Had I known this before, I wouldn't have spent hundreds of hours looking for a fix to the menu screen's washed out colors. Now I know that the 4K SDR format is the menu's default/native setting. Thank you so much for pointing this to us!!! You blokes rock!
Thank you!!! I have been struggling with this for a awhile. Dolby Vision would not work on its setting with my Sony, Onkyo receiver. You cleared it all up. Onkyo, Sony and Apple had no clue! Thank you so much
Thank you much for this video. I was already contemplating on returning an 85 inch TV which was already mounted on the wall. After this, the difference in picture quality, color, and blacks are just enormous. I am completely happy with my TV and my setup. You guys are great.
Thanks guys, those setting you showed fixed a cross talk issue I had. The disney plus app, Dolby Atmos had so much static, and my sound bar was going ape shit. I put the video setting like you displayed, no static issues. Thanks.
Finally after dozens of videos I met you guys. With an Apple TV and a LG BX and I knew I could more out of it. Yesterday on white lotus my tv was amazing 🤩 Thank you. Now let see the audio…
Just wanted to thank you for this video. I've had my AppleTv for close to a year and was extremely satisfied with the visual quality. I thought setting it to DV was obvious because I specifically I bought a tv and AppleTv for DV. After changing the settings, I squeezed more juice out of a tv I already loved.
Hey, I just want to say thank you for this, part 1 & 2. I’m not into my picture quality or audio to create that theatrical experience but I love to know what my tech can do and the limitations and this really helped me. The one that caught me out was the resetting of the device after a software update, didn’t realise it had done that so just refereed back to your video. Thank you again from the UK
Bought an HD Fury after I saw your Video about it. I can confirm LLDV works on my projector with good results. Can not wait for your HD Fury Video. I would appreciate it in you go a little bit in depth with this topic. Love your channel!
Hi Chris, yes its pretty cool. We are sadly rather busy with other things youtube is time consuming but yes we have some good videos planned. An interview with the chap who discovered this, plus a step by step walk through. We think this is a big deal... thanks for your interest
Thanks for clearing up the HDR issue. I was hesitant to use hdr since it does sharpen the colors but seems to also shed a grey tone to the picture. Now with the switch I get the best of both worlds. Thank you!
Thanks for detailed video, I’ll try these settings have been facing problem with Sony A8F, some dark scenes looks very ugly, I see patchy greens and image doesn’t look clear. Hopefully this will resolve the issue.
Great, learned something new today:) I have a question about the latest Apple TV 4K 2022. I can choose between 4K HDR HDR10+, or 4K SDR. Will I also here the apple tv auto change to HDR10+ when i play content supporting it if i choose 4K SDR in the menu (+ the other settings in the video)?
Great tutorial guys! Quick question about HDR10 bit rate. I have apple tv connected to Onkyo receiver, which is contacted to Benq projector ht3550. When I force HDR 60hz on apple tv (match content/rate Off), and play HDR movie on disney+ for example, I see my onkyo statistics showing 4.2.0 30 bits 59hz. However, if I turn the match On in apple tv. The onkyo states showes 4.2.2 24 bits 23.9 hz. In both use cases my benq projector shows BT2020 color space. I am confused why I get 24 bits when I turn Match On and play HDR 10 content? Thank you
Can you make a video on how to connect a Dolby Atmos soundbar to the Apple TV 4K and what settings you should use for the audio portion under the video and audio tab?
I came across your video. Thanks for this!!!! I have a question regard my setup. I have a Sony str dh590 receiver. Should I connect my Apple TV 4K by using the pass through or connect the Apple TV directly to my Sony 4K TV then use optical cable for sound from tv to receiver? I am also using a high speed hdmi cable from ATV to receiver to TV. I saw little difference with settings that you recommended. I just want to make sure I maximize the 4K Dolby vision
What I’ve read the only work around for atmos on an arc is that device he mentioned in the video that converts the signal into atmos surround the “had fury device”. I found on google listed at $250 plus
Thank you! I had no idea how to set my Apple TV 4K properly. I thought you didn’t get the momentary black out screen when having your TV connected via eARC.
Hi HTE, That was very informative, thanks. I have a q? that is driving me mad with my new Apple TV+. When it's directly connected to my LG SN8YG soundbar (connected to TV via HDMI arc), I get Dolby Atmos. When playing non Atmos movies soundbar says PCM. If I connect Apple TV+ direct to TV via HDMI (hd compable port), When playing non Atmos movies soundbar says Dolby Sound, and does sound better. Why?
