Best Picture settings Android TV OS

Thanks for the report.
Try to copy your movie to an external hard drive or USB pen drive and play it localy using Kodi 18.4.


@frankguthrie you are in testing phase and like @Skynet suggested play your movies localy from external hard drive or usb flash drive.Connect external hard drive 3.0 to usb port 3.0 to test read and write.

Excellent suggestion. Should have thought about it myself working in IT as a network Engineer I forgot basic troubleshooting :censored:.

However I just had to powercycle the device as it was updating Youtube and other google related stuff. This was going for hours. After the reboot the box looked a lot better. Updating Youtube and other Google services seemed to hang. It looked like my TCP/IP stack crashed as I could not stream anymore. I think the buffering might had to do with Google Services being updated eating up bandwidth, hence the buffering. I will keep checking 4K movies and if buffering happens again, I wil put it on a USB Drive and connect it directly to the box.

BTW Can any of you help with Calibration. I want to get the best picture quality

I have set my Picture mode to Movie, because that is what I used it most for, the default was Standard:
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- I haven't noticed a difference to be honest, what do you recommend? Keep Movie, or go back to Standard?
- Should I turn DNR off or keep it at the default of Medium?
- Back light 90% by default, should I push it to 100%? I always have a light next to the TV, because otherwise my eyes hurt.

When it comes to Resolution/Refresh/Color space rate:
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What does the Color space setting do? I can Turn it On
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By default it is on 4K 60Hz, but because I will use Kodi to stream movies, isn't 24Hz/25Hz better?

And what about Color Space settings:
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It seems, from Googling, that 444 is better, but has no use for watching Movies:
https://www.rtings.com/tv/learn/chroma-subsampling

Does Android TV pick the best options by default? And thus should I leave everything on what it came out of the box with? Or should I tweak the above settings a bit?
 
For framerate switching example.When you watch regular Tv programme in PAL 50Hz or 25Hz (both numbers are the same thing) you see fluidity in movements.Over 90% movies that you find on internet are in 23.976 or 24Hz(same thing) Kodi switch to 24Hz and you will see the same fluidity in movements like you watch movie on regular Tv programme.Most of the people don't see that or don't care.Only Minix and 3-4 Android Tv Boxes different brands in Kodi have that ability.You must test it for yourself few days to see smooth playback.It's very hard to explain when you don't see it.
 
By default it is on 4K 60Hz, but because I will use Kodi to stream movies, isn't 24Hz/25Hz better?
NO...60Hz will be the frame rate of your TV and will give the best "fluidity" in normal screens and menus etc. When you playback movies etc at 24Hz let the T5 or Kodi switch the framerate ( if capable)

I would suggest leaving other settings at default for now until more of us have the T5 and can offer help.
 
Excellent suggestion. Should have thought about it myself working in IT as a network Engineer I forgot basic troubleshooting :censored:.

However I just had to powercycle the device as it was updating Youtube and other google related stuff. This was going for hours. After the reboot the box looked a lot better. Updating Youtube and other Google services seemed to hang. It looked like my TCP/IP stack crashed as I could not stream anymore. I think the buffering might had to do with Google Services being updated eating up bandwidth, hence the buffering. I will keep checking 4K movies and if buffering happens again, I wil put it on a USB Drive and connect it directly to the box.

BTW Can any of you help with Calibration. I want to get the best picture quality

I have set my Picture mode to Movie, because that is what I used it most for, the default was Standard:
View attachment 1114

- I haven't noticed a difference to be honest, what do you recommend? Keep Movie, or go back to Standard?
- Should I turn DNR off or keep it at the default of Medium?
- Back light 90% by default, should I push it to 100%? I always have a light next to the TV, because otherwise my eyes hurt.

When it comes to Resolution/Refresh/Color space rate:
View attachment 1115
What does the Color space setting do? I can Turn it On
View attachment 1116

By default it is on 4K 60Hz, but because I will use Kodi to stream movies, isn't 24Hz/25Hz better?

And what about Color Space settings:
View attachment 1117

It seems, from Googling, that 444 is better, but has no use for watching Movies:
https://www.rtings.com/tv/learn/chroma-subsampling

Does Android TV pick the best options by default? And thus should I leave everything on what it came out of the box with? Or should I tweak the above settings a bit?
Please wait for an O.T.A firmware update that will be released soon for MINIX NEO T5, after its been officially released next week.
 
@frankguthrie i know you can enable the auto switch to best resolution (screen resolution)
You can do that or leave the device in 4k@60hz (manual)

If you enable that option and if it is working well the device automaticaly put the display in 4k@60hz (i personal prefer this auto mode because if i change to other tv (for example) the device make that change automaticaly and you just need to confirm).

If you use kodi leave the display settings by default, let kodi do the rest.
 
Hi, I just bought neo T5. My TV Samsung MU6100 support hdr.

Is T5 always forced HDR?
Because my tv hdr icon always on when dispaly T5 video.

And I feel in apps or video the color not so good, like in T5 YouTube compare with my TV YouTube player.

My T5 display setting is default, color depth off, color space 420

Thanks
 
Hi, I just bought neo T5. My TV Samsung MU6100 support hdr.

Is T5 always forced HDR?
Because my tv hdr icon always on when dispaly T5 video.

Thanks
Yes. It is a known issue unfortunately.
If T5 is connected to a capable HDR TV the TV icon information always show HDR - ON
 
Hi, I just bought neo T5. My TV Samsung MU6100 support hdr.

Is T5 always forced HDR?
Because my tv hdr icon always on when dispaly T5 video.

And I feel in apps or video the color not so good, like in T5 YouTube compare with my TV YouTube player.

My T5 display setting is default, color depth off, color space 420

Thanks
Have you undertaken an OTA update to your firmware as i dont belive those display settings are now there for colour depth and space.

Even if you do update the HDR is still an outstanding issue waiting to be resolved .
 
Have you undertaken an OTA update to your firmware as i dont belive those display settings are now there for colour depth and space.

Even if you do update the HDR is still an outstanding issue waiting to be resolved .
Hi, I got ota and update it.
Now firmware version is 9.3.15. I checking update again, your system is up to date.
Colour depth and space still here.

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Hi, I got ota and update it.
Now firmware version is 9.3.15. I checking update again, your system is up to date.
Colour depth and space still here.

View attachment 1317

You now have the the most recent FW :).

The original parent menu options are still visible but you can't select anything for these options (at this time at least.)

We're waiting to hear about the HDR issue, (please don't ask when a resolution for that may come ;)).
 
Hi, I got ota and update it.
Now firmware version is 9.3.15. I checking update again, your system is up to date.
Colour depth and space still here.

View attachment 1317
Apologies, yes you are right, just double checked my options.

But the system just does still go straight into HDR mode with no way to stop.
We will need to wait for Minix to correct this with a firmware upgrade.
 
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