When it comes to starting our Smart TV, there are many factors that determine the image quality we can achieve when playing content. One of the key aspects picture modesWhich optimizes image-related parameters to deliver a certain quality.

Most movie buffs, or those who tend to pay more attention to image quality when a movie is playing on a television, generally prefer warmer display modes or even warmer display modes. modesMovie productor‘tends to take more into consideration the creative decisions of film directors.

Dolby Vision compatible Filmmaker mode

Like Smart TVs from other manufacturers, LG televisions also have a mode Movie productor HE optimizes the image for movie playback It is based on certain creative decisions of film directors. However, they now want to add a new Filmmaker mode to their televisions, which includes playback of Dolby Vision content.

LG has been working on this for a long time, but everything indicates that this year for the first time we may see optimizations of the Filmmaker mode and a mode that combines content playback with Dolby Vision. Despite the benefits of Filmmaker mode, which was developed by the UHD Alliance following complaints from many directors and film experts when they found their home versions were not experienced up to par, Dolby Vision content could not be played with this mode enabled.

Its features include optimizing the image by contrast, brightness, color and other parameters, as well as mode Movie productor Moreover disables all image-softening technologieslike frame interpolation. Major film personalities such as Martin Scorsese, Denis Villeneuve or Tom Cruise, among others, are in favor of such display modes, and companies such as LG, Samsung, Sony, Panasonic, Philips and many others offer such a mode. features.

The limitation of not being able to playback content in Dolby Vision will soon be a thing of the past, as LG will include a mode that combines the advantages of both the Filmmaker mode and content playback in Dolby Vision. When Filmmaker mode is currently active and you want to play content in Dolby Vision, picture mode changes to Dolby Vision Light or Darkdepending on the settings and lighting conditions of our room.

However, the main problem with this change is that the television may by default add image interpolation options to smooth the movement of the content, resulting in the ‘soap opera’ effect. mode Movie productor simplifies the process so that the user does not need to delve too deeply into television options To apply the best image quality when playing movies.

LG announced that the Filmmaker mode will become a reality with Dolby Vision in the OLED television series that it will produce starting from 2024, so it is possible to see this mode implemented in the company’s latest televisions this year. It is also possible for this new mode to reach the company’s televisions from other years. We still have to wait to find out how this new mode will be implemented.

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