Hi just got a Sonos arc and sub 3 and Apple TV 4K when I Watch a movie that is in from Apple+ and Atmos i’m not getting it do I need to change any settings on the Apple TV? I spoke to Samsung support they said my TV is compatible for pass through i’m connected to the a Arc so what am I doing wrong any suggestions does Atmos just work I would see in the S2 app any help would be greatly appreciated love the videos
This is a great video. I would advise caution on the frame rate option though. Some displays that are native 60hz (or 59.97) cannot display 24p content properly and end up doing some whacked out interpolation to make it fit. I'd advise turning frame match off to get a more proper frame rate/motion. Most modern projectors don't tend to have this issue but I have seen some also have trouble with true 24p content.
Asked the Dolby Vision question in Part 1 Video and just answered here. So while watching your video I took my Apple TV off of the Dolby Vision 4K 60Hz and used your settings, Loaded Disney + and the first thing I noticed was how the menu colors just pop now. Just watched the Mandalorian last night and knew it was DV so watched part of it again today and actually noticed a better picture. I just bought the LG 75NANO99 and am impressed with upscaling to 8k. Thanks to your settings will enjoy my Apple TV more.
So I tried the 4K HDR....too weird a screen picture....settled on 4K SDR.... works great. TV allowed those settings. ....got the frame and range turned on.....can’t do 444 on the Chroma....the 4.2 setting is what I’m allowed.....TV is 5yrs old.....Apple TV 4K is newer....thanks for the tips.....
HD Fury Diva in this case. The HD Fury Vertex 2 does the same. Main advantage is allowing lldv Dolby Vision on displays without DV. Including peojectors
Hi thanks for nice video.. I am from india... having hisenese A71F 55 in 4k, LG SN8YG soundbar. With apple 4k 2nd gen, I am unable to get 10 bit dolby vision video at hisene, only get 8 bit dolby vision at 60 hz. While inbuilt installed app like netflix and disney giving dolby vision with 10 bit video.... Here we can see difference between 8 bit and 10 bit dolby vision on my tv. Kinldy suggest...
Thank you so much for this video! I was getting so confused previously. The only other TH-camr that suggested what you did was “HDTVtest” but he didn’t explain things as well as you did. Thanks again!
By setting the system interface to 50Hz, the screensavers are not smooth. But if I put it on 60Hz, there are apps in Spain (including TH-cam) that don't adapt the content and it looks laggy.
Thank you. I had the apple 4k tv for about 6 months now and just assumed Dolby Vision was the one to use as that is suppose to be the best. But it did make the menu screen look very bright, which is unnecessary. I have OLED TV's and don't want to use the extra brightness. The Apple TV really seems like it wants you to use Dolby Vision all the time. I just changed it to 4k SDR and it is better and you still get Dolby Vision when the source is DV. Apple should know this and tell people how to set these up correctly like you guys have stated. I would bet that 95% of people have Dolby Vision set for everything like I did. I guess using DV all the time make SDR look like DV with upscaling and maxing out the contrast and brightness.
Thanks - yes always use these settings. Just about to move house and have a new projector which is 4K and HDR. Interested to see how you got your projector to output Dolby Vision - I know projectors aren't bright enough to really do it. Also interested to know if it was an improvement on a projector over HDR.
Ah we were waiting for that question. Projectors don't do HDR (there are 1 or 2 but mostly no). So we achieved this with an HDFury DIVA that uses the Dolby Vision LLDV metadata and fools the source into thinking the Projector can do DV. It does take some setting up and we will definitely be doing a great video on this. The HDFury also allows us to display the metadata so we can absolutely prove what is happening. Finally projectors can produce amazing HDR but they need to be calibrated properly. Yes the light output is limited but there are EOTF or Gamma curves that work with the range of the projector and produce incredible results with decent projectors.
I have the HD Fury Vertex 2 and use the ll DV method described for Dolby Vision. The Apple TV is doing the tone mapping using Dolbys algorithms and send it out as scene adjusted HDR10. So done in the player rather than display. In my view Dolbys method gives much better results than what ever Apple was doing to convert DV to HDR10 and what my projector was then doing to tone map that it is capabilities. The HD fury allows you to enter in custom edid data to customize what it tells the DV decoder your display is capable of. Peak and avg luminance and the xy coordinate of the colour gamut if you know them from calibration. So it allows you to tweak brightness etc to your likings with its tone mapping. It made a massive difference for Apple TV DV content for me. DV often looked worse than SD. Dark and dull. The HD Fury is not cheap but was worth it for me. It has some other useful features like masking, custom triggering rs232 command to the projector to change picture settings based on input content etc. (Eg. If SD then change brightness from 0 to -2 etc).
