KS8000 settings for gaming at 4k/HDR

My PC struggles even viewing videos at 4k resolution.. guess external HDD transfers will be my future lol. Doesn't bother me too much as I will mostly stream through TV apps, but Amazon video doesn't appear in the app section (supposedly beause I'm in Norway).
 
Haines said:
I love pacific rim but idk if I can justify replacing my BD :( unless it comes on sale.

HDR was incredibly easily for me to see because I've never seen it on a tv before.

It baffles me that people don't see it. Just slap on uncharted 4 and look at any lightsource in the game.

Light is the place it stands out to me.

In fact I would not have made the jump yet solely on 4k.
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Hi Haines,

Are your settings your using now the ones in the Op or have they changed slightly since then?
Just looking to finalise mine and you seem to be happy with your set.
 
After playing about loads with the settings I think you can be pretty happy just using the standard preset with game mode on for games and uhd colours enabled on the hdmi port and your done.

Film mode calibration was never going to be good for 90% of the people buying this tv, even if it is technically more accurate :).
 
Ugh! I don't know what to do guys, last night I set the TV up after taking the old one down and noticed there was a smudge on the screen. I went to go clean it and it just smudge all over the screen.

I decided to use my LCD cleaner I had and it looks like it just made it worse, as though as if the anti-glare coating came off. Feeling kinda disappointed right now that I decided to clean it. I used clean microfiber clothes too!

I ordered a different cleaner that hopefully gets delivered tonight (so it says, but it's lasership so not much faith). Though, I don't feel like its really going to change much. Feeling pretty bummed out now.
 
Just got the 55" and I am dissapointed. I should have never sold my 4k 55" Sony 810c to try and get on the HDR bandwagon.

My Sony 810c

had a better picture sans HDR (subjective I know but the picture quality was excellent)
Android TV - Built in PS Vue, Google music, etc
Way better wifi performance, wifi performance is crap on my ks8000
Stand in the middle (I have to buy a new TV stand to fit the ks8000's wide legs

Overall really dissapointed in this TV and not worth the $350+ difference from the 810c I sold + price for the new TV stand
 
ponziacs said:
Just got the 55" and I am dissapointed. I should have never sold my 4k 55" Sony 810c to try and get on the HDR bandwagon.

My Sony 810c

had a better picture sans HDR (subjective I know but the picture quality was excellent)
Android TV - Built in PS Vue, Google music, etc
Way better wifi performance, wifi performance is crap on my ks8000
Stand in the middle (I have to buy a new TV stand to fit the ks8000's wide legs

Overall really dissapointed in this TV and not worth the $350+ difference from the 810c I sold + price for the new TV stand
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I noticed that mine disconnects from the Wi-Fi all the time, first I thought it was too many wireless devices but not much tbh. I sometimes have to go through the entire Wi-Fi connection process, so I don't think that is normal.

As far as pic goes, maybe you just need to calibrate it.
 
Okay, I have so far only watched 4K HDR demos and they were actually damn amazing, but (of course), not actual content. If I want to watch something good looking and actually substantial, what should I choose?
These are my options in my region:
Daredevil
The Do-over
Marco Polo
The Ridiculous 6
Chef's Table France
Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes
HIBANA -Spark- (wtf kind of title is that?)

I like food tv and the original Chef's Table so I'm leaning towards it.
 
So for PC gaming at 60 fps, do you have to choose options in game for either the 4K at 60, and reduce the scaling (if needed and available to maintain 60) or 1080p at 60?

I was trying to do some 1440p but it seems the TV only supports 30fps at that resolution.
 
Jailer of Hope said:
Picked up a KS8000 yesterday. Played some Forza Horizon 3 and the sky box is just mind blowing with HDR.
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Forza can look really great when you hit a cool sunset or something for sure.

Quick Mustard said:
Hi Haines,

Are your settings your using now the ones in the Op or have they changed slightly since then?
Just looking to finalise mine and you seem to be happy with your set.
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Ill double check but yeah they should be accurate. My color and tint will be different from calibrating using my disc. You can do the same with a blue filter and the xbox calibration.

Only problem I'm having is I always need to change my audio settings and it's a pain. I wish it would auto select between dts and dolby. I'm always changing it in the tv settings to what the media has available. I have optical from tv to connect box for my audio.

Just make sure you change your settings for every input and when your tv switch he's to hdr etc and you should be good to go.

Only thing I ever switch is to movie mode for non games bc I use different color Temps anyways.

And backlight to 20 for hdr games in game mode and backlight from daytime to night.

Only media I use right now is netflix ps4 xb1s BD and DVDs


^and daredevil is a great show. I wish I watched it with hdr.
 
