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Sony launches new version of the best cheap 4K Blu-ray player that drops the streaming tech – but the price looks odd (www.techradar.com)
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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I think 1.4 does 4K @30Hz. Anyway, I could have sworn most TVs have the ability to turn off HDR, or at least have picture modes incompatible with HDR. Loophole, baby!

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Yeah, Samsung not so much. The non-HDR picture is vibrant and gorgeous. The HDR is dark, muddy, and unwatchable.

    Fortunately all the devices I have feeding them have the option to disable it.

    Example:

    HDR On:

    HDR Off:

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    My LG TV was similar and I had to go digging in the settings to mess with brightness, backlight and black detail. Anything that was dark on HDR was just black and I had to go in and up the black detail and brightness/contrast settings

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