In the 2021 ATV 4K setting, it doesnt have the "Enable Dolby Vision" field. It just has the format and the rest of the stuff. Now when I set-up per above, and then when I select content on Netflix/Itunes for 4K Dolby Vision content, it is recognizing it likewise. My TV settings capture it as DV and has the color callibrations changed automatically. Now looks like there is an issue with HDR content on Amazon Prime, on ATV4K. It doesn't stream in HDR but 4K SDR. I have raised it in Apple forum and there's no resolution in sight.
I am using sony 4k projector with apple4k tv although i set it up to your setting an it looked great and after running my projector for a hr i got a flickering green screen no video. It happens multiple times but after using amazon firestick there was no problem. Any suggestions would be appreciated. pple tv does appear to have better picture then the firestick
My Apple TV 4K doesn't have that 'Enable Dolby Vision' setting under Video and Audio. Would it only show up if I have a Dolby Vision TV attached to it, which I don't, but plan to soon...or should it be there anyway?
We thought about it but that has been relevant across ever tvOS so far on the appletv4k so mentioning any specific tvOS would make people think it’s not relevant to current, which were at the time future, releases .
Hi can you create a video about playing Dolby Vision content on a device that does not support it? In my case, I am looking to play DV on Samsung TV is this possible? Thanks in advance
I have a problem with HDR and dolby vision, in some scene in the night it get wash out really bad. I try different cable, and when I watch the same scene without HDR or dolby it look normal. What can it be?. And is only in when watching content in the ITunes. So strange. I have a vizio P series 2019.
Hey guys great video! Is it ok to leave default at 4K SDR 60hz instead of 50hz if i live in AUstralia? The reason i want it at 60Hz is most apps run at 60Hz natively. What do you think? P.S: I have Match frame rate and dynamic range on irrespective of 50Hz vs 60Hz
My tv supports hdr, but the picture is dull with washed out colours whenever Itry to play hdr content. I don't have apple tv 4k. I want to know if my tv performance will improve with Apple tv 4k with "Format" set at akSDR and "Match Content" set to OFF. Thanks
Thank you for clarifying the 4K SDR setting for me. My TV is a Samsung 8K (Q900R) and I have never been quite sure how to setup the video settings. I am so glad you clarified that the Apple TV auto switches back and forth and why the TV flashes for a few seconds (handshaking). When will you be doing the best settings for the Apple TV 2021?
Thats a really good question. This may sound simplistic but if it is working then NO. If you are having issues then yes. In terms of quality though many would disagree the answer is no. No need to spend stupid amounts on an HDMI cable AS LONG AS IT IS DELIVERING ALL OF THE NEEDED REQUIREMENTS. In otherwords as long as you are getting the resolution frame rate colour space bit depth and feature you want then all is well.
Audio sync Can you show some fixes for that? Audio out of sync in some apps Running apple tv to onkyo reciever then out to tv. Both reciever and tv support all formats. U rock! Thanks
We would love to but we are not experiencing this.. to be able to do this we would need to buy the same avr and TV as yours and this channel only earns about $98 per month :-) If however we do find this problem we will troubleshoot it..
I tried these settings and have the option to enable 4K, as mentioned to “leave it on SDR 4K” as the default. When I check the Sony TV HDMI input, HDR signal is off. When I set the Apple TV back to 4K HDR, the TV HDMI input signal shows “HDR” making me think my TV is not automatically getting an HDR signal for HDR content? I don’t have a 3rd party tool like you are using to verify if this is correct or not. Any thoughts if HDR signal is being sent correctly from the Apple box using the recommended settings in your video?
CJ Manley there are a few things possible here. Not all content or the menus are HDR so unless you are actually playing an HDR movie it won’t show as HDR that is the point of matching Range so check that out first
We would like to. The NVidia is not an area we have massive expertise in but we do want to get on top of that and when we really come to terms with it then yes we would love to do that. Thanks for asking
Hi its not a massive deal. Its more related to the country you are in so USA would normally be 60Hz and UK Australia 50Hz. Bear in mind this is only relevant in SDR and not HDR anyway as the match range and rate then kick in.
A follow-up/update on this would be great. There’s a new setting on appletv since this video to match original content so I’m wondering if it makes sense now to set the output setting to Dolby vision and then also match content?
We have the latest atv with os16.1 and we have just tested it and the settings are the same as the video with the same outcomes.. and in any case no if you want your sdr displayed properly on and hdr/dv capable display You still need the settings this way.
