1.3GB? Is that right for firmware?
Tried gently tapping the place where these lines appeared? I had a friend had this and all he had to do was tap his tv at the spot and it fixed it. Turns out it's just a flat cable from the display not properly fixed into its position.After being a happy 55" KS8000 owner since March, my TV suddenly developed black lines running horizontal on the left side of the screen. I haven't had a chance to get a hold of Samsung yet, but boy was I disappointed when they just showed up Sunday.
1.3GB? Is that right for firmware?
Tried gently tapping the place where these lines appeared? I had a friend had this and all he had to do was tap his tv at the spot and it fixed it. Turns out it's just a flat cable from the display not properly fixed into its position.
So I upgraded from my JU7500 to a KS8500 yesterday. Tried out a bunch of stuff including Horizon. And my question is:
Aren't lights during the night or the sun supposed to be really bright compared to SDR? When I look to the Sun or at light sources during the night in Horizon it is as bright as it is in SDR maybe even a little darker. You can see more detail in the sky though.
I thought SDR only supports 500 nits or something and HDR as much as your TV can handle so in this case about 1500 nits. I excpected to be almost blinded by the sun when watching Planet Earth 2 in HDR or the Sun in Horizon.
So I upgraded from my JU7500 to a KS8500 yesterday. Tried out a bunch of stuff including Horizon. And my question is:
Aren't lights during the night or the sun supposed to be really bright compared to SDR? When I look to the Sun or at light sources during the night in Horizon it is as bright as it is in SDR maybe even a little darker. You can see more detail in the sky though.
I thought SDR only supports 500 nits or something and HDR as much as your TV can handle so in this case about 1500 nits. I excpected to be almost blinded by the sun when watching Planet Earth 2 in HDR or the Sun in Horizon.
So I upgraded from my JU7500 to a KS8500 yesterday. Tried out a bunch of stuff including Horizon. And my question is:
Aren't lights during the night or the sun supposed to be really bright compared to SDR? When I look to the Sun or at light sources during the night in Horizon it is as bright as it is in SDR maybe even a little darker. You can see more detail in the sky though.
I thought SDR only supports 500 nits or something and HDR as much as your TV can handle so in this case about 1500 nits. I excpected to be almost blinded by the sun when watching Planet Earth 2 in HDR or the Sun in Horizon.
Edit: Yea Backlight is at 20 of course and UHD color is enabled. Setting should all be correct.
Are you using appropriate settings?
And HDR is not just about being brighter, but about showing you a greater spectrum of colors. That's where it shines, not in top brightness.
Did you turn on UHD for the HDMI inputs? I don't think you can get HDR to work without it, but it's it's not enabled by default. Odd decision.
Yea I know but shouldn't the sparks when shooting a machine at night or just their head lights be much more pronounced in HDR? When I pause the game and switch between HDR and SDR the lights and sparks pop as much as before. That really is the only dissapointment I currently have. Otherwise the game looks a little more natural in HDR.
HDR is running 100%. UHD Color is on and whenI select my HDMI Input in the menu and click ok it shows that HDR is running.
Did you try my settings in op. My written ones should work. Also make sure ps4 settings are right.
Did you make sure eco mode is off.
Hdr you will know it.
You don't need to switch between hdr and sdr and conpare. Don't do that.
I was playing a scene at a pond with a sunset in horizon last night.
The colors. The sun. Everything was absolutely jaw dropping.
But than you can be in a dessert and it might look like sdr for a bit.
I would suggest following my written setting in OP and just sinking some time in.
Do you have Dynamic contrast on low
When you pause and switch hdr on/off, are you also going in and turning the brightness back down to SDR settings?
So I upgraded from my JU7500 to a KS8500 yesterday. Tried out a bunch of stuff including Horizon. And my question is:
Aren't lights during the night or the sun supposed to be really bright compared to SDR? When I look to the Sun or at light sources during the night in Horizon it is as bright as it is in SDR maybe even a little darker. You can see more detail in the sky though.
I thought SDR only supports 500 nits or something and HDR as much as your TV can handle so in this case about 1500 nits. I excpected to be almost blinded by the sun when watching Planet Earth 2 in HDR or the Sun in Horizon.
Edit: Yea Backlight is at 20 of course and UHD color is enabled. Setting should all be correct.
For HDR, it has to be on 20.Tried it with 20 and turning it down to 10ish.
I think what causes confusion the most is some expect HDR to be extremely bright and really colorful when it really isn't always that (or I don't think that's all there is to it). Without seeing that or knowing what to look for, HDR may just look like a different color profile to others. It's why I probably wouldn't pass a blind test as well myself. I know that it looks good though but I can only really tell that I'm in HDR mode when doing a quick swap between SDR and HDR. That's when I see a big differenceSo I upgraded from my JU7500 to a KS8500 yesterday. Tried out a bunch of stuff including Horizon. And my question is:
Aren't lights during the night or the sun supposed to be really bright compared to SDR? When I look to the Sun or at light sources during the night in Horizon it is as bright as it is in SDR maybe even a little darker. You can see more detail in the sky though.
I thought SDR only supports 500 nits or something and HDR as much as your TV can handle so in this case about 1500 nits. I excpected to be almost blinded by the sun when watching Planet Earth 2 in HDR or the Sun in Horizon.
Edit: Yea Backlight is at 20 of course and UHD color is enabled. Setting should all be correct.
It's certainly possible that people expect some huge neon lights change idk.
It's always puzzling to me that people can't see a difference.
The best example I can give of HDR is like taking a picture in a dim room with flash vs taking it without flash.Seriously.
