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Boingboing1958
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2 years ago
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TNT ultimate dark picture

Got arsenal forest on and ultimate picture is so dark. TNT hd is fine. Anybody know what this should be or is it just a temporary fault with the channel

  • IoanaNeacsu's avatar
    IoanaNeacsu
    2 years ago

    It’s not any fault, they just broadcast as HDR HLG now as the Sky Sports UHD channels. Play with your tv settings, there are some topics here about to settings if you have an older tv. On the new ones the image as it should be. What I’ve noticed though it’s that the image jumps having the Standard mode on. I put it on Game Optimizer and see if it does the same. TruMotion settings didn’t help. All these on an LG 60UQ81006LB

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  • IoanaNeacsu's avatar
    IoanaNeacsu
    Superfast
    2 years ago

    It’s not any fault, they just broadcast as HDR HLG now as the Sky Sports UHD channels. Play with your tv settings, there are some topics here about to settings if you have an older tv. On the new ones the image as it should be. What I’ve noticed though it’s that the image jumps having the Standard mode on. I put it on Game Optimizer and see if it does the same. TruMotion settings didn’t help. All these on an LG 60UQ81006LB

    • cje85's avatar
      cje85
      Wise owl
      2 years ago
      IoanaNeacsu wrote: All these on an LG 60UQ81006LB

      According to rtings.com this TV isn't very good for HDR, the peak brightness is very low and this will make HLG look dark. TheUQ80 and UQ81 are the same TV, just with different stands.

      The LG UQ80 has poor HDR peak brightness. It doesn't get bright enough to deliver an impactful HDR experience, and without a local dimming feature, small highlights don't pop against the rest of the screen.

      https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/lg/uq8000

      • bobisared's avatar
        bobisared
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        2 years ago

        The BT Ultimate picture was excellent last season on my V6 box. Was that not in HDR?

    • 1234321's avatar
      1234321
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      2 years ago

      Agree as never had this problem when it was BT ultimate now it’s TNT it’s dark.

  • IoanaNeacsu's avatar
    IoanaNeacsu
    Superfast
    2 years ago

    Coming back to my issue with the image and sound which jumps, after a quick check on X (Twitter) it’s a general issue happening everywhere, Sky, Virgin. So, it’s the channel’s fault, nothing to do with my tv settings.

  • mattbabs's avatar
    mattbabs
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    2 years ago

    As others have commented, it really depends on your TV. On my Hisense, the picture is brightest on 'Dark HDR', not 'Bright HDR'!  I tried the above comment about switching resolution, but it makes no difference. It's still HDR-HLG.

    I think last season BT Sport was UHD but not HDR. There was a brief period when it was HDR. I'm the only person in my house that can tell the difference between HD and UHD, so rarely watch the UHD channels now!

  • radier_101's avatar
    radier_101
    On our wavelength
    2 years ago

    Yet it's too dark for me too on a new Sony TV. The old BT Sports Ultimate channel was great. It's now unwatchable. Hope it's fixed soon.

    • rufusoculus's avatar
      rufusoculus
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      2 years ago

      I have a newish Sony OLED. I changed my gamma settings from -2 to +2 and it solved the problem. May possibly work for you.

  • Jeff15's avatar
    Jeff15
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    2 years ago

    I know this is an older issue but I just turn the ambient light detector on my eco settings off and it fixed the issue 

    • Matthew_ML's avatar
      Matthew_ML
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      2 years ago

      Hey Jeff15, thank you for reaching out and letting us know this.

      We are sure this advice will help people in the future. Cheers 

  • radier_101's avatar
    radier_101
    On our wavelength
    2 years ago

    I solved my issue on a Sony TV. Go into advanced settings, video options and set HDR mode to off. All the HDR modes look awful so set it to off. I've got a clear bright picture now.

    • Steven_L's avatar
      Steven_L
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      2 years ago

      Thanks for letting us know that you have been able to get this resolved and how you did it 👍

      Kind Regards,

      Steven_L

  • AHoyle90's avatar
    AHoyle90
    Joining in
    2 years ago

    posted a similar thread myself the other day. Previously the picture was very good but since they have changed the signal to HDR I believe? The picture on some older TVs is dark. I have heard Sky have an option to turn off HDR so I’m suprised we can’t. 

    I have tried to change every setting recommended on my TV to make it better hit nothing works unfortunately 

  • twochoicestom's avatar
    twochoicestom
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    11 months ago

    Same for me on a year old Samsung QLED. Terrible dull picture on HDR broadcast in the iPlayer app and on TNT ultimate. 

    This isn’t an issue with my Apple TV. I’ve tried all suggestions in here. Set resolution to 1080 on the box, tried to change the gamma on the tv but can’t in HDR mode apparently. 

    Really frustrating. 

    • Martin_N's avatar
      Martin_N
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      11 months ago

      Hi twochoicestom,

      Thank you for your post and welcome to the community. 

      I'm very sorry to hear about the issue with your picture on TNT. 

      Can you confirm if you have another Tv in the property you can try the box on?

      ^Martin