Great! I’ll do this on my Apple TV! I own a Samsung tv 8 series Led tv! Im going to set up my Apple TV on 4K sdr because I have it on 4K hdr and when I watch a movie .. it looks so dark and barely seeing the character. On the Samsung setting, it’s set up to hdr on my connected 4K devices!
I found leaving Match Dynamic on and Frame Rate Off works with my Samsung AU7000 / 70 inch. The TV is not so bright like my old Samsung NU7090 but well what the heck…I use Dynamic Picture on TV plus all the Apple Settings 4K SDR 60 HZ / Ycbcr / 4:4:4 / Dynamic On / Frame Rate off.
Hi thanks for commenting. Ok so no we are not using LLDV for several reasons. 1) We are using a MadVR for tone mapping. 2) despite popular consensus Dolby Vision is not as great as is thought. It’s perceptual quantiser is a bit of a mess and in some ways HDR10/HDR10+ can be better..that’s a much deeper topic. Hope this helps.
A bit late to the show but thanks for a great video. Very clear and understandable. I did have one issue after using your settings. After turning everything on as specified, I began getting some pretty serious lip sync issues between my 2017 Apple TV4K, my Denon S760H AVR (new Costco model) and my Sony A80J. It was happening on all sources….Amazon, Disney, Apple TV+ and Netflix. I have the Apple TV plugged into the Denon (with my other sources) and then run them all to the TV through HDMI 3 (eARC). I tried the lip sync adjustments on the Denon. Nothing worked. After a few hours, I finally saw a suggestion to turn OFF frame rate matching in the ATV4K settings. Lo and behold, that cured all my lip sync issues on every service thru the ATV. So I will leave it off for now. But any ideas why the lip sync would be an issue with frame rate matching turned on? And by leaving it off, what am I losing, if anything? And would the 2021 model solve this issue? Again thanks for a great video and site. I am a new subscriber.
Had I known this before, I wouldn't have spent hundreds of hours looking for a fix to the menu screen's washed out colors. Now I know that the 4K SDR format is the menu's default/native setting. Thank you so much for pointing this to us!!! You blokes rock!
always great to see videos like this especially when they know what the hell they are doing thanks
Nice job explaining. Presentation was fluid and to the point.
Thank you! Love your 'straight to the point' approach!
Very informative. Choosing the right settings can be confusing, but you make it clear what is the way to go. Thanks.
Thank you!!! I have been struggling with this for a awhile. Dolby Vision would not work on its setting with my Sony, Onkyo receiver. You cleared it all up. Onkyo, Sony and Apple had no clue! Thank you so much
Tried the settings. Results are truly good and makes sense. Thank you.
Watched your last video on this and it was great.
Thank you agin for this update! 🍿🍿
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Thank you much for this video. I was already contemplating on returning an 85 inch TV which was already mounted on the wall. After this, the difference in picture quality, color, and blacks are just enormous. I am completely happy with my TV and my setup. You guys are great.
Thank you
Great video can’t wait for audio walkthrough
Thanks guys, those setting you showed fixed a cross talk issue I had. The disney plus app, Dolby Atmos had so much static, and my sound bar was going ape shit. I put the video setting like you displayed, no static issues. Thanks.
Absolutely helpful. Thank god!!!
Finally after dozens of videos I met you guys. With an Apple TV and a LG BX and I knew I could more out of it. Yesterday on white lotus my tv was amazing 🤩
Thank you. Now let see the audio…
Just wanted to thank you for this video. I've had my AppleTv for close to a year and was extremely satisfied with the visual quality. I thought setting it to DV was obvious because I specifically I bought a tv and AppleTv for DV. After changing the settings, I squeezed more juice out of a tv I already loved.
Hey, I just want to say thank you for this, part 1 & 2. I’m not into my picture quality or audio to create that theatrical experience but I love to know what my tech can do and the limitations and this really helped me. The one that caught me out was the resetting of the device after a software update, didn’t realise it had done that so just refereed back to your video. Thank you again from the UK
You're very welcome!
Yes thank you very much for doing these and clearly explaining AND demonstrating everything. 🤜🏻💥🤛🏻
Yes sir! Those settings definitely worked, thank you!
Thank so much! Works great now!
Thx for the second support vid about this subject rely helpful
Thanks guys, great explanation.
Just bought an Apple 4K box so this video helped me get the best settings. Cheers guys :)
Extremely helpful!!! Thank you very much!!!
Bought an HD Fury after I saw your Video about it. I can confirm LLDV works on my projector with good results. Can not wait for your HD Fury Video. I would appreciate it in you go a little bit in depth with this topic. Love your channel!
