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Post by Dougs on Mar 1, 2023 14:02:43 GMT
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Post by harrypalmer on Mar 1, 2023 16:28:23 GMT
True. It may be that I've only watched international games on iPlayer.
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Post by rammy18 on Mar 1, 2023 16:30:52 GMT
Never seen anything other than world cup or euro championship games offered in 4K/hdr on iplayer
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Post by RobEG on Mar 1, 2023 16:32:44 GMT
Boo! Bog standard HD it is I guess  |
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Post by technoish on Mar 1, 2023 17:20:36 GMT
Remember for sports to turn back on some the crap... If you watch football in cinema mode it will look awful.
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Post by RobEG on Mar 1, 2023 17:29:47 GMT
Urgh, that sounds like a pain to remember to keep switching like that |
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Post by Fake_Blood on Mar 1, 2023 17:47:06 GMT
For people wanting to test their new tvs, youtube has some nice HDR content. Lots of crap too, like badly upscaled movie trailers, or stuff where they’ve pushed the colours to ridiculous levels. This one channel has some nice 4K 60fps HDR stuff, it’s not very exciting content, but in terms of sharpness and colours I find it amazing. youtube.com/watch?v=Ll3F6dCZIe4 |
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Post by Dougs on Mar 1, 2023 18:09:37 GMT
Urgh, that sounds like a pain to remember to keep switching like that That does depend on the feed IME. Some of the motion smoothing is helpful on the crap nowtv feed but unnecessary on Amazon or BT ultimate imo. |
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Post by rammy18 on Mar 1, 2023 18:23:10 GMT
If you have an LG (can’t be arsed going back a whole page to check, but I think that’s what was said. Come to think of it, clicking back a page would have been much quicker than typing this out, but I’m lazy in a profoundly stupid way sometimes) then you can save settings under the different categories, like the sport one, and switch between them at your leisure
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Post by technoish on Mar 1, 2023 18:58:12 GMT
It was more the colour and vibrancy for me. In cinema mode the grass and kits just looked really really dull and almost greyish.
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Post by RobEG on Mar 1, 2023 19:14:05 GMT
I do have an LG.
I’ll see how it is later and adjust accordingly.
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Post by ozthegweat on Mar 1, 2023 19:34:09 GMT
Planet Earth II is great, especially the last episode. OLED was made for neon lights at night.
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Post by RobEG on Mar 1, 2023 22:33:48 GMT
Why oh why didn’t I watch the nature documentary |
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Post by darkling on Mar 2, 2023 7:30:31 GMT
Some live sport and some series are HDR on iPlayer. They're labelled "UHD".
iPlayer uses the HLG HDR format developed by the BBC, and it's incredible. It's a shame it's not the standard HDR format, so instead you have to put up with all this Dolby Vision and HDR10 muck for programmes elsewhere.
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Post by clemfandango on Mar 2, 2023 16:41:10 GMT
Has anybody noticed the HDR quality on some new netlix shows seems to be getting worse? Some of the new stuff is just really dark.
I've had the same problem with the Willow series on Disney plus too, its unwatchable in the day.
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Post by darkling on Mar 2, 2023 19:16:56 GMT
I don't have Netflix currently, but I'm going to watch Mando later on D+ so I'll see if I notice any difference with the HDR.
My CX did a 2000 hour full pixel refresh thingy when I switched it off yesterday, so not sure it that'll affect the peak brightness in a perceptible way.
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Post by Dougs on Mar 2, 2023 19:42:58 GMT
Netflix HDR stuff has been shoddy for a while. Don't know why I pay for it really.
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Post by ozthegweat on Mar 2, 2023 22:33:04 GMT
The Crown was also so fucking dark all the time, really annoying.
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Post by RobEG on Mar 4, 2023 22:12:58 GMT
Spent a bit of time with the tv and I’m pretty impressed! Watched some of the early kick off on bt ultimate (which was UHD but not HDR, not sure if that’s normal) and it looked great. Also started watching perfect plant on iplayer which is also very nice indeed.
Gaming very impressive, you can even tell the difference on fifa, looks so much nicer.
Very happy so far!
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Post by rammy18 on Mar 5, 2023 8:49:02 GMT
BT Sport does have a HDR channel, but it’s buried down the list. For some reason they don’t really talk about it, you have to hunt it down
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Post by RobEG on Mar 5, 2023 10:15:06 GMT
Is that not BT ultimate?
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Post by rammy18 on Mar 5, 2023 10:47:03 GMT
No there’s another one, scroll down from ultimate. It’s listed with the ‘extra’ channels I think. Not home at moment so can’t look myself
Edit - googled it, it’s channel 465
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Post by RobEG on Mar 5, 2023 10:49:30 GMT
Bear in mind I’m on virgin, so I guess maybe I don’t get the full bt offering…
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Post by rammy18 on Mar 5, 2023 10:52:43 GMT
Ah right. My googling revealed mention of streaming in hdr, but I’ve got a bt box so no idea what devices that works with
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Post by RobEG on Mar 5, 2023 11:08:23 GMT
Seems like virgin might be 4K SDR. Maybe they’ll get an HDR stream soon.
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Post by darkling on Mar 5, 2023 12:05:31 GMT
I'd take 1080p HDR over 4K non-HDR. The way HDR lifts the image is transformative, far more than pure resolution.
It always frustrates me when I watch or play something in 4K and there's no HDR, especially brand new shows like Better Call Saul, for example.
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Post by Dougs on Mar 5, 2023 12:16:56 GMT
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Post by Psiloc on Mar 6, 2023 15:14:45 GMT
Just swapped a TV for a smaller one for the first time in my life.
Had to accept that the room is too pokey for a 55 inch. Gone for the 48inch C2. Maybe now the lightgun will work properly.
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Post by Nitrous on Mar 6, 2023 16:15:50 GMT
Thought I'd have a quick look at sizes available and Id be happy with this LG OLEDC24LA 42" but its £949 at Currys.
When I've got windows and a door to replace I probably shouldn't even be thinking about such things.
Someone mentioned being happy with a Samsung qn95. How does that compare to the above?
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Post by SpiralScratch on Mar 6, 2023 16:53:55 GMT
Thought I'd have a quick look at sizes available and Id be happy with this LG OLEDC24LA 42" but its £949 at Currys. The very predictable advice would be to sit tight for a couple of months for the next round of sales if you can. I bought the C2 42 (great tv, you won't be disappointed) for £699 from John Lewis in November when their list price was also £949. JL usually have a summer sale in June and other places may well run one in Easter or May. |
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