Yesterday I watched Forza 7's HDR videos and then I watched a Gran Turismo Sport 4K video as well, with no HDR. It's like night and day. And no, it doesn't shine as to make me blind lol. It's hard to explain.
You have to turn on bitstream in the TVs audio settings. ARC can not passthrough PCM higher than 2.1. However, bitstream has a very noticeable 100ms delay when in game mode that can not be negated. Basically, if you use game mode and don't have an HDCP 2.2 receiver you'll need to use PCM 2.1 in ARC, connect directly to your reciever through optical with earch device, or suffer a horrible audio delay.Does anyone else here use arc with their TV and receiver? I can't seem to get surround sound working from external sources connected directly to my TV. My setup looks like this
- HDMI cable between input 4 of TV (arc) and arc/hdmi out of my receiver
- HDMI 1 - 3 of TV used by other devices
I only get stereo with the devices plugged to HDMI 1 - 3. Built in apps like youtube pass surround just fine and I am able to select an appropriate Audio Format on the TV. External devices though gray out the Dolby Digital and DTS Audio Format options. I've tried my Shield Portable, a Steam Link and a Nintendo Switch and they all are unable to get surround sound to my TV, and to my receiver.
I use a denon x1300w. Specs say it's hdcp 2.2 so it looks like things should work but they don't. I already have the TV set to bitstream but I still get stereoYou have to turn on bitstream in the TVs audio settings. ARC can not passthrough PCM higher than 2.1. However, bitstream has a very noticeable 100ms delay when in game mode that can not be negated. Basically, if you use game mode and don't have an HDCP 2.2 receiver you'll need to use PCM 2.1 in ARC, connect directly to your reciever through optical with earch device, or suffer a horrible audio delay.
You really shouldn't even be using ARC in that case unless you're using it specifically for the TV apps. I couldn't say if there are any settings you need to change on your receiver, but on the TV you need HDMI audio format set to Bitstream, and Audio Format set to Dolby Digital or DTS. Also make sure you've set the proper audio output format on your devices in their audio settings. You should have your XBO or PS4 connected directly to the receiver and set to output in PCM with uncompressed 7.1.I use a denon x1300w. Specs say it's hdcp 2.2 so it looks like things should work but they don't. I already have the TV set to bitstream but I still get stereo
Yeah, I might just do that. Only reason I wanted to connect straight to my TV was because I was running out of inputs on my receiver and I wanted to get separate video settings (was planning on hooking up a Steam Link I got today)You really shouldn't even be using ARC in that case unless you're using it specifically for the TV apps. I couldn't say if there are any settings you need to change on your receiver, but on the TV you need HDMI audio format set to Bitstream, and Audio Format set to Dolby Digital or DTS. Also make sure you've set the proper audio output format on your devices in their audio settings. You should have your XBO or PS4 connected directly to the receiver and set to output in PCM with uncompressed 7.1.
Yeah, you know what you're doing. Goodfellas is the main one where it's actually an incredible version of the film, so much more detailed and contoured in every way, but at your usual settings that work for every other movie, it can look like it has crushed blacks and probably need the gamma to go up to 1 or 2. There's the scene were Ray Liotta just gets out of prison and is talking with Pauly in the back yard... at low gamma, the tree has no bark - it's just black. Couldn't see the bark until I turned it up to 2. Now with Dynamic Contrast and Smart LED off, it's legible at 0 gamma and I don't have to mess with it. With the decision making features off, the TV's software isn't going "oh, I better make this scene pitch black because there's a light bulb on the ceiling" and whatnot..
Yeah, I might just do that. Only reason I wanted to connect straight to my TV was because I was running out of inputs on my receiver and I wanted to get separate video settings (was planning on hooking up a Steam Link I got today)
Did you not have a good experience with the Steam Link app for Samsung?
I read a few people saying the app is better than the hardware (plus the app will eventually support 4k), so I'd be curious to read your comparison between the two as far as latency goes, etc.
I dont understand how people cant see the improvement in HDR
I conected my PC to my KS8000 and tested some HDR content. Planet Earth 2 in 4K HDR is just jaw dropping .
Also tested RE7 and Shadow Warrior 2 in HDR. Its amazing!!!! I hope the next games releases comes with HDR.
The app was bad with my setup. Bluetooth-connected Dualshock 4 had random bouts of input lag and the streaming quality itself had too much artifacts and stuttered quite a bit. This was all on wireless by the way (host PC is wired to my router a few rooms away) so maybe my TV was just having a hard time getting a good quality signal. Steam Link in comparison ran near perfect from the same location, and my controller (a Dualshock 3 this time, but I don't think there would be a difference) via bluetooth had no input lag. I also get surround sound while the TV app just gave a stereo signal back to my receiver.
My Shield Portable had the best stream quality though (in case you're considering an Nvidia Shield product) because I could get near 80 - 100 Mbps on it, giving me video output that looks almost close to native 1080p. The Steam Link hardware (and maybe the TV app?) tops out at 30Mbps so it's output is a bit on the soft side. Uncapping and forcing a higher bitrate introduces stuttering and skipped frames so my guess is it's a hardware limitation with the decoder. Maybe the TV can do better in this department since they're planning on having 4k support, which would require way more than 30Mbps
Hi, There's never any notes I'm afraid, that's what makes it annoying, but my KS8000 (UK) updated about a week ago so it's worth checking for a firmware update via settings, but nothing of obvious note has changed.I've missed all this firmware stuff, I'm in the uk which version shouldn't I be on? Are there notes?
I set up my TV as if it were in America and signed up for a Vudu account, funded by PayPal. You can link Ultraviolet films to your Vudu account and watch on there.is there anyway to watch ultraviolet movies on this tv in the uk?