Hi Chris, yes its pretty cool. We are sadly rather busy with other things youtube is time consuming but yes we have some good videos planned. An interview with the chap who discovered this, plus a step by step walk through. We think this is a big deal... thanks for your interest
Just wanna say thank you for the information
Thanks for enlightening me 👍
Thanks for clearing up the HDR issue. I was hesitant to use hdr since it does sharpen the colors but seems to also shed a grey tone to the picture. Now with the switch I get the best of both worlds. Thank you!
Thanks for detailed video, I’ll try these settings have been facing problem with Sony A8F, some dark scenes looks very ugly, I see patchy greens and image doesn’t look clear. Hopefully this will resolve the issue.
Bloody brilliant video. Thank you so much. Subscribed and will definitely recommend you to other. 👍
Amazing stuff!! Thank you!!
Thank‘s very helpful
Thanks so very much for this video
You are most welcome. Live Long and Prosper..
Thank goodness for this video
these tips really helped me. thank u so much
You're so welcome!
Wow! Thanks so much, I never would have figured this out by myself. This is really great info
Great video, very helpful indeed! When are you guys coming out with the audio follow-up portion of this video series? Thanks!
Great, learned something new today:) I have a question about the latest Apple TV 4K 2022. I can choose between 4K HDR HDR10+, or 4K SDR. Will I also here the apple tv auto change to HDR10+ when i play content supporting it if i choose 4K SDR in the menu (+ the other settings in the video)?
Great video! What do you suggest for the TV input settings for the input you have apple tv on?
Thank you so much! This video saved my experience at Sony Bravia X955G!
Thank you, so for my JVC RS49 that doesn’t have the HDR is it better switch off the match content option ?
Amazing video!
Great tutorial guys! Quick question about HDR10 bit rate. I have apple tv connected to Onkyo receiver, which is contacted to Benq projector ht3550. When I force HDR 60hz on apple tv (match content/rate Off), and play HDR movie on disney+ for example, I see my onkyo statistics showing 4.2.0 30 bits 59hz. However, if I turn the match On in apple tv. The onkyo states showes 4.2.2 24 bits 23.9 hz. In both use cases my benq projector shows BT2020 color space. I am confused why I get 24 bits when I turn Match On and play HDR 10 content? Thank you
Can you make a video on how to connect a Dolby Atmos soundbar to the Apple TV 4K and what settings you should use for the audio portion under the video and audio tab?
I came across your video. Thanks for this!!!! I have a question regard my setup. I have a Sony str dh590 receiver. Should I connect my Apple TV 4K by using the pass through or connect the Apple TV directly to my Sony 4K TV then use optical cable for sound from tv to receiver? I am also using a high speed hdmi cable from ATV to receiver to TV. I saw little difference with settings that you recommended. I just want to make sure I maximize the 4K Dolby vision
Thank you so much, tech illiterate lol so need all the help!!
Great videos thanks, when will you be doing the audio one? Could use help with settings for a Sonos Arc + Apple Tv4K + LG B9 Oled.
What I’ve read the only work around for atmos on an arc is that device he mentioned in the video that converts the signal into atmos surround the “had fury device”. I found on google listed at $250 plus
Thank u so much
Thank you! I had no idea how to set my Apple TV 4K properly. I thought you didn’t get the momentary black out screen when having your TV connected via eARC.
👍 Thank you!
Hi HTE,
That was very informative, thanks.
I have a q? that is driving me mad with my new Apple TV+.
When it's directly connected to my LG SN8YG soundbar (connected to TV via HDMI arc), I get Dolby Atmos. When playing non Atmos movies soundbar says PCM.
If I connect Apple TV+ direct to TV via HDMI (hd compable port), When playing non Atmos movies soundbar says Dolby Sound, and does sound better. Why?
Hi just got a Sonos arc and sub 3 and Apple TV 4K when I Watch a movie that is in from Apple+ and Atmos i’m not getting it do I need to change any settings on the Apple TV? I spoke to Samsung support they said my TV is compatible for pass through i’m connected to the a Arc so what am I doing wrong any suggestions does Atmos just work I would see in the S2 app any help would be greatly appreciated love the videos
Thanks
This is a great video. I would advise caution on the frame rate option though. Some displays that are native 60hz (or 59.97) cannot display 24p content properly and end up doing some whacked out interpolation to make it fit. I'd advise turning frame match off to get a more proper frame rate/motion.
Most modern projectors don't tend to have this issue but I have seen some also have trouble with true 24p content.
