I've got a Razer Blade with a 4K OLED panel which supports HDR.
SDR stuff looks great to be frank but it seems when HDR mode is on via Windows, the brightness is halved thus making bright elements (explosions etc) look much more vibrant without damaging the display or needing too much power. It's not exactly the brightest display in the first instance but it's OK.
When trying to watch Scott Pilgrim 4K blu-ray with HDR on however, the colours are well off. I'd be happy with SDR @ 4K but it doesn't want to do it, either it's:
- Playing @ 4K in SDR but with extremely muted colours
- Playing @ 4K with HDR but with colours which don't match, i.e. reds are TOO red and there's oddly visible artefacting on menus and whatnot due to ridiculous contrast
- Playing @ 1080p with SDR and colours look great and vivid but it's not 4K
Is this likely to be the fault of the colour profile in Windows, the blu-ray itself or the player (PowerDVD)? Perhaps something else...
SDR stuff looks great to be frank but it seems when HDR mode is on via Windows, the brightness is halved thus making bright elements (explosions etc) look much more vibrant without damaging the display or needing too much power. It's not exactly the brightest display in the first instance but it's OK.
When trying to watch Scott Pilgrim 4K blu-ray with HDR on however, the colours are well off. I'd be happy with SDR @ 4K but it doesn't want to do it, either it's:
- Playing @ 4K in SDR but with extremely muted colours
- Playing @ 4K with HDR but with colours which don't match, i.e. reds are TOO red and there's oddly visible artefacting on menus and whatnot due to ridiculous contrast
- Playing @ 1080p with SDR and colours look great and vivid but it's not 4K
Is this likely to be the fault of the colour profile in Windows, the blu-ray itself or the player (PowerDVD)? Perhaps something else...
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