Ah yes, sorry I didn't refresh the screen. This was the problem. Thanks
LG 42-inch OLED
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Good stuff 
Was getting paranoid that my posts were not being displayed or something!
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All resolved which is the main thing. Merry ChristmasAh
Was getting paranoid that my posts were not being displayed or something!
Glad its sorted
Merry Christmas.
to be fair i only use the native netflix/disney apps on the tv when using it as a tv and that has only been a rare occasion. I havent watched any videos from the pc except youtube and never noticed any juddering in that so far.
Interesting.. I just tried the Amazon Prime Video App on the and loaded Ghostbusters which went into HDR mode on the screen.
**** me, the quality is so bad.... looks like a lot of graining on faces as if some kind of filtering is applied.
I can see that the movie is an HDR movie but... seriously what is up with this?
**** me, the quality is so bad.... looks like a lot of graining on faces as if some kind of filtering is applied.
I can see that the movie is an HDR movie but... seriously what is up with this?
Will check it on mine tonight
Cheers Greebo. I think it defaults to HDR or HDR10 mode.
Soldato
New Ghostbusters or old Ghostbusters? I found lots of old 80s stuff from film, didn't look great out of the box. Spent quite a while tweaking it to look less fake-grainy.
A lot of Netflix content is like this too, that shouldn't be. Stuff like Community which is new enough to be all-digital, but when we upgraded to the top Netflix tier it suddenly looked film grainy.
Old! Glad to hear Im not the only one. Could you drop your settings please?
Why does this happen? Is it to do with forcing HDR?
Soldato
I'm honestly not 100% sure. I'm not on a standard panel either (engineering sample) so might not be worth sharing settings. But in general I go for minimal processing, so it's likely I had to turn something back ON to sort this. Not sure what... I'm not too particular as I watch so much content from different sources, it can't all be perfect
I just tried Amazon Ghostbusters 1984 1st movie and 2nd one, yeah its grainy and pixel hell really but it could be anything from Prime limiting streaming bandwidth causing it or just a really bad video encode or transfer or whatever those video editors do. I think them adding HDR on it made the pixels worse somehow lol
I see the same issue with lots of 80s, 90s, 2000 movies and tv series where its an pixelated mess also, but its not usually that bad. If you watch that female ghostbusters movie its fine and normal.
This is one of those OLED draw backs, if you watch the same movie on amazon prime on an older LED TV or LCD TV from 10-15 years ago its bit more smoother and natural looking, OLEDs can highlight flaws on poor video sources.
I just tried the 4K remastered ghostbusters version, its more improved and a bit less blocky and pixely.
I see the same issue with lots of 80s, 90s, 2000 movies and tv series where its an pixelated mess also, but its not usually that bad. If you watch that female ghostbusters movie its fine and normal.
This is one of those OLED draw backs, if you watch the same movie on amazon prime on an older LED TV or LCD TV from 10-15 years ago its bit more smoother and natural looking, OLEDs can highlight flaws on poor video sources.
I just tried the 4K remastered ghostbusters version, its more improved and a bit less blocky and pixely.
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I think I may have an issue with mine, it was fine yesterday but today it's randomly switching off after just a few minutes and then won't turn back on from either the remote or the TV for a random amount of time (the screen flickers as well just before it turns off).
I've tried factory resetting, different power sockets and removing all external video sources but it still happens on the WebOS interface with nothing connected. I've also updated to the latest firmware but still no joy.
The onboard test in the help section indicates the OLED is faulty so it looks like I'll be calling JL support tomorrow.
I've tried factory resetting, different power sockets and removing all external video sources but it still happens on the WebOS interface with nothing connected. I've also updated to the latest firmware but still no joy.
The onboard test in the help section indicates the OLED is faulty so it looks like I'll be calling JL support tomorrow.
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Sorry should've clarified, I don't have it connected up to the PC yet. Using it in the lounge for the time being connected up to SkyQ and a 4K Blu-Ray player.
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Cheers pal, got the JL Black Friday deal so should be good hopefully.
Soldato
I think I may have an issue with mine, it was fine yesterday but today it's randomly switching off after just a few minutes and then won't turn back on from either the remote or the TV for a random amount of time (the screen flickers as well just before it turns off).
I've tried factory resetting, different power sockets and removing all external video sources but it still happens on the WebOS interface with nothing connected. I've also updated to the latest firmware but still no joy.
The onboard test in the help section indicates the OLED is faulty so it looks like I'll be calling JL support tomorrow.
Common hardware fault sadly, see it a lot over on AV community forums. Hopefully still in the 30 day return or refund window with JL.
Just let them know you have tried factory reset several times, latest firmware update, several different hdmi cables and even without hdmi cables and it still switches off on its own and won't come back on. That should hopefully avoid going through tech support since you done all the diagnostic and they can fast track its exchange/refund.
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Cheers mate. Spoke to JL today and they're going to replace it with a new one on Thursday week, first time I've used JL customer service and probably one of the best support experiences I've had. Took all of about 2 minutes and the order was in the system for the replacement.
