[SOLVED] 4k vs “Cinema 4k” for gaming on TV – change in color??

[xBlackwater18]

Recently I have hooked up my rig (i7, 1080 Ti) via HDMI to my Samsung UE55RU8000 TV. This TV supports both 3840x2160 (“4K”) and 4096x2160 (“Cinema 4K”) resolution. However, when I switch back and forth between 3840x2160 resolution and 4096x2160 (without changing ANYTHING else) I see a big difference in color and contrast.

Example pic 1

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As you can see the colors and contrast on 4096x2160 are much richer better than on the 3840x2160 resolution (HDR is off in both cases), this is also the game when gaming. This drives me nuts!
How is this possible ? How can I get the nice color and contrast of 4096x2160 for the 3840x2160 resolution?

Any help is much appreciated!

 

[cdrkf]

Recently I have hooked up my rig (i7, 1080 Ti) via HDMI to my Samsung UE55RU8000 TV. This TV supports both 3840x2160 (“4K”) and 4096x2160 (“Cinema 4K”) resolution. However, when I switch back and forth between 3840x2160 resolution and 4096x2160 (without changing ANYTHING else) I see a big difference in color and contrast.

Example pic 1

Example pic 2

As you can see the colors and contrast on 4096x2160 are much richer better than on the 3840x2160 resolution (HDR is off in both cases), this is also the game when gaming. This drives me nuts!
How is this possible ? How can I get the nice color and contrast of 4096x2160 for the 3840x2160 resolution?

Any help is much appreciated!

If you go into your TV settings, there are usually a number of image options that adjust the colour saturation and so on. I think in the 'Cinema' mode the TV defaults to a different profile - this should still be available in standard 4K resolution (on my Philips TV it's named the Vivid colour mode).

 

[drivinfast247]

Are you sure color depth/range doesn't change between the two?

 

[xBlackwater18]

Are you sure color depth/range doesn't change between the two?

Yes, it stays 8-bit on both

 

[DeauteratedDog]

The 'Cinema' modes on my Samsung (Q80T) TV are 'warmer' too. I think that is what is going on - hard to tell because I'm looking at it on a TN laptop screen.

 

[drivinfast247]

Does it switch to a different color profile in the settings menu?

 

[xBlackwater18]

Does it switch to a different color profile in the settings menu?

Settings of thee tv or pc?

 

[drivinfast247]

Settings of thee tv or pc?

TV. I'm just throwing out suggestions at this point.

 

[xBlackwater18]

TV. I'm just throwing out suggestions at this point.

No it doesn’t. Tried fiddling yesterday as well. Could this have to do with back levels?

 

[xBlackwater18]

Fixed the problem by selecting the TV’s HDMI TYPE/DEVICE as Blu-ray instead of the default “PC” mode. Which is strange since this “PC” mode on the tv is supposed to be for PC