Press Release SPHE Press Release: Black Hawk Down (2001) and The Guns of Navarone (1961) (4k UHD) Now in Dolby Vision (1 Viewer)

[dpippel]

Almost all 4K displays auto-sense HDR10 and Dolby Vision content automatically, and each has separate settings that have to be adjusted. So, if you've tweaked things on your TV for HDR10 content, those settings do NOT apply to DV content. I think that seeing big differences between the two is attributable to the display not being correctly configured in many instances.

 

[cineMANIAC]

Almost all 4K displays auto-sense HDR10 and Dolby Vision content automatically, and each has separate settings that have to be adjusted. So, if you've tweaked things on your TV for HDR10 content, those settings do NOT apply to DV content. I think that seeing big differences between the two is attributable to the display not being correctly configured in many instances.

I paid a lot of money to have my LG OLED TV professionally calibrated so I'm not going to mess around with ANY settings. Thankfully my TV auto-detects as you say so I don't have to worry about any of this. This DV vs HDR (and now HDR+ OR 10) reminds me of all the annoying format wars, with people from both camps claiming their choice of setting is better. Sony is taking advantage of supporters of each camp by re-releasing the same titles and adding these "upgrades" which aren't upgrades at all IMO. These are just an excuse to milk the cow. Why didn't they release these with DV or HDR the first time?

 

[dpippel]

I paid a lot of money to have my LG OLED TV professionally calibrated so I'm not going to mess around with ANY settings. Thankfully my TV auto-detects as you say so I don't have to worry about any of this.

Then I'm sure your calibrator set up each content type on the display, and you have nothing to worry about, as you say.

 

[Konstantinos]

Can anyone please confirm that the new Black Hawk Down UHD hasn't got Greek subtitles?
It has only English, French and Spanish?

 

[ScottJH]

Can anyone please confirm that the new Black Hawk Down UHD hasn't got Greek subtitles?
It has only English, French and Spanish?

Correct. English, English SDH, Spanish & French

 

[PatrickDA]

What type of display do you have?

LG OLED

 

[Robert Crawford]

LG OLED

Interesting as I have LG OLEDs too but have not observed the same thing as you have on your display.

 

[PatrickDA]

I enabled DV and (in particular) those Hitchcock 4K titles had a very unpleasant look. I disabled the DV, and they looked a lot better. More natural. Less orange/reddish tone and not as rough/harsh overall.

 

[Worth]

I enabled DV and (in particular) those Hitchcock 4K titles had a very unpleasant look. I disabled the DV, and they looked a lot better. More natural. Less orange/reddish tone and not as rough/harsh overall.

None of the Hitchcock titles have Dolby Vision, so if you're forcing it on them, no wonder you're getting odd results.

 

[Todd Erwin]

I enabled DV and (in particular) those Hitchcock 4K titles had a very unpleasant look. I disabled the DV, and they looked a lot better. More natural. Less orange/reddish tone and not as rough/harsh overall.

Which 4K Blu-ray player do you have?

 

[dpippel]

I enabled DV and (in particular) those Hitchcock 4K titles had a very unpleasant look. I disabled the DV, and they looked a lot better. More natural. Less orange/reddish tone and not as rough/harsh overall.

Have you adjusted your display's DV settings, or are you using them as they came out of the box?

 

[PatrickDA]

Which 4K Blu-ray player do you have?

Sony - UBP-X800M2

 

[Todd Erwin]

Sony - UBP-X800M2

That player requires you to manually turn Dolby Vision on and off. Players from Panasonic and others do not require this and will not enable Dolby Vision if content is not encoded with it. The Sony will playback all Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray content in Dolby Vision whether it is encoded with DV, HDR10, or no HDR. Some discs do not specify if they are encoded with Dolby Vision, unfortunately, but one way you can tell is to enable DV on the player, play your content, and once it starts, hit the DISPLAY button on your remote, and you should see something similar to one of the three photos below.

If you see this, then the content has been encoded with Dolby Vision:


If you see this, then the content has been encoded with HDR10 only and Dolby Vision should be disabled:


And if you see this, the content has not been encoded with any kind of HDR whatsoever and Dolby Vision should be disabled:


Having Dolby Vision enabled when the content has not been encoded with it makes things appear off in most cases.

 

[PatrickDA]

I didn't have it enabled, then I did, and now I don't again.

 

[Todd Erwin]

I didn't have it enabled, then I did, and now I don't again.

OK. So, what is your complaint? That discs not encoded with DV look terrible when DV is enabled?

 

[PatrickDA]

OK. So, what is your complaint? That discs not encoded with DV look terrible when DV is enabled?

Yes, I've watched them since and they looked better.