Good review.
I bought the cheaper Linker to address the issue with HDR games on an OLED (injecting HDR instructions) and it’s made quite a phenomenal difference.
Might upgrade to this as I can see the benefit of what this brings to my setup. Wouldn’t have known it could do what it did without this review - so thanks again
Can I ask what issues you're referring to with HDR games on an OLED?
Do you just mean HLG on Sky Italia or is iPlayer available via the Sky Italia system?Another 'fix' the HDF kit resolves is iPlayer HLG on SKY Italia for some Samsung owners - another of those very useful fix's which is only relevant to a limited number of owners.
Joe
No it doesn't and a lot of gamers use these devices for the various reasons already mentioned in this thread.@Steve Withers does a device like this add lag to the signal? Say for instance I wanted to use this to output my Xbox One S to 2 rooms, I'd be fine for watching UHD Blu-rays but would this affect lag in gaming?
HDfury provided an update for LLDV support on Vertex since a while now, it seems the below excerpt is incorrect or outdated:
However, it currently doesn't support the second Dolby Vision mode created for Sony TVs. HDFury are working on a solution and hope to update the Vertex soon.
You can use it to strip the HDR and output 4K Rec.2020 SDR instead, which is what a lot of projector owners use it for.Can this be used to fix the Oppo 203 tone mapping issue for projector use, which the player can't seem to fully master and, so far, no firmware update from Oppo has been forthcoming?
I don't know the answer to the first question, hopefully someone else can help with that one, but in answer to your second question, there are no contrast, colour, or brightness controls on the Vertex.Dumb questions:
1. Can this pass 2D stream from a native 3D MVC encode? I got some 3D Blu-rays with switching Aspect Ratio and the only way to watch on my OLED is by ripping into mkv
2. Are there are controls to boost contrast, colour and brightness?
HDfury provided an update for LLDV support on Vertex since a while now, it seems the below excerpt is incorrect or outdated:
However, it currently doesn't support the second Dolby Vision mode created for Sony TVs. HDFury are working on a solution and hope to update the Vertex soon.
1. Can this pass 2D stream from a native 3D MVC encode? I got some 3D Blu-rays with switching Aspect Ratio and the only way to watch on my OLED is by ripping into mkv
What exactly is the 3D problem you are trying to solve? It's not very clear. Loads of players can play back just the 2D portion, if that is what you are trying to do. Vertex can't process video that way from what I recall.
If you have to do this from an HDMI output your best bet would probably be a used 3D capable Lumagen, which can output one or other eye with a 3D input.
You can inject HDR metadata into an SDR signal, I do that to test HDR input lag on TVs. However in terms of actual video, SDR and HDR are two completely different standards. So you although you can inject HDR metadata into an SDR signal to make a display think it's receiving an HDR image, you can't simply turn SDR into HDR.Can you convert an SDR signal to HDR?