Re: Home Theater Discussion
Posted: Wed October 25, 2017 7:32 pm
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tragabigzanda wrote:What's your experience with gaming? BF1 is the only game I have that tells me I'm playing in HDR, but I'll be damned if I can see much of a difference when I turn the HDR off. I *can* notice it more if I have Chromatic Aberration and Film Grain effect turned on in the game's video options, but I leave those effects off, and am otherwise not seeing much of a difference.Monkey_Driven wrote:In my experiences it really depends on the specific app and how you are playing it. Some networks/providers care more about picture quality while others may favor certain devices (Android vs. Apple vs. Roku vs PS4, etc.). WatchESPN is consistently pretty shitty though.tragabigzanda wrote:We got a TLC Roku 4K HD about a month ago, and it really just depends on the ISP throttling. Some nights HD content looks fantastic; others you can see a lot of chunky pixelation in the darker colors of the screen.Strat wrote:I dont think you are appletv, but how does it handle these streaming devices and services? Way better?LoathedVermin72 wrote:Oh yeah. It's garbage.Monkey_Driven wrote:A 4K TV really highlights how shitty the compression is for cable.
Some games are better than others. I can't really tell the difference much on BF1. NBA 2k18 and Horizon are stunning with HDR turned on though.tragabigzanda wrote:What's your experience with gaming? BF1 is the only game I have that tells me I'm playing in HDR, but I'll be damned if I can see much of a difference when I turn the HDR off. I *can* notice it more if I have Chromatic Aberration and Film Grain effect turned on in the game's video options, but I leave those effects off, and am otherwise not seeing much of a difference.Monkey_Driven wrote:In my experiences it really depends on the specific app and how you are playing it. Some networks/providers care more about picture quality while others may favor certain devices (Android vs. Apple vs. Roku vs PS4, etc.). WatchESPN is consistently pretty shitty though.tragabigzanda wrote:We got a TLC Roku 4K HD about a month ago, and it really just depends on the ISP throttling. Some nights HD content looks fantastic; others you can see a lot of chunky pixelation in the darker colors of the screen.Strat wrote:I dont think you are appletv, but how does it handle these streaming devices and services? Way better?LoathedVermin72 wrote:Oh yeah. It's garbage.Monkey_Driven wrote:A 4K TV really highlights how shitty the compression is for cable.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
I actually liked Horizon quite a bit more than MGSV so you are in for a treat.tragabigzanda wrote:Good to know! My plan is to beat MGSV, then I was thinking I would try HZD before Far Cry 5 came out.Monkey_Driven wrote:Some games are better than others. I can't really tell the difference much on BF1. NBA 2k18 and Horizon are stunning with HDR turned on though.tragabigzanda wrote:What's your experience with gaming? BF1 is the only game I have that tells me I'm playing in HDR, but I'll be damned if I can see much of a difference when I turn the HDR off. I *can* notice it more if I have Chromatic Aberration and Film Grain effect turned on in the game's video options, but I leave those effects off, and am otherwise not seeing much of a difference.Monkey_Driven wrote:In my experiences it really depends on the specific app and how you are playing it. Some networks/providers care more about picture quality while others may favor certain devices (Android vs. Apple vs. Roku vs PS4, etc.). WatchESPN is consistently pretty shitty though.tragabigzanda wrote:We got a TLC Roku 4K HD about a month ago, and it really just depends on the ISP throttling. Some nights HD content looks fantastic; others you can see a lot of chunky pixelation in the darker colors of the screen.Strat wrote:I dont think you are appletv, but how does it handle these streaming devices and services? Way better?LoathedVermin72 wrote:Oh yeah. It's garbage.Monkey_Driven wrote:A 4K TV really highlights how shitty the compression is for cable.
Yes. Absolutely. No question.Strat wrote:I dont think you are appletv, but how does it handle these streaming devices and services? Way better?LoathedVermin72 wrote:Oh yeah. It's garbage.Monkey_Driven wrote:A 4K TV really highlights how shitty the compression is for cable.
For the record, none of the switches I own could handle 4K / HDR so I need to to run the 4K / HDR sources directly to the TV.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Yeah, I did some digging too, and even some of the 4K ones I found only had a speed of about 10 instead of 18, which I wouldn't trust.CopperTom wrote:Some list 4k compatibility, none list HDR. For now, I'll hook my lone 4K HDR source directly into the TV.CopperTom wrote:I looked the other day, but none listed the specific speed. I'll look again when I get home.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Some cursory searching reveals that there are such things as "high-speed HDMI switches," so I imagine the older one you have probably won't be able to handle the signal.
I haven't really looked yet since I won't be buying 'til next year. I want something that's at least as big as my current one, which is 55", and obviously something with good technical specs re: image quality. I did look for the model you posted in another thread and it costs five thousand dollars here.LoathedVermin72 wrote:You should be fine with 100mbps. Netflix recommends at least 25mbps for 4K, so I think you'll be okay. Which TV are you thinking of getting? Or have you not looked yet?
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
How'd you do this?Is this just a setting?Monkey_Driven wrote:Just upgraded our Netflix account to 4k. Why did I wait so long?
Yup!Strat wrote:I see that i can switch to "Ultra HD" is that "4k" ?
and i need a 4k tv for that to even be worth a damn obviously.Monkey_Driven wrote:Yup!Strat wrote:I see that i can switch to "Ultra HD" is that "4k" ?
Yup. They're getting to be pretty affordable, even for an above average set. Problem is there isn't a ton of content in 4k. Especially for live events or television shows.Strat wrote:and i need a 4k tv for that to even be worth a damn obviously.Monkey_Driven wrote:Yup!Strat wrote:I see that i can switch to "Ultra HD" is that "4k" ?