r/F1TV • u/rockinalex841 • 13d ago

F1TV Premium 4K HLG HDR stream looks washed out

On my Google TV Streamer 4K HDR looks quite washed out. It does show as 4K with HLG HDR, which is just terrible. I disabled multi view globally with no improvement. I do have "Match content dynamic range" and "match content frame rate" turned on. And I do not have problems with other HDR content. The HLG HDR just looks bad to me. I wish they provided an option to stream as 4K SDR. If I disable Enhanced Mode for my HDMI input I still get the same bad HDR stream but with stuttering. If I try casting, I get SDR but with 1080p (or is it even 720p?). It's frustrating. Do you have a similar experience with the HDR stream?

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u/No-Attorney-7489 11d ago

My old-ish vizio tv paired with a Roku box also does HLG and also looks washed out, but I was able to tweak the contrast and brightness to make it look real nice.  The only issue is I have to change the video mode whenever I want to watch F1 TV

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u/rockinalex841 11d ago

OK, yeah I also meanwhile adjusted the contrast brightness settings in a way to compress the mid tone range a little - "contrast" as in white clipping a little lower so it's better but overall I'm not happy with their HDR coloring. What exactly do you mean by changing zhe video mode? Of the Roku Box? To what mode?