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Mar 31, 2021 05:24 PM By EthanHunt

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I’ve been trying desperately to find the most “accurate” color layout for the films I’m watching, and I’m stuck between using Standard and Movie picture mode. Don’t you think that Movie with Warm 2 is just too much? I think that Movie with Standard color temp looks fine, but then the Standard picture mode just seems so much more vibrant. Not oversaturated like with Dynamic (yuck) or Natural, but vibrant. What do you think?

I have done some testing between Standard and Movie Mode whit HDR, going crazy some days for undestand what’s better and… ill stick on Movie Mode.

If between Movie & Standard is almost the same as accuracy whit SDR contents, whit HDR is like night and day.

Standard Mode is surely more corolfull, but it’s too oversaturated and makes some movies unwatchable, an example is Dunkirk HDR: The sand become pure yellow, the movie get a greenish tint, too much saturation.

Eye is a lazy thing and likes it’s comfort zone of habits. The neutral white temperature is 6500K, the one you find too yellow in the Movie Mode. That’s because your are used to have a colder white on your screens.

Movie Mode is the most accurate picture you can get, Standard Mode is oversaturated especially whit HDR and upset picture. If your goal is to get the most accurate picture as creator intended Movie Mode + Warm 2 is the way. Anyway, did you calibrated the white balance in warm2? (-9, 0, 4, 4, 4, 4)

Hi! I’m 3 months late, but for enabling VRR/FreeSync on the 49" version you need to open the service menu (standby, info, menu mute and power). Click on MRT Option, then click on “Gamemode” and set “2”. Reboot your TV, then open the General Settings>External Devices (or something like that) and “Game mode settings” will appear to you. Click on it and also “FreeSync” will appear, enable it.

Hi, i have a Samsung NU8000 and whit Netflix/HDR i have the same issues. This happens because subtitle in HDR are at almost the maximun brightness. I fixed it by chaning the subtitles settings of Netflix.

Go to netflix.com (from web), Subitlte Settings, and set “trasparency”. In this way, subtitles follow the luminosity of the scene, and the local dimming will not push the brightness out. After you changed the settings, go to your TV and open Netlifx>Settings>Help>Reload Netflix to apply the changes, or something like this, i’m not english and the words in the app may change

I managed to update the TV. I don’t know if it’s a placebo effect, but even I (before reading your feedback), noticed a better contrast in the image, but on PS4, the brightness settings visually return the same results, in the pattern test of (RDR2, BFV ) and the HDR settings of PS4

The “funny” thing is that 1290.4 firmware is available to download on Samsung website, while from the TV updater the latest version downloadable is 1270 .. so I’m unable to update

Because on most of TV, Movie Mode is the most “accuracy oriented” picture and allows greater freedom of calibration.

The purpose of rtings and of “more meticulous” users/videophile is to have the most realistic image and to show a content such as a film, exactly as the director has thought of it, from the point of view of colors, contrast and so on.

What for you is “ a neutral or cooler tone as opposed to warmer pictures”, actually it is not. Mostly it is a matter of eye habit.

In color tone, what is matter is the white balance. The neutral temperature value is 6500K ,a value to which it points “movie mode”. In Dynamic, Standard, and Natural, the white is more oriented in a blue and cold tones.

Our eye and brain has a serious “defect”, that is to get used to anything xD. For example, we tend to no longer feel our odor or that of our home after a while. Same thing happens in a more accentuated way to our eye, above all if it is white / color temperature. Personally, passing from Movie Mode to other picture modes, I notice colors and whites too cold. After a few minutes, if I return to Movie Mode, instead I notice colors that are too warm, this is because my eye gets used to the color temperature.

Continuing, the effects of sharpness and various contrast enchancements, process the picture and make it very artificial.

I prefer to have a perfectly balanced and realistic image, so as to visualize as accurately as possible the “will” of those who have created a content. Each film / TV series has its own tone like colors, brightness and temperature that could be distorted.

For example, Nolan chose for his film Dunkirk, a very warm color temperature that turns on greenish. Setting the image mode to Dynamic / Natural / Standard completely cancels this effect by shifting the color shades to other values.

Obviously there is nothing wrong with preferring to see content in one way than another. If for you the image looks better with certain settings than others, use the ones you prefer. Forcing yourself to look at something that is not satisfying for you, as Movie Mode can be, is totally wrong.

Just use what you like more

The Sony is a better choice if you watch TV in a bright room and if you’re not sitting directly in front of the screen but laterally, because IPS panel have a bad contrast which makes them annoying to see TV in the dark, however it has a better wide angle for watch TV from various angles whit other people.

The Samsung it’s the reverse of Sony, NU7100 have a better contrast for watching content in a dark room, but unfortunatley have a worse wide viewing angle, and requires a perfect centred position of seat for watching it, otherwise the contrast become worse than Sony, so it’s recommended for a “single person use” or dark rooms.

Continuing, Sony is slightly better in colors, HDR content and motion than the Samsung, which is good for fast and fluid content like sport, and let’s not forget that on the contrary of the Samsung, the Sony have a jack out for cabled headphones , in case you need to watch TV without disturbing someone.

Summing up, Sony is better for a bright room use whit other people who can’t seat perfectly in the center, Samsung works good in dark and also bright rooms. Qualitatively, for me the Sony doesn’t worth a $300 more of price, factors of use like the ones described above, can could be worth the price difference. (In other similar cases)

Like benclark1604 says, there are better TV for money if you need wide viewing angle, like LG’s/IPS panel tv he mentioned, or Samsung’s TV/ VA panel if you want a way better contrast and black accuracy.