Quintus 5,399 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Probably great for dark evening viewings, but those reference levels will be impractical for regular daytime TV or Sunday afternoon matinées. Not unless you've got a pair of blackout curtains you can swing together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 20 minutes ago, Alexcremers said: New feature on TVs: Filmmaker Mode Watch movies how directors have intended it! https://www.experienceuhd.com/filmmakermode Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Expect a lot more black bars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Makes it look more cinematic. Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Makes us look more American. Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Don't you guys prefer white bars? Hmm? Be honest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 I remember the end of The Hindenburg had grey bars in at the end of its TV broadcast version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Well well well, it turns out ancient CRT tech absolutely BLOWS modern TVs away... Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 I been sayin' it. I been sayin' it for ten damn years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Drax was right all along! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Well, these geeks are playing video games on CRTs, but I was the first to watch 4K Blu-rays on them. #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 27 minutes ago, Stefancos said: Drax was right all along! You need a crane to get them up a damn staircase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Still very happy with Sony X900F Can't find a single flaw about it after 8 months using it Deep blacks, amazing contrast and detail in darker scenes, awesome HDR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,363 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 You use it for games and movies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Both .It's amazing for Blurays and games And for Games I think 4K HDR is really worth the upgrade on the PS4 pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,363 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 HDR is great for any content! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 BluRay and regular cable TV don't support it...only certain Netflix shows and Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 I was playing Destiny in HDR last night. When you're in a nice dimly lit room, the depth in the scenes due to the way the colours and shadow 'pop', it constantly wows me. It's definitely more striking in a darkened room though, almost as a requirement. #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 The difference was noticeable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 My UHD blu-ray player which does play DVDs, won't let me play my DVDs of older movies in 4:3. I tried every setting I could find on both the player and my Vizio TV. I am sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 40 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: My UHD blu-ray player which does play DVDs, won't let me play my DVDs of older movies in 4:3. I tried every setting I could find on both the player and my Vizio TV. I am sad Huh? What's it doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, Thekthithm said: Huh? What's it doing? It plays all DVDs (blurays are fine) in 16:9 no matter what. And I just can't seem to change it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,363 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 That's eerily similar to what Greg was talking about on RFN this week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 10 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: It plays all DVDs (blurays are fine) in 16:9 no matter what. And I just can't seem to change it. Ahh. Some modern TVs lack the necessary aspect ratio options, which is infuriating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Ordered this yesterday. On sale, $1,000 off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Nice! Can you plug in a VHS player? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 6 hours ago, Þekþiþm said: Ordered this yesterday. On sale, $1,000 off! Ah, OLED. Good! Now you too will complain about the noise & grain in old movies. Hehehehehe ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 1 minute ago, Alexcremers said: Ah, OLED. Good! Now you too will complain about the noise & grain in old movies. Hehehehehe ... Never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Just apply loads of DNR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Been sampling a lot on my new Panasonic OLED TV. You'd have to be one hell of a neurotic son-of-a-bitch to complain about anything on the image quality that this TV achieves. I suppose if you had a bright room, this TV is less than ideal. But if your goal is to create a home cinema space where the screen yields as accurate an image as possible, then this is it. The 4K discs I watched all looked great, a few blu-rays were respectable, and Netflix was fine. I'm a bit lost on the whole HDR thing, but set to "THX Cinema" with a few contrast tweaks, Batman '89 looked like it did on my Panny plasma, only higher res. A remarkable product for any film fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Disable all image enhancers or at least set them on 'minimum'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 You won't see the effects of HDR without HDR mastered content. Which is still very thin on the ground outside of video game media. Amazon streaming has a some stuff on there, The Boys for example looked terrific in HDR. Netflix has HDR content too, but much less of a selection than Amazon. YouTube has plenty of short demos, some of which are superb - assuming your TV's YouTube app is compatible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 4 hours ago, Quintus said: You won't see the effects of HDR without HDR mastered content. Which is still very thin on the ground outside of video game media. Amazon streaming has a some stuff on there, The Boys for example looked terrific in HDR. Netflix has HDR content too, but much less of a selection than Amazon. YouTube has plenty of short demos, some of which are superb - assuming your TV's YouTube app is compatible. All my 4K UHD discs have HDR. 4 hours ago, Alexcremers said: Disable all image enhancers or at least set them on 'minimum'. Yeah did that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 You must be like my wife then (and seemingly all other women. "I can't see any difference". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 I don't see significant enough difference to use 4K equipment. I like the new transfers of Batman, but I don't need the HDR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Maybe there is no HDR, rather it's just the same "good and accurate" picture that a plasma could do. And they've just rebranded that as something special, when really it isn't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 I don't know why Quintus says that Netflix has almost no HDR content. Does he work for Amazon? 4 hours ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said: I don't see significant enough difference to use 4K equipment. I like the new transfers of Batman, but I don't need the HDR. HDR makes a bigger difference than 4K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 I watched a bit of Archer on Netflix and that staircase edging was apparent as it was only in regular HD. Then I watched this wildlife show in Dolby Vision which I'd never seen before - looked stunning! Then I plugged my USB containing the Silver Screen Edition of Star Wars, which looked very fine, even at only 1080p. This TV resolved those grainy scans with the same level of accuracy as my plasma did. Not sure I'll even bother with the 4K77 if the 1080p one still holds up this well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,526 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 4k77 is from a much better looking vivid technicolor strip, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, Holko said: 4k77 is from a much better looking vivid technicolor strip, though. What USB stick has the capacity for such a gargantuan file?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 How is this TV supposed to output Dolby Atmos as streamed from Netflix? All it has is a digital optical output, and I'm sure that doesn't support Atmos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Anyone else hate how Netflix and Prime don't let you change the aspect ratio? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 It doesn't allow aspect ratio fiddling while playing a 4K tape either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Sometimes my kids will watch old cartoons or movies and will complain about the 4:3 ratio. Old episodes of Curb too, among plenty of other things, are also in that old telly ratio. In the olden days, I'd have stretched them out a touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,526 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Slap some taste into them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Like people, TV shows come in all shapes and sizes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 5 hours ago, Þekþiþm said: How is this TV supposed to output Dolby Atmos as streamed from Netflix? All it has is a digital optical output, and I'm sure that doesn't support Atmos. Netflix's HDR content is either HDR10 or Dolby Vision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, Alexcremers said: Netflix's HDR content is either HDR10 or Dolby Vision. I was talking about the audio, not the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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