SKY UHD 4K

[stereohaven]

And it will grow on you! The  more you watch the more you start to notice stuff in HD that you think is sub-par (fast moving sport).

You wait until you have been watching UHD content for a while then see something in SD! 🤣

It may not be "the best", but it does enhance viewing, it just sometimes takes a while to adjust.

[BenJoBanjo]

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@jjjkiuj wrote:

Thanks for your honesty.  As long as I know I am getting the best I can with the equipment! 

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I have an older model of Samsung TV and it can still produce a pretty decent UHD HDR image. Use the iPlayer app on the TV itself and try playing some UHD natural history content such as Asia, Planet Earth III, Parenthood, Blue Planet II and such like. Look for the versions with the UHD tag at the top left of the thumbnails on the app. These will play in UHD with HLG HDR, and looks sensational even on my older Samsung which isn't as bright as your newer model. 

Also worth checking that you do a good HDMI handshake between the Sky Q box and your TV so that it properly detects the peak brightness of your TV. Once you have this then the Q box should output as good a UHD HDR signal as possible, to take full advantage of your TV. Make sure that you HDMI UHD Color turned on under the External Device Manager (if you have that on the TV settings) for the HDMI port you have the Q box attached to. Also make sure the Q box is set to 2160P 10bit. Once you have both devices connected well together then you should get a decent UHD HDR image out of it.  

[Chodley]

Agreed. Modern LCDs are pretty decent. But yeah OLED colour accuracy and contrast is another level, especially with HDR. And my Panasonic OLED is a couple of significant tech generations old now.

And also you do need maybe 65" to pick up the benefit of 4k resolution at a typical viewing distance.

[Bluestraw]

Aside from the viewing distance which has been mentioned, the other thing here is that you are already having quite an artificial picture by using Vivid settings on your TV. Suggest you use Movie picture mode, and then try watching some things in HD and UHD HDR via a platform like Prime, Netflix, Disney+ etc and see what you think. That will give you a much more natural picture and will let you see differences. Vivid is more something to use in a showroom by over-emphasising the picture in a super bright place.

[BenJoBanjo]

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@Bluestraw wrote:

Aside from the viewing distance which has been mentioned, the other thing here is that you are already having quite an artificial picture by using Vivid settings on your TV. Suggest you use Movie picture mode, and then try watching some things in HD and UHD HDR via a platform like Prime, Netflix, Disney+ etc and see what you think. That will give you a much more natural picture and will let you see differences. Vivid is more something to use in a showroom by over-emphasising the picture in a super bright place.

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Would absolutely agree with this. 

Using the Movie picture mode on my old Samsung when playing UHD HLG HDR from the TV's iPlayer app provides a spectacular, bright, dynamic yet natural looking image. An HDR signal should automatically push the backlight on the TV to maximum but then you can still play with the colour and contrast to get a look which works best for your eyes.