New TV problems with 10bit 4k hdr content

Deus100 · May 19, 2022

Hi! I just bought a Q95A TV and I am using it as a monitor with a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050. So the question is, how can I look at 4k hdr 10 bit movies? What software can I use to do it? I will attach my Nvidia Settings, some people tell me to use Kodi other people tell me to use mpc with some MadVR or something but I dont know how to set that up, any help will be more then welcome! Thank you all!

Edit: I am sure that I have a 10 bit HDR TV Show, so I am not trying it on an SDR Movie :D

Andrewtst · May 20, 2022

The easier way is using VLC player, the only cons is they is subtitle issue in VLC player when playback HDR content as it will show in black font normatter what font colour you set.

Also you need to set your Windows use HDR.

Stahlmann · May 20, 2022

The easiest way is to use a browser that supports 4K and HDR streaming and go to Netflix, Disney+ or Prime Video. It's not 100% the same quality as a 4K Blu-Ray but it's close enough and you really have to pixel-peek or compare side-by-side to make out the difference between uncompressed Blu-Ray and compressed 4K HDR streams.

Plus, depending on how many movies you watch you can save quite a bit of money not having to buy a blu-ray player and every movie itself.

But if you want to have the best movie watching experience (for streaming) just use the TV's built-in apps. There you won't have to deal with some browser or some website that doesn't support full 4K HDR playback. Unless you have a NAS or pirating your movies, using a PC to watch movies is just a waste of money.