​love it ... every tv post gets this hahaha

oh man enough with the bits. I thought Nth degreeing everything was done with. ive been there with other stuff you end up spending most of your time searching and no time using the thing you obsessed over. merry christmas everybody!

not exactly true as an 8 bit panel cannot process a HDR signal it will take the signal and try to match as close as it can minus a few million less colours using some clever dimming and other effects but it wont be displaying a HDR signal it will accept the HDR signal and play it as SDR with those clever tweaks and effects to improve the colours slightly

​Ha!

I believe it's the US name for this version. If not, can you pick out the US name from the Rtings site? Would be good to see what they have to say about it.

Cheers

I own this tv

In simple terms, HDR is basically the capability for brighter brights. Both on the display side, and on grading/master/delivery side.

However the intent is for only small portions of the frame to be intensely bright. You don't actually want the entire screen to be beaming 1000 nits at you because that would be very uncomfortable. The intent is for small areas - maybe the sun, maybe a flame, maybe the glint on a sword etc - to be very bright. But the overall average brightness of the entire frame should not be much different to SDR.

The problem as this pertains to standard LCD sets (with a single uniform backlight) is that if you crank up the backlight to 1000 nits in order to make one object on screen very bright, you make everything else washed out. It's unavoidable due to the transmissive nature of LCD sets. The dynamic range is not increased, you are simply moving it so your bright and dark tones are both much higher than before.

The solution is a local dimming display with many dimming zones. This TV is not one of those. It has a single uniform backlight. Being honest, even mid-range local dimming displays with 100 odd zones are not enough. You need something crazy high-end with thousands of zones to do justice to HDR. Or preferably and OLED panel where every pixel supplies it's own illumination.

8 bit HDR? Is that what call an oxymoron?

sorry code no work try CODE TVS10 AT ARGOS to save 10% off tvs over £299

That's a different model

​4k and HDR aren't the same thing, you can have one without the other. Unless you have a HDR source (4K blu ray player, Ps4 Pro or X Box One S) then you're watching 4K but not HDR.

Please explain. I have this telly and the 4k content looks amazing.

That was my deal.

You zinged the wrong person.

What a plonker.

Do people no realise HDR works perfectly fine on a 8 bit Tv.

Good price have some heat.

I don't think this is 10 bit

try this for 10 bit add the code http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and-home-entertainment/televisions/televisions/lg-55uh850v-smart-3d-4k-ultra-hd-hdr-55-led-tv-10144280-pdt.html

The daily struggle continues. I had just convinced myself to wait until CES and make do with a cheaper 1080p set for another year or so. Then this rocks up.

And just to stir the pot, Rtings also thought this was an 8bit panel but then corrected themselves.

Rtings

Heat added. Mind befuddled. Patience diminished.

Yeah 10 bit would work much better that's for sure. I have done some testing on gears of war 4 and even though my 4k tv is only a 8 bit panel the difference is stunning with HDR enabled. I'm just pointing out that all is not lost if you go for a cheaper 4k 8 bit :smiley:

Go via quidco too for a further 10% cashback. I'm not sure if it will work when using a voucher code, but worth a try.

code is TV10

Garbage post.

​lol. take a look at his own post and you will laugh

excellent!! cheers!!

oh man enough with the bits. I thought Nth degreeing everything was done with. ive been there with other stuff you end up spending most of your time searching and no time using the thing you obsessed over. merry christmas everybody!

This is definitely the cheapest 4k HDR tv in the "good" range, but at this point you are a week away from the biggest electronics sale of the year. I wager you will get a 10 bit panel for a price very close to this on BF, which would be a much better deal.

any idea what TVs this code works on? tried it on a £850 LG and it didn't work. Annoying that Curry's make you fill in everything before you can try a code...

I was right though and hopefully stopped people who are after a 10 bit from buying it

It's 8 bit and 5 year warranty is extra.

http://www.displayspecifications.com/en/model/0d686a2

no mention of 5 year warranty either

Hotter than my melted Raspberry Pi I just took out of the oven

Thanks mod :smiley: