Real 4K HDR Video

[Ca_lvn]

So I'm on the Regular Pixel 2 so I can only do 1080HD but colors are still amazing with stock settings.
You guys/gals on the XL might enjoy this more let me know how your colors look ,there's one part of the video with the caterpillar that has really outstanding colors

https://youtu.be/fLHPIYNtig4

 

[Richard Servello]

wow. If anyone cries about the 2xl display, show them this video!!! awesome to see real HDR and not the bs HDR of most fake YouTube videos. that looks as good as any HDR OLED TV I've seen. extremely bright and rich colors and details. it also fills the screen with no need to zoom.

 

[Richard Servello]

https://youtu.be/mkggXE5e2yk

 

[Ca_lvn]

Cool now we're having fun, love the natural color spectrum, pass on the oversaturation, glad to be done with that

 

[Richard Servello]

ok, so do a YouTube search for real HDR Chromecast ultra. Seems like videos that are actually HDR are labeled HDR in the resolution settings. When playing an HDR video 3 things happen. The display goes into dci-p3 mode (HDR) which has amazing contrast ratio, bright highlights and complete blacks. You will also see detail in the very bright areas that would normally be blown out. It's also showing a much wider color spectrum and thus appears more saturated. The second thing it does is crank the brightness to 100% to better view the image (I'm guessing, since the pixel 2 is a true HDR display it actually pumps highlight areas brighter than the display normally goes. The brightness becomes locked. The third thing it does is actually get warm and start draining the battery like nothing else!!! This explains why they opted to only enable p3 when needed, not all the time. This is what reviewers should be looking at...not Samsung's over saturated, fake color profile. This is legit color...at the expense of battery life.

Hopefully Netflix will unlock HDR for phones soon.

 

[Richard Servello]

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCve7_yAZHFNipzeAGBI5t9g

This channel has a ton of actual HDR video.

 

[paradroid]

When I watch these videos and tilt the phone the video still looks great. No blue tint issue.

 

[Richard Servello]

When I watch these videos and tilt the phone the video still looks great. No blue tint issue.

Meaning a software update might fix it. As they said.

 

[nelamvr6]

Some amazing vids there, and my screen looks FANTASTIC!

 

[nelamvr6]

I still saw a change in hue with a tilt, but I was specifically checking for ti. It wasn't obtrusive at all, and during normal watching it wasn't a factor at all.