HDR Help

[davewhit]

Hi guys sorry to keep asking but new to 4K, anyway my question is is it better change HDR setting through the blu ray player or on my tv. TIA

[chip75]

Originally Posted by davewhit

Hi guys sorry to keep asking but new to 4K, anyway my question is is it better change HDR setting through the blu ray player or on my tv. TIA

Whatever gets you best results, but generally I'd recommend if your TV settings are calibrated, you don't want another device to interfere with those settings.

[davewhit]

Don’t think my tv is calibrated not sure or I haven’t done it lol

[JohnAV]

Originally Posted by davewhit

Hi guys sorry to keep asking but new to 4K, anyway my question is is it better change HDR setting through the blu ray player or on my tv. TIA

I think you are over thinking this.

Normally you use the default settings on your player (source), and the display will usually have HDR picture settings so that a user doesn't have to worry about that.

For advice see details about display settings on rtings, and videos that avforums has provided on youtube against the display model.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by davewhit

Don’t think my tv is calibrated not sure or I haven’t done it lol

As John AV posted, have a look for your TV's settings, they won't be exact as there's variances with each panel, but they'll be a decent start. But I'd leave the player settings on standard and let the TV do the work. It's your preference and the on-line settings will probably mention it, but you might won't to turn of the TV's post processing options with HDR content, so switch off Dynamic Contrast, Noise Reduction and the other gizmos. Depending on your TV it might default to having de-judder- and de-blur on, so if you don't want the soap opera effect, switch those off to.

Generally speaking with HDR you'll have two ends to choose from (with a middle option), one will give maximum brightness (so you'll lose detail, as it will be clipped away) the other will give maximum detail, but you'll lose brightness to achieve it.

[JohnAV]

I forgot to mention about enabling your new TV's HDMI Inputs to accept 4K HDR Signals. By default it is not enabled. Yes this can frustrate some, as you start to use a new UDTV only to find your not watching HDR content.

From Oppo documentation:

LG TVs
LG refers to this setting as HDMI ULTRA HD Deep Color, and it is typically found in the LG menu under All Settings / General / HDMI ULTRA HD Deep Color. Please ensure that this is set to On for the HDMI input your OPPO player is connected to.

Panasonic TVs
Panasonic refers to this setting as HDMI HDR Setting, and it is typically found in the Panasonic menu under Setup / HDMI HDR Setting. Please ensure that this is set to On for the HDMI input your OPPO player is connected to.

Samsung TVs
Samsung refers to this setting as HDMI UHD Color, and it is typically found in the Samsung menu under Settings / Picture / Expert Settings / HDMI UHD Color. Please ensure that this is set to On for the HDMI input your OPPO player is connected to.

Sony TVs
Sony refers to this setting as HDMI Signal Format, and it is typically found in the Sony menu under Settings / External Inputs / HDMI Signal Format. Please ensure that this is set to Enhanced Format rather than Standard Format for the HDMI input your OPPO player is connected to.

VIZIO TVs
VIZIO refers to this setting as HDMI Color Subsampling, and it is typically found in the VIZIO menu under Settings / Display Settings / Inputs / HDMI Color Subsampling. Please ensure that this is set to On for the HDMI input your OPPO player is connected to.

[davewhit]

Mine is a Philips lol