Robiin said:
Okay, I have so far only watched 4K HDR demos and they were actually damn amazing, but (of course), not actual content. If I want to watch something good looking and actually substantial, what should I choose?
These are my options in my region:
Daredevil
The Do-over
Marco Polo
The Ridiculous 6
Chef's Table France
Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes
HIBANA -Spark- (wtf kind of title is that?)

I like food tv and the original Chef's Table so I'm leaning towards it.
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i think almost every single indoor scene in marco polo is filmed using natural light. no extra light sources needed. that is pretty nuts.

edit: here is the quote "We met with Vanja Cernjul, the director of photography of the Netflix series Marco Polo, and he said that he was able to light the second season in ways that he never had before and for the first time could shoot interiors using natural light. He was amazed at the detail he could get in shadows, whilst also picking out the highlights in a fire or the moonlight. He described it as like having all his restrictions removed and now he wanted to discover ways of using this freedom in a creative manner."
 
Haines said:
I love pacific rim but idk if I can justify replacing my BD :( unless it comes on sale.

HDR was incredibly easily for me to see because I've never seen it on a tv before.

It baffles me that people don't see it. Just slap on uncharted 4 and look at any lightsource in the game.

Light is the place it stands out to me.

In fact I would not have made the jump yet solely on 4k.
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yea wait for a sale. The hdr is pretty done extremely well on pacific rim.
 
Overall, love the set.

For 4k content with HDR, it's quite a stunner (those YouTube videos, you).

But, unsurprisingly, my VT60 still has the KS beat in a lot of areas, including color and motion. Then again, the VT60 is a reference level beast, so it's not really a fair comparison.

Overall, super happy with the set. It does motion very well for an LCD and the blacks are solid.
 
Yeah the old sets that we were on top of there time will probably beat a new set trying to push 2 new technoligies. Doesn't surprise me.
 
WonkyPanda said:
Overall, love the set.

For 4k content with HDR, it's quite a stunner (those YouTube videos, you).

But, unsurprisingly, my VT60 still has the KS beat in a lot of areas, including color and motion. Then again, the VT60 is a reference level beast, so it's not really a fair comparison.

Overall, super happy with the set. It does motion very well for an LCD and the blacks are solid.
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I used my dads calman meter and software along with spears and munsil disc. The colors are actually pretty close to my VT in the living room. Motion i still give the edge to the VT.
 
Got the KS8000 today. Immediately knew it was a keeper when it wasn't deciding to automatically dim my picture during the worst times.

I naturally have a few settings questions, but the most important one right now involves my new receiver.

I bought this Denon Home Theater and set it up: the calibration proves that my speakers are working correctly. I also got a pair of compatible HDMI cables to connect it to my KS8000, while I also have my PS4 Pro directly connected to the TV.

So far I can't get audio to the receiver. I thought what I had to do was connect one end of the HDMI cable to the MONITOR port of the receiver and the other end to the ARC port of the TV. So far I can't figure out how to get audio on my receiver. Do I need to connect it to a different port? If so, how do I then have it play the audio from the PS4 (while it's still connected to the TV)?

Help would be appreciated.
 
SOLDIER said:
Got the KS8000 today. Immediately knew it was a keeper when it wasn't deciding to automatically dim my picture during the worst times.

I naturally have a few settings questions, but the most important one right now involves my new receiver.

I bought this Denon Home Theater and set it up: the calibration proves that my speakers are working correctly. I also got a pair of compatible HDMI cables to connect it to my KS8000, while I also have my PS4 Pro directly connected to the TV.

So far I can't get audio to the receiver. I thought what I had to do was connect one end of the HDMI cable to the MONITOR port of the receiver and the other end to the ARC port of the TV. So far I can't figure out how to get audio on my receiver. Do I need to connect it to a different port? If so, how do I then have it play the audio from the PS4 (while it's still connected to the TV)?

Help would be appreciated.
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Just curious why aren't you going from Source to Denon to TV?
 
SOLDIER said:
Got the KS8000 today. Immediately knew it was a keeper when it wasn't deciding to automatically dim my picture during the worst times.

I naturally have a few settings questions, but the most important one right now involves my new receiver.

I bought this Denon Home Theater and set it up: the calibration proves that my speakers are working correctly. I also got a pair of compatible HDMI cables to connect it to my KS8000, while I also have my PS4 Pro directly connected to the TV.

So far I can't get audio to the receiver. I thought what I had to do was connect one end of the HDMI cable to the MONITOR port of the receiver and the other end to the ARC port of the TV. So far I can't figure out how to get audio on my receiver. Do I need to connect it to a different port? If so, how do I then have it play the audio from the PS4 (while it's still connected to the TV)?

