Its a bias light. It can do 15 different colors that you control with a remote.
The only way to get it to change colors according on the colors on the screen is to use a raspberry pi hooked up to an HT PC.
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KS8000 settings for gaming at 4k/HDR
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Its a bias light. It can do 15 different colors that you control with a remote.
The only way to get it to change colors according on the colors on the screen is to use a raspberry pi hooked up to an HT PC.
I was wondering about this too. I think mine says standard is recommended?
Mizzou Gaming
Member
Yeah, I'm pretty sure PC RGB is for PC monitors but I still wouldn't mind a definitive answer. You have your color depth at 30 bits per pixel(10 bit) too?
styl3s
Member
Noticed i got these 2 static bars pop up on my screen when using PC and i had this same problem on my last panel and i don't know if it's my PC or HDMI.
It's a literal bar 2-3 inches tall and it's just a static screen in that bar and it happens fast enough where you could blink and miss it. I don't think it's a panel issue because it seems weird back-back panels, different numbers on the back and different shipment and all but just wondering if anyone else has had this problem. It doesn't even happen everyday i have only seen it twice since i got this new panel and my last panel i only saw it 3 times in the 2+ weeks i had it. Oddly enough it's only happened while watching a video on youtube or netflix.
It's a literal bar 2-3 inches tall and it's just a static screen in that bar and it happens fast enough where you could blink and miss it. I don't think it's a panel issue because it seems weird back-back panels, different numbers on the back and different shipment and all but just wondering if anyone else has had this problem. It doesn't even happen everyday i have only seen it twice since i got this new panel and my last panel i only saw it 3 times in the 2+ weeks i had it. Oddly enough it's only happened while watching a video on youtube or netflix.
Boss Man
Member
There's a thread about this issue here on GAF and in other places. It's not a problem with the TV. I recommend checking out the discussions about this on other sites, as GAF is really defensive of Sony. A new cable won't help, don't waste your money.
Yeah that I changed
Ghostshark
Member
Thanks, that looks better than I expected. I can't wait until I get mine.
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
TESO has an in-game HDR-brightness adjustment. I find I have to bump it all the way up.
Conkerkid11
Member
Haven't slept in 24 hours, just put together the TV stand, sitting here for the next 2 and a half hours waiting for the delivery guys to show up with the TV.
Fingers crossed that it isn't broken.
Fingers crossed that it isn't broken.
bar mitzvah
Neo Member
The joys of large purchases.
velociraptor
Junior Member
I hooked my laptop to the TV (65KS8000) and played an MKV. Looks fucking awful. Is that normal?
Sleeping Lesson
Member
Does the laptop output 4K? What video player are you using?
velociraptor
Junior Member
media player classic. Yes it outputs 4k.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
Hmm.. In what way does it look bad? What color output is the TV set to in the laptop's graphics drivers?
That's awful to hear. Hope you get a replacement that's problem-free. Your current set is definitely a lemon, so I'm sure the new panel will give you a better sense of the TV, even if it too needs replacing for some irritating reason.
dcx4610
Member
Standard and 30bpp. You need to make sure your TV is set to Auto as well. To confirm everything is correct, run the calibration and make sure to can see the open and closed eye when adjusting the brightness.
1080p content looking better on a 1080p set isn't really surprising.
And the h6400 still is a very capable TV.
velociraptor
Junior Member
blocky and pixelated. tbh the source material isn't the best but it looks fine on my 50" panasonic plasma.
BTW, how is HDR supposed to look like? I'm watching The Grand Tour on Amazon Prime and I seem to be missing something. There is nothing that makes me think 'wow'.
Are there any PS4 games that showcase HDR well? I've set the backlight to 20 and HDR on.
Ivory Samoan
Gold Member
I have super fast wireless also and found 4K and HD content to drop quality on it occasionally, wired has 0 problems ever.....wireless is never going to be that great unfortunately, not sure how good the wireless receiver is on the KS series.
