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by laurencerowe 1602 days ago
While app the performance is just poor on my 2019 LG OLED TV I find HDR content to be unwatchable on it, seemingly a long running problem across multiple platforms: https://www.amazonforum.com/s/question/0D54P00007HLPkoSAH/le...

HDR content is somewhat better when played through the Prime Video PS5 app, though it still seems much darker than HDR content played on the Netflix/AppleTV/HBO LGTV apps.
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gjsman-1000 1602 days ago
It's not just HDR content. I was watching a 2008 BBC drama called Little Dorrit on a Roku in 1080p streaming, no HDR because that didn't exist when it was filmed. It was super smeary, had terrible blacks, tons of obvious banding artifacts, it was really bad.

I bought the 1080p Blu-Ray version from the UK, and even my parents standing 10 feet away from our 48" 1080p TV (without me explaining the problems with the Prime version) could tell the difference after about 10 seconds.

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kcb 1602 days ago
Could possibly be an issue with the HDMI Black Level setting on the Roku's input.
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gjsman-1000 1601 days ago
It was a Roku TV, so the Roku video signal was built-in and not passed over HDMI.
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perryizgr8 1602 days ago
Oh man I'm kind of happy to know that other people have this HDR problem too. Why don't apps and TVs just provide a simple toggle to turn it off? Why must it be automatic and non user selectable? Just give me the normal color stream!
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