HDR and dynamic contrast

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by Bond84

I have to agree. I was not terribly impressed with HDR on my C6 OLED until someone advised to set Dynamic Contrast on Low, then lower the Brightness control a few ticks (I think I set mine to 48 down from 50).

Dynamic Contrast ruins regular blurays but works wonders with HDR.

I'm curious whether Dolby Vision discs need the same adjustment or not.

Same exact setting I settled on while I was testing - brightness on 48 for my LG in HDR standard mode. I found dynamic contrast on med doesn't seem to crush blacks or blow out highlights either, so I've got it set to medium right now, but that's a matter of taste. My set only hits around 550 max nits so it helps to get that tad bit more brightness in medium. I think either low or medium is fine for HDR mode in the current crop of LG sets.

They really should advise people of this. Many will see the drab look of HDR on the LG sets, not realizing that they're not seeing it as it was intended. Similar to how many people see a few poor examples of 3D movies and come to the conclusion that all 3D is bad. In this case, it's the LG sets that aren't displaying HDR without doing something that we've always been led to believe is undesired. I think if it's necessary for dynamic contrast to be enabled in order for HDR to work properly, LG should have it enabled by default in HDR mode, like it bumps up contrast and backlight up to 100. But nobody ever accused these companies of making sense.