That is how I configured the apple on my samsung au7000 earc tv. dynamic on and frame rate off. Samsung display shows playing at 60
Absolutely Brilliant will most likely change my life.
Asked the Dolby Vision question in Part 1 Video and just answered here. So while watching your video I took my Apple TV off of the Dolby Vision 4K 60Hz and used your settings, Loaded Disney + and the first thing I noticed was how the menu colors just pop now. Just watched the Mandalorian last night and knew it was DV so watched part of it again today and actually noticed a better picture. I just bought the LG 75NANO99 and am impressed with upscaling to 8k. Thanks to your settings will enjoy my Apple TV more.
Hi yes sorry we try but difficult to get to every question. Glad you got a good outcome
So the Match Content settings work in non-native apps like Disney+ ?
I just picked up a Sony x95j which has a few HDMI 2.1 ports. Is there an advantage to getting the gen 2 Apple TV?
Fantastic video, great advice thank you! Quick question: Should I set the SDR to 50hz or 60hz?
Have a quick scroll through comments have answered that several times :-)
Great picture but getting some audio delay from my Samsung sound bar ..just purchased Rambo last blood ..audio delay is bad ..any ideas ?
So I tried the 4K HDR....too weird a screen picture....settled on 4K SDR.... works great. TV allowed those settings. ....got the frame and range turned on.....can’t do 444 on the Chroma....the 4.2 setting is what I’m allowed.....TV is 5yrs old.....Apple TV 4K is newer....thanks for the tips.....
Thanks a lot for the information. How will I see those details of the movie (HDR, DV etc ) on the screen?
HD Fury Diva in this case. The HD Fury Vertex 2 does the same. Main advantage is allowing lldv Dolby Vision on displays without DV. Including peojectors
Hi thanks for nice video.. I am from india... having hisenese A71F 55 in 4k, LG SN8YG soundbar. With apple 4k 2nd gen, I am unable to get 10 bit dolby vision video at hisene, only get 8 bit dolby vision at 60 hz. While inbuilt installed app like netflix and disney giving dolby vision with 10 bit video.... Here we can see difference between 8 bit and 10 bit dolby vision on my tv. Kinldy suggest...
Thank you so much for this video! I was getting so confused previously. The only other TH-camr that suggested what you did was “HDTVtest” but he didn’t explain things as well as you did. Thanks again!
Glad I could help!
hi,can u do this for latest gen?
Can we have the same video but with the 2019 Nvidia Shield? A lot more people use the Shield than the Apple for their projectors... thank guys!
By setting the system interface to 50Hz, the screensavers are not smooth. But if I put it on 60Hz, there are apps in Spain (including TH-cam) that don't adapt the content and it looks laggy.
Thank you. I had the apple 4k tv for about 6 months now and just assumed Dolby Vision was the one to use as that is suppose to be the best. But it did make the menu screen look very bright, which is unnecessary. I have OLED TV's and don't want to use the extra brightness. The Apple TV really seems like it wants you to use Dolby Vision all the time. I just changed it to 4k SDR and it is better and you still get Dolby Vision when the source is DV. Apple should know this and tell people how to set these up correctly like you guys have stated. I would bet that 95% of people have Dolby Vision set for everything like I did. I guess using DV all the time make SDR look like DV with upscaling and maxing out the contrast and brightness.
Thanks - yes always use these settings. Just about to move house and have a new projector which is 4K and HDR. Interested to see how you got your projector to output Dolby Vision - I know projectors aren't bright enough to really do it. Also interested to know if it was an improvement on a projector over HDR.
Ah we were waiting for that question. Projectors don't do HDR (there are 1 or 2 but mostly no). So we achieved this with an HDFury DIVA that uses the Dolby Vision LLDV metadata and fools the source into thinking the Projector can do DV. It does take some setting up and we will definitely be doing a great video on this. The HDFury also allows us to display the metadata so we can absolutely prove what is happening. Finally projectors can produce amazing HDR but they need to be calibrated properly. Yes the light output is limited but there are EOTF or Gamma curves that work with the range of the projector and produce incredible results with decent projectors.
I have the HD Fury Vertex 2 and use the ll DV method described for Dolby Vision. The Apple TV is doing the tone mapping using Dolbys algorithms and send it out as scene adjusted HDR10. So done in the player rather than display. In my view Dolbys method gives much better results than what ever Apple was doing to convert DV to HDR10 and what my projector was then doing to tone map that it is capabilities. The HD fury allows you to enter in custom edid data to customize what it tells the DV decoder your display is capable of. Peak and avg luminance and the xy coordinate of the colour gamut if you know them from calibration. So it allows you to tweak brightness etc to your likings with its tone mapping. It made a massive difference for Apple TV DV content for me. DV often looked worse than SD. Dark and dull. The HD Fury is not cheap but was worth it for me. It has some other useful features like masking, custom triggering rs232 command to the projector to change picture settings based on input content etc. (Eg. If SD then change brightness from 0 to -2 etc).