FFXV is next level looking in HDR - Grand Tour blew me away on my 8000....did the banner come up saying 'HDR video playing'? One time on a Grand Tour vid it didn't for me and played in standard HD for some reason, so maybe that happened to you too that time
Low bitrate media files of shows and movies are just gonna look poor on this tv, because they're poor quality. Having quadruple the amount of pixels as a 1080 screen makes flaws from poor source material even more apparent.
As for HDR, watch Meridian on the HDR youtube channel (the netflix version looks like shit),the lg chess demo on the same channel, jessica jones on netflix looks great, though all the marvel shows have a shitty film grain filter, also man in the high castle and Goliath on Amazon will all show you what HDR is all about.
Set Digital Clean View to auto if you hate this. I also dislike the effect, but the KS8000 cleans it right up without totally removing it. I feel like it's the perfect balance: it's not too clean and remains cinematic, but the grain noise no longer distracts me from the rest of the picture.
anonymous_abc
Member
My YouTube app is no longer working. Just a black screen.
Goose_Se7en
Banned
My YouTube app is no longer working. Just a black screen.
This happened to me about 2 weeks ago. I had to factory reset my tv and it was a pain but YouTube worked afterwards.
did they fix the ps4 hdr bug or is it just with certain titles? the reason i ask is i just fired up the resident evil demo and got a message about hdr content. i thought to myself, "oh, i had better up the backlight and contrast and turn the smart led to high". when i went to do so i noticed the settings had already adjusted. i will try another source later (i want to play the resident evil demo right now so it's gotta wait).
But is it HDR?
You sure you didn't leave the settings that way from a previous game? Do you have Game mode enabled?
Keep us posted. There hasn't been a fix for that yet but you are giving me some kind of hope lol
That's odd, 1080p content looks amazing to me on this TV.
Also, for the poster that was asking about the grand tour, make sure you choose the right version. Amazon has a separate 4k/hdr title that you have to select. If you don't select that specific version, it's just going to give you the 1080p one.
Also, for the poster that was asking about the grand tour, make sure you choose the right version. Amazon has a separate 4k/hdr title that you have to select. If you don't select that specific version, it's just going to give you the 1080p one.
nope, wasn't watching hdr content the last time i played the ps4. was playing mafia 3. i have game mode diabled. that's it. i don't use game mode anymore. sorry for the false alarm. i forgot. i don't use any post processing when in movie mode. actually i use smart led set to low, but it doesn't seem to introduce any lag. once again, sorry. i forgot that i stopped using game mode since i don't notice any lag (whether due to having most processing turned off or not, i still don't notice any lag, but i also haven't played guitar or dj hero yet on this tv, i'm sure i will need game mode then). the bug is only in game mode if i remember right.
edit: great googly moogly. this may be the best lighting i have ever seen in a game. i really need to try ratchet and clank soon. not to mention FFXV. i have heard great things about both of those.
edit 2: nope. screw this game. i'm on way too many painkillers to play this at the moment. the shadow of the character just scared the crap out of me. gonna play ratchet and clank and save the re demo for the daytime. yeah, i'm a wuss. deal with it.
ss_lemonade
Member
What is this backlight/hdr bug? Is it where the current value doesn't match the actual value? I seem to get that randomly with the ks9000. Another bug I noticed is sometimes, some of my settings would reset (sharpness for example goes back to some high value from 0) when changing picture modes
I have super fast wireless also and found 4K and HD content to drop quality on it occasionally, wired has 0 problems ever.....wireless is never going to be that great unfortunately, not sure how good the wireless receiver is on the KS series.
FFXV is next level looking in HDR - Grand Tour blew me away on my 8000....did the banner come up saying 'HDR video playing'? One time on a Grand Tour vid it didn't for me and played in standard HD for some reason, so maybe that happened to you too that time
Because Amazon has two listings for the videos one in 4K UHD and the other is in standard HD look for the banner on the top of the picture believe me I fucked up as well the first time I started playing some of their stuff
on the ps4, when in game mode (pretty sure it's just game mode due to my experience tonight), when a hdr source begins to play the tv doesn't automatically adjust the backlight and contrast to their max settings. as for your settings, are you sure you are setting them for each input on the tv. if you don't tell it to apply the settings to all inputs (i do each source manually, i don't let it carry the values over) you have to manually set each input. so if you switch input, the first time you go to a input it will have the default settings that were there out of the box not the ones you set for another input. for example, i calibrated using input 4 (my oppo bluray player). i had the option to use the settings for all inputs in the menu. i didn't do it. i calibrate each input using the primary device i use on that input (except for my cable box of course, i just use the oppo settings for it).
