They are not gimmicks, the modes are set to match professional standards used in the production of film and TV content, so you can see it as intended.Massive pinch of salt.
From all I've read so far on this subject, I'm assuming this mode will just disable any motion smoothing... <chortle>
Just cant help feel that these kind of gimmicks, like with the Netflix Mode recently, is ultimately just marketing guff & they're coming up with these things because the differences in these top end sets is so incremental at the moment. So, like the mobile phone manufactures, they're having to find new ways of making newer models 'essential'.
Or not...guess we'll see...
They are not gimmicks, the modes are set to match professional standards used in the production of film and TV content, so you can see it as intended.
TVs are sold at present with all the processing gimmicks, like soap opera effect smoothing systems, switched on and hidden away in menus that your normal consumer will never find or attempt to mess with. As such the Filmmaker mode, like the Netflix one, is an option to switch the TV into the most accurate image settings possible on that TV.
I can only see this as a positive as it gives the user a choice to disable everything and see content as it is supposed to be seen. The processing gimmicks are still there for those who want to ruin film and TV content by adding extra sharpness and smoothing, so everyone, in theory, will be happy.
Something like Filmmaker mode works now because TVs are so accurate (in the correct settings) out of the box these days that it is possible to get accurate images as intended, without necessarily going the full professional calibration route. I'll never understand why with the choice to see an image as it was intended to be seen with correct colours, dynamic range and greyscale, along with good motion for 24fps films, people change an image to look completely wrong, oversaturated and like cheap video?
Choice is good.
I hear your logic and I'll reserve judgement on this one. However, I'll still maintain that 'Netflix mode' was a bit silly. If lowering brightness a few notches is 'how the director intended it' then, again, I can only be cynical about this latest development.
There is a lot more going on than just lowering brightness, which is a common misconception. It is matching the colour gamut and greyscale of the HD Rec.709 standard and also making sure motion settings are correct. It does also require the TV manufacturer to make sure this is implemented correctly to the capabilities of the TV in question.
They are not gimmicks, the modes are set to match professional standards used in the production of film and TV content, so you can see it as intended.
TVs are sold at present with all the processing gimmicks, like soap opera effect smoothing systems, switched on and hidden away in menus that your normal consumer will never find or attempt to mess with. As such the Filmmaker mode, like the Netflix one, is an option to switch the TV into the most accurate image settings possible on that TV.
I can only see this as a positive as it gives the user a choice to disable everything and see content as it is supposed to be seen. The processing gimmicks are still there for those who want to ruin film and TV content by adding extra sharpness and smoothing, so everyone, in theory, will be happy.
Something like Filmmaker mode works now because TVs are so accurate (in the correct settings) out of the box these days that it is possible to get accurate images as intended, without necessarily going the full professional calibration route. I'll never understand why with the choice to see an image as it was intended to be seen with correct colours, dynamic range and greyscale, along with good motion for 24fps films, people change an image to look completely wrong, oversaturated and like cheap video?
Choice is good.
You write a lot about criticising people who watch things "as they like" in a derogative way and then end with "Choice is Good" . This endless peddling of the only way is "as the director intended " is past its sell by date.
Have you actually seen the Netflix Calibrated Mode in action i have a AF9 so i am talking from experience and that mode is useless watch Mindhunter etc in it and you have a PQ dull as ditchwater .. If that means more accurate .. i will stick to in-accurate then.Tim2049, times are changing......having TV's essentially calibrated out of the box is the new big selling point, it's no longer a dream nor a technical issue, it's about to become a fact and manufacturers are beginning to buy into it.
No idea at the moment. It should be easy enough to add as it is just a change in settings to the current software. The ISF Dark Mode with TruMotion switched off will be the same as FilmMaker mode (remembering to set the panel brightness to your viewing environment). I'll ask when I see LG on Monday at CES.Will this be a software update for 2019 LG’s such as the C9 that I have? Or is it to fork out thousands again (which I won’t) on a new set?
Well, I like a natural image with life like colours etc. But more often than not, 24Hz movie material gives me a stroboscope effect that is far from natural and life like. I'm totally convinced that the choice of 24Hz was a trade off between what gives a tolerable motion and what could be achieved with mechanical cameras/projectors (and film material consumption) at the time, and not because of filmmakers intent. Motion interpolation performance in today's TV:s is not 100% without occasional artifacts but I seldom see that as the reason to switch it off.They are not gimmicks, the modes are set to match professional standards used in the production of film and TV content, so you can see it as intended.
TVs are sold at present with all the processing gimmicks, like soap opera effect smoothing systems, switched on and hidden away in menus that your normal consumer will never find or attempt to mess with. As such the Filmmaker mode, like the Netflix one, is an option to switch the TV into the most accurate image settings possible on that TV.
I can only see this as a positive as it gives the user a choice to disable everything and see content as it is supposed to be seen. The processing gimmicks are still there for those who want to ruin film and TV content by adding extra sharpness and smoothing, so everyone, in theory, will be happy.
Something like Filmmaker mode works now because TVs are so accurate (in the correct settings) out of the box these days that it is possible to get accurate images as intended, without necessarily going the full professional calibration route. I'll never understand why with the choice to see an image as it was intended to be seen with correct colours, dynamic range and greyscale, along with good motion for 24fps films, people change an image to look completely wrong, oversaturated and like cheap video?
Choice is good.