HDR on or Off?

[hyacinth1]

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HDR on for me.

I'm on a TCL 55" 4K. It's the best purchase I have ever made. Almost zero input lag and The Show running 4K and HDR looks beautiful and plays silky smooth.

When I got it last year, I thought it looked dull when I turned HDR on, but after a while I got used to it. It looks much more realistic and less "gamey." And the lighting is noticeably better. Not sure how it looks on other TV's but I recommend giving it a few games and then going back and comparing.

i dont have ps4 pro.

on a regular ps4, if you play with HDR on vs off will you notice a difference? or because regular ps4 isn't 4k ready, it won't really matter much?

[icicle22]

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HDR on for me.

I'm on a TCL 55" 4K. It's the best purchase I have ever made. Almost zero input lag and The Show running 4K and HDR looks beautiful and plays silky smooth.

When I got it last year, I thought it looked dull when I turned HDR on, but after a while I got used to it. It looks much more realistic and less "gamey." And the lighting is noticeably better. Not sure how it looks on other TV's but I recommend giving it a few games and then going back and comparing.

I have a 65" TCL with the FALD (hull array local dimming) which makes HDR look great on movies. If you turn on game mode to get the least lag for games I think it turns of the local dimming feature which kills most of the HDR mojo.....right? I know viewing a game in HDR looks great with Local dimming as the blacks are deep black and the brighter areas are bright for a great contrast but if I enable game mode the entire backlight seems to go to "middle" setting that brings the blacks back up to a standard LED TV level and the brights come down to a more neutral "meh" setting. At least so far.

[RoyalBoyle78]

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I have a 65" TCL with the FALD (hull array local dimming) which makes HDR look great on movies. If you turn on game mode to get the least lag for games I think it turns of the local dimming feature which kills most of the HDR mojo.....right? I know viewing a game in HDR looks great with Local dimming as the blacks are deep black and the brighter areas are bright for a great contrast but if I enable game mode the entire backlight seems to go to "middle" setting that brings the blacks back up to a standard LED TV level and the brights come down to a more neutral "meh" setting. At least so far.

I have the TCL P605 and the R617 and local dimming can been used in game mode. What model you have?

[icicle22]

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I have the TCL P605 and the R617 and local dimming can been used in game mode. What model you have?

R615 which is just the R617 but with just an IR remote from Best Buy. I realize that you can "enable" the Local Dimming option in the menu but if you look closely it doesn't appear to do anything when in game mode. A black screen is pure black but when in game mode it looks like a dark grey. Toggling through the Local Dimming options seems to do nothing on mine....but if I go out of game mode Local Dimming options seem to take a a black screen from pure black all the way up to deep grey....so it seems it's not working in game mode. Can you check this on yours?

[jeffy777]

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R615 which is just the R617 but with just an IR remote from Best Buy. I realize that you can "enable" the Local Dimming option in the menu but if you look closely it doesn't appear to do anything when in game mode. A black screen is pure black but when in game mode it looks like a dark grey. Toggling through the Local Dimming options seems to do nothing on mine....but if I go out of game mode Local Dimming options seem to take a a black screen from pure black all the way up to deep grey....so it seems it's not working in game mode. Can you check this on yours?

I have the R617 and can confirm this. The Local Dimming is nowhere as effective with Game mode on. I ended up just turning it off for my PS4 input.

[icicle22]

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I have the R617 and can confirm this. The Local Dimming is nowhere as effective with Game mode on. I ended up just turning it off for my PS4 input.

Thanks. My guess is that the TV has to analyze the image to determine what areas need to be brightly illuminated or dimmed and that introduces too much lag for game mode. Still wish it did work because that is what make the TCL approach some of the deep black levels of an OLED. Without that local dimming it looks like any other LED. No way you can play the Show with the 100ms or so latency local dimming adds (or whatever additional processing is outside of game mode).

[Flightwhite24]

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I’m using a 27” LG 4K Monitor and I’m using HDR Game. Looks pretty darn good.


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[ParisB]

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Gaming with HDR on a PS4 Pro is so glorious on my Sony Z9D.

[Jaysguy44]

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Get a proper 4k monitor, problem solved [emoji3]

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[PVarck31]

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I know on Samsung's you are supposed to turn the backlight all the way up for HDR content. Does anyone know if this is a universal thing?

[XxGamerXx]

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R615 which is just the R617 but with just an IR remote from Best Buy. I realize that you can "enable" the Local Dimming option in the menu but if you look closely it doesn't appear to do anything when in game mode. A black screen is pure black but when in game mode it looks like a dark grey. Toggling through the Local Dimming options seems to do nothing on mine....but if I go out of game mode Local Dimming options seem to take a a black screen from pure black all the way up to deep grey....so it seems it's not working in game mode. Can you check this on yours?

something wrong with your set as local dimming most definitely works as advertised in game mode. If you have it on in movie mode and turn game mode on there are times it disables itself and you must turn it on but it does work and the screen is inky black.

[XxGamerXx]

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I’m using a 27” LG 4K Monitor and I’m using HDR Game. Looks pretty darn good.


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That is not real hdr, all it is the signal is accepted but you cannot have hdr without a wide color gamut and brightness that is close to 1000 nits.

Also any hdr mode that does not allow editing of the settings is not a good hdr

that monitor is dope in SDR though

[XxGamerXx]

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Gaming with HDR on a PS4 Pro is so glorious on my Sony Z9D.

Well you do have a great hdr set

[XxGamerXx]

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I know on Samsung's you are supposed to turn the backlight all the way up for HDR content. Does anyone know if this is a universal thing?

All tvs max out their back light in hdr regardless of brand

[XxGamerXx]

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If anyone has a pc richards near them they have the awesome samsung q8fn 55 inch for 999 which is a steal