In the 2021 ATV 4K setting, it doesnt have the "Enable Dolby Vision" field. It just has the format and the rest of the stuff. Now when I set-up per above, and then when I select content on Netflix/Itunes for 4K Dolby Vision content, it is recognizing it likewise. My TV settings capture it as DV and has the color callibrations changed automatically.
Now looks like there is an issue with HDR content on Amazon Prime, on ATV4K. It doesn't stream in HDR but 4K SDR. I have raised it in Apple forum and there's no resolution in sight.
And for TV ? Seeting good ? SDR
Good man 👨
I’ve got an option for 4K Dolby vision?
I am using sony 4k projector with apple4k tv although i set it up to your setting an it looked great and after running my projector for a hr i got a flickering green screen no video. It happens multiple times but after using amazon firestick there was no problem. Any suggestions would be appreciated. pple tv does appear to have better picture then the firestick
Love the video man. But what if i got my apple tv wired straight to my receiver do i use the same settings like you showed
Yes absolutely
My Apple TV 4K doesn't have that 'Enable Dolby Vision' setting under Video and Audio. Would it only show up if I have a Dolby Vision TV attached to it, which I don't, but plan to soon...or should it be there anyway?
Do a homepod mini stereo pair setup video
Thanks for the video. Suggestion: mention the tvOS version that’s on the AppleTV that’s used for this video.
We thought about it but that has been relevant across ever tvOS so far on the appletv4k so mentioning any specific tvOS would make people think it’s not relevant to current, which were at the time future, releases .
Hi can you create a video about playing Dolby Vision content on a device that does not support it? In my case, I am looking to play DV on Samsung TV is this possible? Thanks in advance
I have a problem with HDR and dolby vision, in some scene in the night it get wash out really bad. I try different cable, and when I watch the same scene without HDR or dolby it look normal. What can it be?. And is only in when watching content in the ITunes. So strange. I have a vizio P series 2019.
In General > Sleep After - Do you recommend setting a duration or select never sleep? Cheers!
Absolutely personal preference based on your usage..
Anything similar for audio?
Hey guys great video! Is it ok to leave default at 4K SDR 60hz instead of 50hz if i live in AUstralia? The reason i want it at 60Hz is most apps run at 60Hz natively. What do you think?
P.S: I have Match frame rate and dynamic range on irrespective of 50Hz vs 60Hz
My tv supports hdr, but the picture is dull with washed out colours whenever Itry to play hdr content. I don't have apple tv 4k. I want to know if my tv performance will improve with Apple tv 4k with "Format" set at akSDR and "Match Content" set to OFF. Thanks
Thank you for clarifying the 4K SDR setting for me. My TV is a Samsung 8K (Q900R) and I have never been quite sure how to setup the video settings. I am so glad you clarified that the Apple TV auto switches back and forth and why the TV flashes for a few seconds (handshaking). When will you be doing the best settings for the Apple TV 2021?
Yes i would also love to see best settings for ATV 2021 if any changes make sense.
Can u do this video for the newest Apple TV? The settings are different now. Thanks!
As soon as we can get our hands on one
Hi my youtube on apple tv always skips tge sound can you tell tge reason why is that please?
Did Apple update their UI to take advantage of HDR yet?
I have a question do you have to pay for all the movies or can you Subscribe to Apple TV and watch everything without paying?
I set all settings as mentioned in the video, but sometimes my screen will go black when moving inside the menu of the Apple TV.
mine does this too, did you ever fix this?
Hey, thanks for the videos, they were really useful.
I wonder, does the HDMI cable really have an impact on the video quality?
Thats a really good question. This may sound simplistic but if it is working then NO. If you are having issues then yes. In terms of quality though many would disagree the answer is no. No need to spend stupid amounts on an HDMI cable AS LONG AS IT IS DELIVERING ALL OF THE NEEDED REQUIREMENTS. In otherwords as long as you are getting the resolution frame rate colour space bit depth and feature you want then all is well.
@@HomeTheatreEngineering Thank you! keep up the great workl!
Audio sync
Can you show some fixes for that?
Audio out of sync in some apps
Running apple tv to onkyo reciever then out to tv.
Both reciever and tv support all formats.