Help would be appreciated.
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I just left my house, but did you check the audio settings on the tv? Also make sure your receiver supports hdmi arc.
 
I thought I was getting real youtube HDR until I updated to 1152. Now I was completely blown away after the update. It was so good that I had to change my underwear after watching. The problem I'm having is that when I played Forza and GOW4, I wasn't blown away. I set up the settings according to the op and the HDR prompt pops up before I play those games. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or what. In GOW4, it looks to dark in some scenes but it defintely doesn't look like anything special.
 
thetruth1983 said:
I thought I was getting real youtube HDR until I updated to 1152. Now I was completely blown away after the update. It was so good that I had to change my underwear after watching. The problem I'm having is that when I played Forza and GOW4, I wasn't blown away. I set up the settings according to the op and the HDR prompt pops up before I play those games. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or what. In GOW4, it looks to dark in some scenes but it defintely doesn't look like anything special.
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It just depends on how hdr was implemented.
 
SOLDIER said:
Got the KS8000 today. Immediately knew it was a keeper when it wasn't deciding to automatically dim my picture during the worst times.

I naturally have a few settings questions, but the most important one right now involves my new receiver.

I bought this Denon Home Theater and set it up: the calibration proves that my speakers are working correctly. I also got a pair of compatible HDMI cables to connect it to my KS8000, while I also have my PS4 Pro directly connected to the TV.

So far I can't get audio to the receiver. I thought what I had to do was connect one end of the HDMI cable to the MONITOR port of the receiver and the other end to the ARC port of the TV. So far I can't figure out how to get audio on my receiver. Do I need to connect it to a different port? If so, how do I then have it play the audio from the PS4 (while it's still connected to the TV)?

Help would be appreciated.
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I just did a quick google search and it appears that your receiver doesn't support ARC.
 
M_A_C said:
So for PC gaming at 60 fps, do you have to choose options in game for either the 4K at 60, and reduce the scaling (if needed and available to maintain 60) or 1080p at 60?

I was trying to do some 1440p but it seems the TV only supports 30fps at that resolution.
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I play lots of games at 1440p 60 fps on this set.
 
AngelOFDeath said:
Just curious why aren't you going from Source to Denon to TV?
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Thought it would be easier to connect the PS4 directly to the TV instead of the receiver.

Since it's 4K compatible, I won't lose any picture quality if I connect it to the receiver, right? Just want to make sure there's no degradation or anything else.
 
SOLDIER said:
Thought it would be easier to connect the PS4 directly to the TV instead of the receiver.

Since it's 4K compatible, I won't lose any picture quality if I connect it to the receiver, right? Just want to make sure there's no degradation or anything else.
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I would need to do research on your receiver specifically but as long it's a 4k passthrough then it should be fine
 
thetruth1983 said:
I thought I was getting real youtube HDR until I updated to 1152. Now I was completely blown away after the update. It was so good that I had to change my underwear after watching. The problem I'm having is that when I played Forza and GOW4, I wasn't blown away. I set up the settings according to the op and the HDR prompt pops up before I play those games. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or what. In GOW4, it looks to dark in some scenes but it defintely doesn't look like anything special.
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Did you adjust the HDR settings in game?
 
Anybody else not able to adjust hdr slider in gears? The 3 cog symbols are completely white for me and don't change at all when you move the slider.
 
Is anyone else experiencing screen/audio flickering with the Pro set to Automatic? Seems to only start happening when an HDR game is played (and doesn't happen always). I've seen the issue reported elsewhere but not here yet.

I've seen people post about this on multiple TVs and the KS8000 is one of them. I am experiencing it, it's pretty frustrating that my original PS4 offered a better experience.
 
thetruth1983 said:
I adjusted the slides in Gears but I don't remember making any changes in Forza. I haven't bought Forza and only downloaded the demo.
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Forza has an hdr slider.

I left brightness about middle default and the hdr slider around middle. Made sure the logo was gone.

I haven't tried gears bc a friend borrowed it but forza was impressive on the right scene and average on the rest.
 
Haines said:
Forza has an hdr slider.

I left brightness about middle default and the hdr slider around middle. Made sure the logo was gone.

I haven't tried gears bc a friend borrowed it but forza was impressive on the right scene and average on the rest.
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Thanks! I'm going to fire up the demo again later tonight.
 
Neat Machine said:
Is anyone else experiencing screen/audio flickering with the Pro set to Automatic? Seems to only start happening when an HDR game is played (and doesn't happen always). I've seen the issue reported elsewhere but not here yet.

