New OLED77CXPUA T.V. seems dark on FIOS TV one

[clem21]

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@tward392 wrote:

Thanks, I'll take a look at rtings again.

It's definitely taking a little getting used to, but like I said the opening to the first episode of Bridgerton  looked amazing!

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Was Bridgerton in 4K HDR? If so that would be why it looked so good. Basically the OLED light adjustment affects the overall brightness of the picture. Contrast affects how bright the highlights in the picture get. Brightness sets how black or dark the blacks get. You need to get used to a slightly darker overall picture, because your new TV is now capable of true blacks. Rtings is a good start, from there make small changes, give yourself a day, then adjust again. And yes, there can be extreme changes in overall brightness depending on channel or programming, NCIS used to be VERY dark compared to other programming on the same channnel.

[tward392]

Bridgerton couldn't have been 4K, I downed my Netflix plan when they went up in price.  I have the "Watch on 2 screens at a time. Full HD (1080p) available. Download videos on 2 phones or tablets." plan.

I just kept hearing about the picture quality of these OLED's but was a little shocked how dark it can get!

Seems like a big switch from the LED's.  But I'll tinker with it more and more.

[clem21]

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@tward392 wrote:

Bridgerton couldn't have been 4K, I downed my Netflix plan when they went up in price.  I have the "Watch on 2 screens at a time. Full HD (1080p) available. Download videos on 2 phones or tablets." plan.

I just kept hearing about the picture quality of these OLED's but was a little shocked how dark it can get!

Seems like a big switch from the LED's.  But I'll tinker with it more and more.

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One more source for example settings:

https://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions/lg-cx-oled-tv-2020-picture-settings-and-hdr-notes/?ts=159257...

[clem21 · Accepted solution]

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@clem53 wrote:

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@tward392 wrote:

Bridgerton couldn't have been 4K, I downed my Netflix plan when they went up in price.  I have the "Watch on 2 screens at a time. Full HD (1080p) available. Download videos on 2 phones or tablets." plan.

I just kept hearing about the picture quality of these OLED's but was a little shocked how dark it can get!

Seems like a big switch from the LED's.  But I'll tinker with it more and more.

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One more source for example settings:

https://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions/lg-cx-oled-tv-2020-picture-settings-and-hdr-notes/?ts=159257...

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Here is an exzmple of the difference between the brightness of your

OLED vs an LCD;

OLED:

SDR Real Scene Peak Brightness321 cd/m²

SDR Peak 2% Window459 cd/m²

SDR Peak 10% Window456 cd/m²

SDR Peak 25% Window414 cd/m²

SDR Peak 50% Window340 cd/m²

SDR Peak 100% Window176 cd/m²

SDR Sustained 2% Window439 cd/m²

SDR Sustained 10% Window435 cd/m²

SDR Sustained 25% Window395 cd/m²

SDR Sustained 50% Window324 cd/m²

SDR Sustained 100% Window146 cd/m²

SDR ABL0.069

LCD:

SDR Real Scene Peak Brightness610 cd/m²

SDR Peak 2% Window1162 cd/m²

SDR Peak 10% Window1402 cd/m²

SDR Peak 25% Window929 cd/m²

SDR Peak 50% Window733 cd/m²

SDR Peak 100% Window541 cd/m²

SDR Sustained 2% Window1111 cd/m²

SDR Sustained 10% Window1361 cd/m²

SDR Sustained 25% Window925 cd/m²

SDR Sustained 50% Window730 cd/m²

SDR Sustained 100% Window538 cd/m²

SDR ABL0.048

You can see the LCD is brighter overall, but lacks the true blacks and viewing angle of the OLED. The LCD example was a Samsung, Some others are even brighter.

If you have no plan to watch 4K HDR from Fios, you may want to turn off Ultra HD Deep Color on the Fios input as this might give you bad color tracking with HD SDR programming.