Spain vs Portugal in UHD HLG

[varkanoid]

Has anyone tried watching a match in VR yet ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44038006

 

[jpaul]

I suppose HLG is in its infancy (will it grow up?)
The implementation on different TV's has not been studied by Vincent afaik.
The bbc don't have control of the world cup mastering/filming unlike for planet earth 2 iplayer broadcast, so maybe the results(dimness) are a consequence,
is this the first large scale public trial for hlg ?

This reddit thread and ref'd bbc paper suggest that if it has been mastered for higher nits than the tv, highlights could be cut
https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/5o1asb/how_exactly_is_hlg_hybrid_log_gamma_compatible/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/sites/5033...ts/586cdf8106d63ee287051b35/BBC_HDRTV_FAQ.pdf

 

[VincentHanna]

It's the one occasion where I've used 'vivid' mode and it's looked more like it should.

 

[FreeStream]

It seemed a bit dim on my B6 OLED

Others have reported the same. HDR normally looks great.

Same on my Samsung QLED - changed the settings to make it more vivid and it looked better.

Weird as the Blue Planet II stuff looked almost as good as the 4K Bluray did!

Tack sharp though.

 

[Washout]

Wasn’t noticeably any better than normal HD imo.

Wonder if it's net speed or something? First bit of sports I've seen in uhd with some kind of hdr and it blew my socks off. Big a jump as normal - HD for me.

 

[jpaul]

SDRHD can't reproduce the true colors of the World Cup teams

... has anyone got confirmation from the tv that it has been getting the hlg stream
https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1529316883

 

[picnic]

My LG says HDR HLG when on the 4K stream

 

[TheMightyTen]

Same with my LG

 

[VincentHanna]

Yep, same here.

I watched the England game last night on my LG B6 and the little notification comes up in the right hand corner, and after the game I switched to the analysis on Sky Q HD and the England red kit looked really dull compared to how it looked in HDR

 

[darreny]

4k working fine on my Panasonic 802b no hlg for me tho

 

[mmj_uk]

Has anyone tried watching a match in VR yet ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44038006

That seems completely pointless, when I heard BBC advertise watching matches in VR I thought they'd at least make some effort to integrate the user into the stadium atmosphere. Instead, you get to sit inside a virtual room with a big but low resolution TV. You could probably buy a 65" TV for the cost of VR.

 

[picnic]

And after the football I see we're going to get Wimbledon streamed in 4K HDR too

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-44550307

Plus semis and final in 4K (no HDR) via Sky Q via the old satellite

 

[jpaul]

interesting ... they do not say no hdr because q doesn't offer it yet for any media, but that would be disingenuous of bbc
https://www.pocket-lint.com/tv/news...casts-start-in-italy-uk-sky-q-update-imminent.

unclear if it will be free on the satellite for anyone ... are the bbc not obliged to give it to everyone under licensing conditions ?

 

[picnic]

Interesting point about being free. I'd assume you need a 2TB Sky Q box and Multi-Room (normal 4K requirement) which I guess doesn't make it free really.

 

[the shadow]

 

[RoboCod]

Thanks for pointing this out. Currently watching Argentina in glorious HLG 4K on my 65 OLED.. Looks and sounds miles better.

 

[woppy101]

Sky should be ashamed with the dross they serve up claiming to be UHD after BBCs World Cup effort it just goes to show how bad it is

 

[5punk3monk3y]

Sky should be ashamed with the dross they serve up claiming to be UHD after BBCs World Cup effort it just goes to show how bad it is

I understand your post but I think you mean the HLG which has nothing to do with the resolution (UHD)
Sky have offered UHD for a year now and have far more content than the BBC. However it looks bland as it offers no version of HDR (yet)

 

[woppy101]

I understand your post but I think you mean the HLG which has nothing to do with the resolution (UHD)
Sky have offered UHD for a year now and have far more content than the BBC. However it looks bland as it offers no version of HDR (yet)

What i mean is skys transmission of UHD isn’t a patch on BBCs World Cup coverage and the downloadable content is very bitrate starved, I have found that Netflix and amazons 1080p streams look far better than skys so called UHD content

 

[RoboCod]

Plus there is the price sky demand for this service. Crazy.