDs I used to buy plasma exclusively so any television not OLED is average in my book.

Rtings offers far better details regarding the KS8000 then me.

Hm.. And if it's ~$1390 (55", in Norway)? And the B6 55" OLED is ~$1750

I would get the LG no lie. I will eventually get an OLED TV but this current LG is not worth it. I'd rather wait for LG to continue to improve on it and buy the next year model.
 
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