edit: by the way, it seems this thread is going to be one of my haunts. if anyone wants to add me as a friend on psn or xbox live, my gamertag/psn id is legbone. same as my username here. just send me a request and mention gaf somewhere in it.
I must be doing something wrong...
Have Amazon App that is installed on the TV playing Grand Tour.... but no audio... here are the connections and their labels:
TV < One Connect Cable (OCC) > Connect Box (CB)
Recievers HDMI Out > CB HDMI 1 (Master Connection allowing all content that goes into the receiver to then be sent to the screen via the OCC out of the CB.
New Amazon Basics cable going from HDMI 4 (ARC) on the CB > HDMI 5 input on the back of the reciever.
That last part I presumed would send audio from the Amazon app that comes preinstalled on the TV, through the tv OCC into the receiver.
My TV audio options were set to "Audio Out/Optical"
Am I limited to Optical only while using the Amazon app if I'm using a reciever?
Any help here would be appreciated!
Have Amazon App that is installed on the TV playing Grand Tour.... but no audio... here are the connections and their labels:
TV < One Connect Cable (OCC) > Connect Box (CB)
Recievers HDMI Out > CB HDMI 1 (Master Connection allowing all content that goes into the receiver to then be sent to the screen via the OCC out of the CB.
New Amazon Basics cable going from HDMI 4 (ARC) on the CB > HDMI 5 input on the back of the reciever.
That last part I presumed would send audio from the Amazon app that comes preinstalled on the TV, through the tv OCC into the receiver.
My TV audio options were set to "Audio Out/Optical"
Am I limited to Optical only while using the Amazon app if I'm using a reciever?
Any help here would be appreciated!
I've been complaining about colour banding for a while now. Never linked it to game mode though and didn't think to switch to another mode. Does the banding disappear then when in another mode?
Any idea what version TV you have? I'm in the UK and I've got an 03.......haven't managed to find out exactly what that means though.
velociraptor
Junior Member
Yes the banner came up. Are they any special settings I need to do to make the most of HDR?I have super fast wireless also and found 4K and HD content to drop quality on it occasionally, wired has 0 problems ever.....wireless is never going to be that great unfortunately, not sure how good the wireless receiver is on the KS series.
FFXV is next level looking in HDR - Grand Tour blew me away on my 8000....did the banner come up saying 'HDR video playing'? One time on a Grand Tour vid it didn't for me and played in standard HD for some reason, so maybe that happened to you too that time
Also, do I need a new cable to for my PS4 to make use of HDR in games? I haven't brought any new HDMI cables yet.
velociraptor
Junior Member
I have a very similar problem.
I have my receiver hooked on HDMI 4 (ARC).
However, I have no sound when playing from Youtube, Amazon or Netflix from my receiver.
If I use a USB stick, the receiver picks up the sound fine.
velociraptor
Junior Member
Yes.
VincentMatts
Member
Im waiting for this TV to go on sale here in canada, me wants.
anonymous_abc
Member
Removing it from power for a few seconds did the trick for me...
Edit: 3 Handshake/Conversation issues abound!
I thought that somehow HDR might get affected/turned off/not be detected, and it did momentarily: I had to turn HDR off then on again in the Options for FFXV, but the moment it turned on and I was leaving then menu, the "An HDR video is playing" banner dropped down. Gonna test grand tour in the TV Amazon app for HDR handshake crap....
Edit 2: I ran a cable out from HDMI 2 from my reciever to the HDMI 1 on the Connect Box, and added another cable from HDMI 1 Out (ARC) on the reciever to HDMI 4 In (ARC) on the CB, and sound still was not coming out from the apps nor was video showing up for the PS4 Pro.....
