OLED - How is the HDR?

Submitted ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨jordanlund@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨steamdeck@sopuli.xyz⁩

I’ve been reading reviews and when it comes to the HDR feature, nobody really says much more than “It does HDR!”

Has anyone seen anything on the QUALITY of the HDR? Because it really does seem to be screen dependent.

I have a 4K and 8K Samsung television and I’ve had to disable HDR on every device connected to them because the picture is dark, muddy, and borderline unwatchable.

I would hope Valve’s implenentation would be better, because, well, frankly, anyone will be better than what Samsung is doing.

Examples of what I’m talking about:

HDR On:

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HDR Off:

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PonyOfWar@pawb.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
According to Rich from Digital Foundry it’s very good. He compares it to a “top-end LG television”. He’s generally a very knowledgable person, so I expect great things.

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NewNewAccount@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Which Samsung sets are you using? Some TVs look horrible with HDR whereas some look amazing. Since buying an LG CX I’ve been spoiled and desperate for more HDR content.

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- jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The two I have are:
  
  UN55KS8000 55" 4K
  QN65Q800TAFXZA 65" 8K
  
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  - NewNewAccount@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Those aren’t the best of the best but HDR should still look significantly better than SDR content.
    
    Have you tried checking your settings to make sure things are configured correctly? Or maybe try using some of the smart tv apps and comparing HDR content on them vs content coming from an external device?
    
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billbasher@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Are you streaming or using a device like a computer or console? If you are streaming the content needs to be in HDR or it will look weird like that. I think Hulu is the only service that doesn’t support it currently.

Since you have an 8k it’s probably pretty new and should detect that though.

Have you looked up a settings guide for your TV? Generally when I get a new TV I look up a guide and need to tweak every advanced setting before it looks great. People spend hours on that stuff. After doing that I definitely notice a difference

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- jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Like I say, it’s a known Samsung problem. And, yeah, streaming, blu ray, 4K blu ray it’s all the same. Dark and unwatchable unless HDR is disabled.
  
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  - peter@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    What model tv is that? I have a Samsung TV and the HDR is completely fine
    
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thorbot@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I mean, HDR is pretty eye-popping compared to standard color range. Paired with the brightness of an OLED screen, it’s gonna look tasty.

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