Spain vs Portugal in UHD HLG

Beer_MonsterUK · 16 Jun 2018 at 12:28

Yeah. I didn't notice it until the 1st pen. A bit disappointing.

TALON1973 · 16 Jun 2018 at 12:32

FerrariEnzo said:
Got the same problem with my Samsung KS7000 - TV isn't on the supported list on the BBC website so I've bought a Roku Streaming stick+ and it's been perfect. One thing I know for sure is I won't be getting a Samsung ever again.

Don't want to buy a stick just for 4k bbc I-player Although I am considering apple TV 4k... Does that do 4k iplayer?

picnic · 16 Jun 2018 at 13:33

I watched bits of the Portugal game last night on my E6, had quite a few buffering moments but the picture quality was noticeably better than shown on BBC HD on Sky. Sam tells me I normally get ~60Mbps on my FTTC.

Converge · 16 Jun 2018 at 13:49

I thought it was pretty good overall. Seemed a little dark/muddy perhaps, but not sure if that’s down to the weather maybe. (Watched all BBC games so far)
Few moments of buffering with a 350mb VM connection too.

SKY games have always been sharp and bright.

My TV (LG 65B6V OLED) has been professionally calibrated so it’s not the settings or anything.

chroniclard · 16 Jun 2018 at 13:57

Switched onto the France game but didn't notice a 4k link or anything, however it may have been full as I turned it on at halftime.

jpaul · 16 Jun 2018 at 14:11

Converge said:
Seemed a little dark/muddy perhaps, but not sure if that’s down to the weather maybe

I thought that too, but I don't have an hlg tv - so need to check if that's what happens if you watch in sdr.

Panning shots seemed much smoother than I have seen before.

chroniclard said:
Switched onto the France game but didn't notice a 4k link or anything

but you have seen the link in the past ? is it running iplayer beta.?

chroniclard · 16 Jun 2018 at 14:14

chroniclard · 16 Jun 2018 at 14:15

jpaul said:
I thought that too, but I don't have an hlg tv - so need to check if that's what happens if you watch in sdr.

Panning shots seemed much smoother than I have seen before.

but you have seen the link in the past ? is it running iplayer beta.?

Not sure, I have a choice of either the iplayer on fire tv(latest uk one) or built in to tv. Will have a look.

Converge · 16 Jun 2018 at 14:19

chroniclard said:
Not sure, I have a choice of either the iplayer on fire tv(latest uk one) or built in to tv. Will have a look.

When you select the World Cup, it should give the option of UHD, HD or SD before continuing depending on the app you’re using as to whether it supports or not.

chroniclard · 16 Jun 2018 at 14:19

Aha, went into settings on the fire stick and now on the beta. Will have a look at the match later.

chroniclard · 16 Jun 2018 at 16:54

Not giving me the option of UHD or HD or SD, just streams and adjusts the quality a bit.

Though match not started yet?

Rendog · 16 Jun 2018 at 17:18

TALON1973 said:
Don't want to buy a stick just for 4k bbc I-player Although I am considering apple TV 4k... Does that do 4k iplayer?

I'm not aware of the Apple TV 4K doing the BBC iPlayer in 4K, it depends if the Apple TV supports HLG in any case I don't see it on the list of compatible devices.

jpaul · 16 Jun 2018 at 18:31

... roku wasn't on list (but was for pe2)

screen should be

Cob · 16 Jun 2018 at 19:18

My television was listed when they first announced this, but has since been removed :mad:

Hisense H49M3000

Showboat · 16 Jun 2018 at 19:21

Wasn’t noticeably any better than normal HD imo.

silverblack · 16 Jun 2018 at 19:43

Showboat said:
Wasn’t noticeably any better than normal HD imo.

Looked better to me when i switched from HD to UHD and i'm only on 38MB internet so get the lower quality stream.
If your on 40MB+ you should notice more of a difference.

Doobedoo · 16 Jun 2018 at 20:39

Worked ok for me. Watched the Spain v Portugal game with only a few moments of buffing.

VincentHanna · 16 Jun 2018 at 21:56

It seemed a bit dim on my B6 OLED

Others have reported the same. HDR normally looks great.

varkanoid · 16 Jun 2018 at 22:12

VincentHanna said:
It seemed a bit dim on my B6 OLED

Others have reported the same. HDR normally looks great.

Its BBC's version of HDR......

VincentHanna · 16 Jun 2018 at 22:18

Yeah but the planet earth test looked fine.