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John2290 said:
Ya, one could go back but playing games (at least games that aim for realism, TPS and FPS etc) in non HDR, everything is washed out but mostly it's the lighting, the lighting in games is terrible, you have maybe two modes where you wither see bright areas or dark areas and no inbetween. In HDR you see various levels of brightness all in one scene (Like half a dozen or more) with all light scources existing together without canceling each other out or having contrast and black levels raised. Lighting never falters with this tech, not once but in non HDR lighting shifts and alters to accomedate the contrast. Sure I can go back and forget about it, let my brain accustom to old lighting again in the same way I could play a ps3 game but it's a much lesser experience. After Metro my eyes are opened, playing that game without HDR on is like playing Fallout new Vegas compared to fallout 4 with it's terrible lighting indoors. Even with 4k, only after a few months of it, it's so hard to go back to 1080p with all it's aliasing caused by lack of pixels and lack of detail and real estate on screen and I was one saying the difference was minimal the last two or three years. Check to luminosity of your panel to see if you are getting the full wallop for your money, My mates computer monitor is HDR and it's a lot less impactful than my TV and then again his QLED TV blows mine out of the water. |
It all depends on the content. GTS is the poster child for great HDR, yet this week Dragontrail: Seaside is the race I'm doing. The time of day and colors used on that track aren't really all that different between my 1080p tv and 4K HDR tv. Yeah the brake lights stand out in HDR but that's about it. Other tracks and time of day make much better use of HDR and wide color.
I haven't played metro yet, don't really feel like fps on a screen after experiencing it in VR. VR has ruined my appetite for most games :/ However the hassle and mediocre games in VR also keep me away from that. So I'm just racing until next gen... Perhaps I should just get it and maybe I'll get into it. I still have the remastered collection unopened on my shelf doh.
