TV colour draining out when in full screen mode (in game)

Leem92

Leem92

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Hello all,

Recently got a Sony 55" 4k and have my PC hooked up to it for some photo editing and gaming.

The picture normally looks fantastic but when I open any game which goes full screen, all the colour has drained out of the picture, but when I check the TV settings, they are still all the same.

Also, the HDR is off on my PC....

It worked perfect for a few months, I don't know if it's worth mentioning the resolution changes when I open a game

Any pointers would be much appreciated!

Cheers
 
Tanin'iver said:
It does sound HDR related - the fact of being off on the PC might not mean anything if the TV itself is somehow switching to expect a HDR signal - if it received SDR when in HDR mode then seriously drained colour would be the result.

The only suggestion I have to offer is, does it also happen if you use a media player on the PC (I use MPC-HC) and play a video fullscreen?

If it does, try MadVR if you aren't using it already. It has a "debug OSD" feature where you hit a hotkey during playback (Ctrl J by default I think) to show all kinds of technical debug info onscreen.

Also, have you tried a game that actually supports HDR, does that work normally?
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It certainly is HDR related, 100% now.

I just can't figure out how to prevent it from going to HDR!

I've realised also, when I open a game, and go to the games display settings, if I adjust the brightness etc it doesn't even change anything, so the TV is the problem here I think. There is no option whatsoever to disable HDR.

I tried enabling the HDR on windows 10 settings but that will not switch on.

There's only one game I really play, which has been working fine for a while now all of a sudden it's drained out.

I downloaded that application, it allows you to turn on HDR and thats exactly how my game looks when I open it, grey and drained!

Thanks for the reply!
 
No worries! No, nothing like that, i've tried resetting the TV and still nothing so i'm thinking it's starting to be a windows 10 problem.

Thanks for your inputs!
 
Quartz said:
You have a Nvidia GPU, don't you? Check the colour settings in Nvidia Control Panel.
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Yes I do,

I have checked them. Nothing out of the ordinary. Everything remains the same when I open the game.

HDR is turning on, I just need to prevent HDR turning on while using this game, why isn't this a feature lol what a mess!
 
Quartz said:
Go to Change Resolution, change it to Use Nvidia colour settings, then adjust Output colour depth and Output colour format and make sure Output Dynamic range is set to full.
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I have already tried this and there was no option to put it Full. The game I play does not support HDR anyway.

I've looked everywhere in menu to turn off HDR, no option. HDR is off on windows (won't let me turn it on anyway)

I factory reset my TV, nothing changed.

I reinstalled the game, nothing changed.
 
LordBeggar said:
Turn off HDR on your Sont TV or PC. If that doesnt help, then change the hdmi cable or port.
It might help
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Couldn't find the HDR setting, don't think you get them on TV's.

Windows won't let me even turn on the HDR option either.

I tried changed the cables and the port, still nothing different unfortunately :confused::mad:
 
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