U rock! Thanks
We would love to but we are not experiencing this.. to be able to do this we would need to buy the same avr and TV as yours and this channel only earns about $98 per month :-) If however we do find this problem we will troubleshoot it..
Help Help. I have an OLED lg CX. I am doing what you say to do however when on DOLBY VISION I am only getting 24 frames WHY. Thank You
So what’s the point of even putting it in Dolby vision if it will do it either way?
in the format option, why do you not wanna enable 4K HDR rather than 4K SDR? there wasn't much elaboration in the video regarding this.
I tried these settings and have the option to enable 4K, as mentioned to “leave it on SDR 4K” as the default. When I check the Sony TV HDMI input, HDR signal is off. When I set the Apple TV back to 4K HDR, the TV HDMI input signal shows “HDR” making me think my TV is not automatically getting an HDR signal for HDR content? I don’t have a 3rd party tool like you are using to verify if this is correct or not. Any thoughts if HDR signal is being sent correctly from the Apple box using the recommended settings in your video?
CJ Manley there are a few things possible here. Not all content or the menus are HDR so unless you are actually playing an HDR movie it won’t show as HDR that is the point of matching Range so check that out first
Will you guys be doing one on the Nvidia shield as well?
We would like to. The NVidia is not an area we have massive expertise in but we do want to get on top of that and when we really come to terms with it then yes we would love to do that. Thanks for asking
OK, I found the button that says "Don't push this Button" and I quickly pushed that button!
Thanks for the video. Does it matter if it is on 50 or 60 hrz on the 4K SDR format.
Hi its not a massive deal. Its more related to the country you are in so USA would normally be 60Hz and UK Australia 50Hz. Bear in mind this is only relevant in SDR and not HDR anyway as the match range and rate then kick in.
@@HomeTheatreEngineering followed your advise yesterday and can see a big difference in my picture. Thanx again
A follow-up/update on this would be great. There’s a new setting on appletv since this video to match original content so I’m wondering if it makes sense now to set the output setting to Dolby vision and then also match content?
We have the latest atv with os16.1 and we have just tested it and the settings are the same as the video with the same outcomes.. and in any case no if you want your sdr displayed properly on and hdr/dv capable display You still need the settings this way.
@@HomeTheatreEngineering Thanks for checking it out :)
Still alive? Tvos14 how TH-cam app 4K and hdr and or Dolby vision and 4K mode in app?
Great! I’ll do this on my Apple TV! I own a Samsung tv 8 series Led tv!
Im going to set up my Apple TV on 4K sdr because I have it on 4K hdr and when I watch a movie .. it looks so dark and barely seeing the character. On the Samsung setting, it’s set up to hdr on my connected 4K devices!
I found leaving Match Dynamic on and Frame Rate Off works with my Samsung AU7000 / 70 inch. The TV is not so bright like my old Samsung NU7090 but well what the heck…I use Dynamic Picture on TV plus all the Apple Settings 4K SDR 60 HZ / Ycbcr / 4:4:4 / Dynamic On / Frame Rate off.
Thank you so much for this! Just to check, you guys are using the arcana to set LLDV to HDR for the projector to play it right?
Hi thanks for commenting. Ok so no we are not using LLDV for several reasons. 1) We are using a MadVR for tone mapping. 2) despite popular consensus Dolby Vision is not as great as is thought. It’s perceptual quantiser is a bit of a mess and in some ways HDR10/HDR10+ can be better..that’s a much deeper topic. Hope this helps.
@@HomeTheatreEngineering Thank you! So if you use the LLDV -> HDR10 function from HDfury there is no tone mapping?
@@N3D376 yes it applies LLDV tone map.
A bit late to the show but thanks for a great video. Very clear and understandable. I did have one issue after using your settings. After turning everything on as specified, I began getting some pretty serious lip sync issues between my 2017 Apple TV4K, my Denon S760H AVR (new Costco model) and my Sony A80J. It was happening on all sources….Amazon, Disney, Apple TV+ and Netflix. I have the Apple TV plugged into the Denon (with my other sources) and then run them all to the TV through HDMI 3 (eARC).
I tried the lip sync adjustments on the Denon. Nothing worked. After a few hours, I finally saw a suggestion to turn OFF frame rate matching in the ATV4K settings. Lo and behold, that cured all my lip sync issues on every service thru the ATV. So I will leave it off for now. But any ideas why the lip sync would be an issue with frame rate matching turned on? And by leaving it off, what am I losing, if anything? And would the 2021 model solve this issue?
Again thanks for a great video and site. I am a new subscriber.