.......then, while reading online about how to fix this for like 10-15 minutes.... all of a sudden from seemingly nowhere without pressing any buttons, the picture shows up for the PS4 Pro with sound, I test all my inputs on the reciever, and all devices output audio (4K BD player, etc)... so I try the Amazon app (have sound set to 7 Ch Stereo), push play on a Pokémon episode to test for sound, and voila! I have sound and picture on all devices out of the blue!
I read that ARC/CEC don't have any standards and that it can hit or miss with how the devices talk to each other. Well, I guess my devices need to have a longer than normal conversation, because I can explain what happened.
Edit: Looks like I do need CEC on, but I still can't get it to work.
Any of you guys or gals mind sharing how you have your TV set to output audio from its built in apps to a receiver, so that I could mimic those settings?!
No, mine is off, and I didn't think you'd need that on for the ARC to work.
velociraptor
Junior Member
Hmm my TV (65 KS8000) seems to have some mild clouding.
Does anyone have clouding on their set?
Should I try and get the screen replaced? I have brought it from Richer Sounds (UK).
Does anyone have clouding on their set?
Should I try and get the screen replaced? I have brought it from Richer Sounds (UK).
Scrotum Phillips
Member
Oh man, my friend let me use his EPP discount to order the 65" KS8000 today. It isn't supposed to ship until early January-ish, but I can't wait to see this in action. Hah, I'm very thankful for you guys that put in the work so far so I hopefully won't be spending the vast amount of time struggling to optimize this beast.
Lakerchick4life
Member
I have a question since the KS8000 comes with 4 HDMI ports..the thing is I already have my XBOX ONE S, Wii U, TV, and gonna connect the PS4 PRO.this weekend..so I will be out of ports..but I still want to be able to use my PS3, and NES Mini, can I take out the HDMI cable for the Wii U that is plugged in and switch around, sometimes use it for the PS3, sometimes for the Wii U, sometimes for the NES Mini, ya know what I mean
Conkerkid11
Member
Genuinely curious, anybody use clear motion for that soap opera effect? Just started turning it off in every source. I think it was doing more harm than good.
I'm also confused because I think the non HDR version of The Grand Tour looks better. Is there a setting I have to turn on somewhere on the TV? Like, it's got that option to enable HDMI UHD Color for specific sources, but no option for the TV's apps.
Also, The Grand Tour says HDR HD 1080p when I pause. Isn't it supposed to be 4k?
Edit: Oh, backlight 20 is HDR?
I'm also confused because I think the non HDR version of The Grand Tour looks better. Is there a setting I have to turn on somewhere on the TV? Like, it's got that option to enable HDMI UHD Color for specific sources, but no option for the TV's apps.
Also, The Grand Tour says HDR HD 1080p when I pause. Isn't it supposed to be 4k?
Edit: Oh, backlight 20 is HDR?
Maybe get a cheap active switch from Monoprice and use it to combine all your last-gen/non-HDR sources onto a single input.
HDR 20 isn't "HDR" on its own, but the peak brightness you get from it is part of the HDR spec. IIRC the TV should automatically save the setting if you set backlight to 20 while HDR content is playing, except in game mode.
Conkerkid11
Member
Also, I've gotta manually switch game mode off if I'm playing movies from a console, right?
Kind of makes me want to go get a dedicated blu-ray player...
Anybody know if there's a downside to always having digital clean view on? I can't tell the difference.
Also, I think I like dynamic contrast set to high. Why's everybody have it off?
Kind of makes me want to go get a dedicated blu-ray player...
Anybody know if there's a downside to always having digital clean view on? I can't tell the difference.
Also, I think I like dynamic contrast set to high. Why's everybody have it off?
I have the uk model ks8000 (US ks9000) and when watching tv via a set top box I get a bit of judder every ten minutes or so. It feels like frame pacing or something weird.
I have used the rtings settings so have the anti judder stuff on "custom" but all sliders to zero.
Any idea, GAF?
I have used the rtings settings so have the anti judder stuff on "custom" but all sliders to zero.
Any idea, GAF?