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I've tried filmmaker mode and it is just another kind of bad smart TV setting, making everything way to dark instead of way too bright. Turning of most "feature

I've tried filmmaker mode and it is just another kind of bad smart TV setting, making everything way to dark instead of way too bright. Turning of most "features" of these TVs seems to be the only sane solution. Of course perhaps it is the filmmakers that are to blame: https://www.avclub.com/how-to-watch-dark-movies-and-tv-shows-1849983750 https://www.avclub.com/how-to-watch-dark-movies-and-tv-shows...

pipes 3y ago
Yeah I'm finding film maker mode way too dark on my Samsung oled. I can't find any explanation of how it actually works. Does a each movie get different settings set up by the director?! Doubt it.
- imp0cat 3y ago
  It supposedly makes the content look more "just as the director intended". However, Samsung TVs are not exactly known for realistic colors. So turn up the eye candy and enjoy!
- room500 3y ago
  Typically, it means that if you put the TV in a dark room, it is calibrated to the same specifications that the monitors used in post-production used. Therefore, it is what the directors "intended" the video to look like since they were looking at the monitors (in a dark room). However, if your room has even a little light in it, the settings would make the TV too dark. It will also disable any effects the TV has that aren't "map video to screen 1:1" such as motion interpolation, upscaling algorithms, etc
- mjmsmith 3y ago
  I found FILMMAKER MODE (why is it capitalized in settings?) dark and muddy on a Samsung Frame. The "Samsung TV picture settings" section in the linked which.co.uk article [1] seem like decent advice. [1] https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/televisions/article/getting-the-best-tv-picture-adbBi9E1jDjX https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/televisions/article/getting-...
- ztjio 3y ago
  It's dark because OLED are not bright at all. Anything brighter than the filmmaker mode is modifying the source image to achieve it, or alternatively driving the pixels in a way that loses color accuracy. If you care about film and getting the closest result to what the actual thing is supposed to look like you're going to need to couple correct settings with a light controlled room for best results. Or don't use OLED, because, it simply can't achieve the brightness of cinema projection, not even close. Personally I like the results of a 120hz OLED so much better than other options that I strongly favor a light controlled space for movie watching. For lower grade junk it's usually easy enough to swap to another viewing preset that is brighter.
empiricus 3y ago
The truth is the filmmakers want their movies to look dark (cinema projectors are kind of limited), to have no colors (use too much color grading) and to move like a slideshow (24fps) :)

pipes 3y ago

Yeah I'm finding film maker mode way too dark on my Samsung oled. I can't find any explanation of how it actually works. Does a each movie get different settings set up by the director?! Doubt it.

imp0cat 3y ago
It supposedly makes the content look more "just as the director intended". However, Samsung TVs are not exactly known for realistic colors. So turn up the eye candy and enjoy!
room500 3y ago
Typically, it means that if you put the TV in a dark room, it is calibrated to the same specifications that the monitors used in post-production used. Therefore, it is what the directors "intended" the video to look like since they were looking at the monitors (in a dark room). However, if your room has even a little light in it, the settings would make the TV too dark. It will also disable any effects the TV has that aren't "map video to screen 1:1" such as motion interpolation, upscaling algorithms, etc
mjmsmith 3y ago
I found FILMMAKER MODE (why is it capitalized in settings?) dark and muddy on a Samsung Frame. The "Samsung TV picture settings" section in the linked which.co.uk article [1] seem like decent advice. [1] https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/televisions/article/getting-the-best-tv-picture-adbBi9E1jDjX https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/televisions/article/getting-...
ztjio 3y ago
It's dark because OLED are not bright at all. Anything brighter than the filmmaker mode is modifying the source image to achieve it, or alternatively driving the pixels in a way that loses color accuracy. If you care about film and getting the closest result to what the actual thing is supposed to look like you're going to need to couple correct settings with a light controlled room for best results. Or don't use OLED, because, it simply can't achieve the brightness of cinema projection, not even close. Personally I like the results of a 120hz OLED so much better than other options that I strongly favor a light controlled space for movie watching. For lower grade junk it's usually easy enough to swap to another viewing preset that is brighter.

empiricus 3y ago

The truth is the filmmakers want their movies to look dark (cinema projectors are kind of limited), to have no colors (use too much color grading) and to move like a slideshow (24fps) :)