This is a really cool feature. Makes me wonder just how far off the average TV is.
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How to Use Apple TV's iPhone-Based Color Balance Feature
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I'm genuinely curious to test this as I'm getting the 4K as soon as preorders open.
I'm not expect 100% accurate results, but it'll still be interesting.
I'm not expect 100% accurate results, but it'll still be interesting.
Maybe not but most people don’t do any form of calibration, so potentially even if it’s not perfect it could be an improvement for the majority.
I think it has something to do with the scanning frequency rate at which the picture on the screen is displayed. i have noticed that on my LG OLED that the movies look stage plays and that you can tell that older tv shows were shot on sound sets.
Most TVs are calibrated cooler from the factory in their "standard" modes than they should be. The warmer modes tend to be their "cinema" settings, but those aren't usually the default settings.
And in lot of cases, the "cinema" settings are closer to accurate than the "standard" settings.
You don't need the new Apple TV. Works on old models as long as you're running the latest beta.
Well, on some TVs Dolby Vision triggers a specific set of settings built for that particular TV.
Furthermore, Dolby Vision is dynamic, so its effect changes from scene to scene.
That said, there still may be room for improvement, since TV calibration varies from unit to unit.
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This feature as well as the wireless audio sync doesn’t work for me, no matter, what I try: I never get beyond the “Preparing…” step. Apple TV and iPhone meet the proper requirements and settings, the process starts and comes to the “preparing…” step, there it hangs for a couple of minutes and then aborts. Any idea?
I tried it on a cheap 4K Samsung TV and the after the colour balance it seemed to lower the green level ever so slightly, did look better but surprised how little it changed for an uncalibrated cheap TV. The TV was always set to the warmer side and I only tried to originally calibrate it by eye.
I noticed a difference in my Samsung 4K for sure. It wasn’t earth shattering, but could definitely see an improvement of the colors - especially the beach in the stock image.
As @EugW said above - on the default settings mine was much cooler.
Yeah. Crap. I was hoping it would work in some way that would be compatible. Ah well.
It’s better than nothing but it’s still a poor mans way of doing it. Better off adjusting your TVs settings with a few easily found test patterns.
Keep in mind that this calibration applies only to the Apple TV. If you switch to a different device (game console, Blu-ray player, etc.), your TV will not be calibrated. As someone else already pointed out, Apple’s slick approach to calibration only modifies the output of the Apple TV...not the advanced picture settings on the television. If Apple TV is all you care about, I think this is a great little tool. If you switch between devices and want better picture quality across the board, invest in a proper calibration tool or hire an ISF calibrator.
Unless I’ve missed something, this is only calibrating the output of the Apple TV box in relation to the TV panel, not the TV settings themselves. For any other source connected to TV, there will be no change. “…automatically adjusts your Apple TV's video output.”
This feature does not require the new Apple TV. It works with the current 4K model or the Apple TV HD, as stated in the article.
You just need to be running the TVOS beta.
you guys ever think that colors are different for everyone. like this is one step closer to getting the ideal experience, for sure, but remember some people think the black and blue dress was white and gold. so maybe we're trying to find an optimal goal that isnt the same for eveyrone
The purpose of calibration is to get the output to match how it is intended to look by the creator, not to make it look the best in the opinion of the viewer.
most people seem to say Warner is better. I personally like whites to look white to me. Not white with an orange hue. I’m more of a fan of white/blues. I know it might not be perfect calibration wise but I always seem to go back to that side of the color of things. Colors look more natural that way to me.
Haha this looks horribly wrong. I’m assuming you can calibrate it better than wrapping your phone in ppaper and getting a maybe.
No calibration of TVs are dynamic. A professional calibrator might give you a Night and a Day profile, but you have to switch manually.
The TV itself usually has a light sensor, and you can enable that.
They could just write "With tvOS/iOS 14.5..."
(and they wrote it in past tense even though it hasn't been released yet).