I've seen people post about this on multiple TVs and the KS8000 is one of them. I am experiencing it, it's pretty frustrating that my original PS4 offered a better experience.
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Yup I'm having that issue. I'm going to try swapping out my cord and see what happens
 
dcx4610 said:
I played the same YT HDR videos on the PS4 Pro and XB1 and they clearly don't look as good or have HDR. Playing the videos through the TV app, it certainly looks like HDR even on 1150. Unfortunately if you press the middle button to check, it pauses the video so I can't verify.

Either I'm being swayed by true 4k video and the colors popping or HDR YT works on 1150.

I'll try to update to 1152 to see if there is any difference.

Edit: Updated and OK, I can see a difference. It looks I was just being swayed by 4k and 60fps. One thing that is interesting to note is the TV YouTube app is incredibly superior in video quality to the PS4 Pro and XB1 even before the firmware update. Strange that a TV is more optimized and seemingly has more power to run YT than a full fledged console.
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That's the same way that I feel. The 4k TV apps blow everything else out of the water. I watched a few blu rays today and the quality of those didn't match what I saw on Amazon video and youtube. It's amazing to think that streaming quality has surpassed physical media.
 
So I'm loving the 60 inch of this I got. A friend just asked me though what if Dolby vision wins out over hdr10? I know hdr 10 is what this have so...am I just fucked if that happens? I don't want to be HDDVD'd
 
thetruth1983 said:
That's the same way that I feel. The 4k TV apps blow everything else out of the water. I watched a few blu rays today and the quality of those didn't match what I saw on Amazon video and youtube. It's amazing to think that streaming quality has surpassed physical media.
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I don't think it's so much that, it's just that most of the 4k UHD Blu-rays are fake right now. They don't look much better than normal Blu-rays with exception of HDR.

Those videos are specifically made to show off 4k and HDR. Hopefully movies will get there eventually.
 
j-wood said:
So I'm loving the 60 inch of this I got. A friend just asked me though what if Dolby vision wins out over hdr10? I know hdr 10 is what this have so...am I just fucked if that happens? I don't want to be HDDVD'd
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Dolby Vision is getting HDVD'ed. HDR10 is the most supported format but if anything crazy happens, it can be patched in. I think it's pretty much cemented that HDR10 won out though. Samsung has a lot of pull and they have gone on record that they've selected HDR10.
 
And someone was linking to an article saying they can or are going to patch in Metadata. Don't know if the article was right or things changed.

Seriously wouldn't worry about it. Samsung won't screw it's customers over.
 
Definitely encountered some glitches in this tv tonight in 2 different games.

A picture of a person would phase from one spot to another in half a second before the tv corrected itself.

I'll have to try downloading the firmware update to see if that fixes it.

Never saw it until tonight.
 
ItsTheNew said:
Yup I'm having that issue. I'm going to try swapping out my cord and see what happens
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Didn't help me any. I'm pretty irritated that there's no patch yet. It seems to screw up the connection from my TV to my soundbar too, so I often have to restart the TV. Very unhappy with the Pro so far, nothing but a hassle.
 
AngelOFDeath said:
I would need to do research on your receiver specifically but as long it's a 4k passthrough then it should be fine
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So I had the PS4 Pro connected directly to the receiver, and was getting sound but no picture. I even updated the firmware on the receiver, but same result.

After switching ports, it miraculously worked...until I lost picture again. Then I connected a Wii U and it worked instantly.

I think it's safe to say the Pro is the culprit here. I also had issues with my previous OLED where I would lose the signal and have to turn the TV off and on again to get picture. Thing is, I'm not sure if it's the system or the HDMI cable that's at fault. Unfortunately I only have two compliant HDMI cables (the one for the receiver and the one that came with the Pro), so I don't know how to make sure.
 
Im questioning if my contrast is supposed to be at say 93 vs 100

Whenever I did the contrast tests it seemed to want as high as I could go.

Looking at a cloud in uc4.

If I turn it down I lose globs of white on the edge of this cloud I'm looking at and see the detail instead.
Curious if it's white clipping and I'm not understand the tests

Can't get it to repeat anywhere else in the game. Just that one level. Maybe it was supposed to look like that but the cloud still needs detailed and when.i turned down the contrast I could see it.

I have another calibration DVD I can run though tmrw. Just didn't want to use DVD for 4k.
 
My 4k player is arriving next week thanks to BF deals, got it for $96.

Picked up a couple of 4k movie at Best Buy just now, The revenant, lucy and Pacific RIm.

Im ready for some real 4k content!

Blackpanther25 said:
How do you guys feel about the HDR+ mode while using Netflix and other streaming apps for non HDR content?

According to Samsung, it upscales SDR to HDR.
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Its a gimmick.. I have it off.
 
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