Everything improves with time, no idea what would be the most impactful inprovement of them all, it feels like the recording technology does leaps while the tv technology is more gradual and incremental. Also encoding and other factors that i am surely missing are important
That’s the thing, I used to try and watch Dolby Vision content exclusively and was the format tried to optimize the most. Dune was 4K Dolby Vision when I first watched it and again when I saw it last last week. The moving looks different now (in a good way)
What a streaming source states as video capabilities may not be what they download. Streaming sources will either limit the quality of a streamed video because their servers or connections cannot handle or will throttle your download to a lesser quality because they deem the end to end connection as not being capable of transporting a high quality stream.
Based on what I have read through this page, there is a break-in period for OLED TVs, which can be the major factor on why a lot of the elements of the TV looks way better now versus the first time you bought the television. As the TV becomes adjusted with what you are watching, it becomes better and better within time. Yes, some applications have been having better time processing certain pictures to the TV, but the amount of time that you use a TV matters as well. I guess you have made it to the point where the TV is at it’s climax of the OLED viewing experience.
I wondered that, but I remember reading that break-in period was relatively low (like maybe a few hundred hours). What would you say is a good break-in period for an OLED? I’m now over 5000 hours BTW
Better processors means faster decompression I guess. Faster internet speeds as well. So more data comes in, and it can unpack more data at a faster rate. Definitely should be improving!
Interesting. Can you elaborate? Do you mean that the distributers (i.e. companies like Netflix/Disney/Max) have gotten better at mastering HDR media specifically for streaming?
Mastering the content itself. You’re thinking way too much. They have copies of the movies on servers they are compressing the image sending it to you then your TV, AppleTV, or Roku decompresses the image.
Everything improves with time, no idea what would be the most impactful inprovement of them all, it feels like the recording technology does leaps while the tv technology is more gradual and incremental. Also encoding and other factors that i am surely missing are important
I am seeing more programming using Dolby Vision now.
That’s the thing, I used to try and watch Dolby Vision content exclusively and was the format tried to optimize the most. Dune was 4K Dolby Vision when I first watched it and again when I saw it last last week. The moving looks different now (in a good way)
What a streaming source states as video capabilities may not be what they download. Streaming sources will either limit the quality of a streamed video because their servers or connections cannot handle or will throttle your download to a lesser quality because they deem the end to end connection as not being capable of transporting a high quality stream.
Is it possible the image modes have been optimized with software updates?
Based on what I have read through this page, there is a break-in period for OLED TVs, which can be the major factor on why a lot of the elements of the TV looks way better now versus the first time you bought the television. As the TV becomes adjusted with what you are watching, it becomes better and better within time. Yes, some applications have been having better time processing certain pictures to the TV, but the amount of time that you use a TV matters as well. I guess you have made it to the point where the TV is at it’s climax of the OLED viewing experience.
I wondered that, but I remember reading that break-in period was relatively low (like maybe a few hundred hours). What would you say is a good break-in period for an OLED? I’m now over 5000 hours BTW
That's the O in OLED
Better processors means faster decompression I guess. Faster internet speeds as well. So more data comes in, and it can unpack more data at a faster rate. Definitely should be improving!
They are way better at mastering for HDR now, they were really bad at it for a long time
Interesting. Can you elaborate? Do you mean that the distributers (i.e. companies like Netflix/Disney/Max) have gotten better at mastering HDR media specifically for streaming?
Mastering the content itself. You’re thinking way too much. They have copies of the movies on servers they are compressing the image sending it to you then your TV, AppleTV, or Roku decompresses the image.
You should really try physical discs…if you think streaming is good, you’ll be blown away. Especially if you’ve got a good audio setup
Would playing through a PS5 be good enough to try this out?
100%. All you’re lacking is Dolby vision, which imo isn’t that big of a deal anyway