I have an Amazon Fire TV 4k Stick (the most recent version) and a brand new Samsung 4k TV. Streaming Netflix shows in HDR is a debacle, the color is completely washed out and the screen is dimmed. You can even see the screen literally dim when you start a HDR show, which is especially infuriating. There is no fix on the Fire TV stick, as you can't turn off HDR in Netflix or on the TV and even if you fiddle with the Fire TV stick settings,(which I did aggressively) you still can't force shut HDR. Watching the same shows on my Xbox One X with the HDR turned off fixes the problem. But even on the Xbox, if HDR is turned on, the picture is washed out and all the color is drained. At least I can turn it off on the Xbox. Maybe it's a Samsung TV issue, but that shouldn't matter. The picture sucks in what is supposed to be the best format.
I don't need a solution, I'm not even asking for one because I searched and it doesn't seem like there is one, (there are a lot of threads on the internet about how HDR sucks) but I just wanted to start a thread to say HDR absolutely sucks. It's supposed to be a great, a life changing format. And it doesn't work and it ruins the picture and completely washes out the color and dims the screen. (other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?)
That said, if anyone has any ideas on how to fix this or if I'm doing something wrong, maybe this is a good thread to have.
I don't need a solution, I'm not even asking for one because I searched and it doesn't seem like there is one, (there are a lot of threads on the internet about how HDR sucks) but I just wanted to start a thread to say HDR absolutely sucks. It's supposed to be a great, a life changing format. And it doesn't work and it ruins the picture and completely washes out the color and dims the screen. (other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?)
That said, if anyone has any ideas on how to fix this or if I'm doing something wrong, maybe this is a good thread to have.