HDMI Black level!!!

[Mugen]

Greetings everyone,

I have a Samsung monitor and I am confused about whether to choose HDMI black level low or normal, and which one is better for gaming?! Anyone can shed some light on this please.

Thank you in advance.

[Falro the Great]

I prefer normal, just because it provides better details. Low kinda muddles everything and doesn't look nice, in my opinion.

[Mugen]

Originally posted by Falro the Great:

I prefer normal, just because it provides better details. Low kinda muddles everything and doesn't look nice, in my opinion.

Hmm I tried switching between both and the only thing I see is how much bright my screen is on low compared to normal.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Low Black = more brightness = yes most likely ugly as an end result.
Normal should be a more deep/rich black/dark tones. Should allow for a much more natural look, especially for Games/Movies. It's very annoying when a movie has black bars and the back-glow shines through on those black bars; which would probably shine even more if black level is on low.

Also if you have NVIDIA GPU, ensure this change in NVIDIA Control Panel.
Change Respoluion > Set to "Use NVIDIA Color Settings"
Output Color Format: RGB
Output Dynamic Range: Full
And click APPLY

[Mugen]

Originally posted by Bad_Motha:

Low Black = more brightness = yes most likely ugly as an end result.
Normal should be a more deep/rich black/dark tones. Should allow for a much more natural look, especially for Games/Movies. It's very annoying when a movie has black bars and the back-glow shines through on those black bars; which would probably shine even more if black level is on low.

Also if you have NVIDIA GPU, ensure this change in NVIDIA Control Panel.
Change Respoluion > Set to "Use NVIDIA Color Settings"
Output Color Format: RGB
Output Dynamic Range: Full
And click APPLY

Thank you so much.

[quoman]

had the same problem, followed the guys advice and yeah looks much better thanks

[quoman]

i have a samsung hd tv as a monitor too,i,ve noticed a differencs in the quality of graphics when you set edge enhancement setting on the monotor settings (if you have one) to on

[Markonije]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

Also if you have NVIDIA GPU, ensure this change in NVIDIA Control Panel.
Change Respoluion > Set to "Use NVIDIA Color Settings"
Output Color Format: RGB
Output Dynamic Range: Full
And click APPLY

Tnx.
This did wonders for me on Samsung S24D390, I just had to lower brightness a bit. :)

My settings are now:
Brightness: 66
Contrast 75
Sharpness 45
HDMI black level: Normal
Color RGB 50, 50, 50
Gamma: Mode1

[AUGU$TO CE$AR™]

Originally posted by Markonije:

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

Also if you have NVIDIA GPU, ensure this change in NVIDIA Control Panel.
Change Respoluion > Set to "Use NVIDIA Color Settings"
Output Color Format: RGB
Output Dynamic Range: Full
And click APPLY

Tnx.
This did wonders for me on Samsung S24D390, I just had to lower brightness a bit. :)

My settings are now:
Brightness: 66
Contrast 75
Sharpness 45
HDMI black level: Normal
Color RGB 50, 50, 50
Gamma: Mode1

why do you use RGB COLOR instead of standard color temperature?