![]() Notably, the film Roma is black-and-white and Netflix says that it “is available in Dolby Vision and has been color graded specifically to make the best use of this new technology”. As you can see, the company is also using the opportunity to put the spotlight on HDR, which Hollywood has embraced in a big way. It should be noted that we do not agree with settings the color temparature to "normal" as it is often way above the reference - but it will depend on the TV. If you meet these criteria, make sure to enable HDR viewing on your TV. For viewing Roma in HDR, you must have an HDR capable television and a 4 screen Netflix plan. The film is available in Dolby Vision and has been color graded specifically to make the best use of this new technology. Set the color temperature to "normal" to avoid this. When set to "cool" the film can appear overly blue. "Warm" color temperature can make the film appear tinted sepia or yellow. When in doubt, research your manufacturer's motion smoothing terminology. ![]() For the best viewing experience, turn off any setting such as TruMotion, Action Smoothing, Motion Interpolation, or similar names. The name for this setting can vary depending on the manufacturer. Turn off Motion Smoothing or InterpolationĪ lot of commercial televisions come with an image interpolation option turned on by default.Of course, the company is just framing it like this to hype Roma - the recommendations apply to all movies.įirst, the company recommends three “basic adjustments”. Netflix has already developed a ‘Netflix Calibrated Mode’ for Sony high-end TVs and has now taken further action by recommending optimal picture settings for watching its latest movie Roma by Alfonso Cuarón. It was only the latest message in a campaign from Hollywood filmmakers to make TVs respect the creator’s intent. Netflix joins the movementEarlier this month, Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie released a video to explain why you should deactivate motion smoothing on your TV. The company says that these are the “best practices for watching Roma”. Very strange.Hollywood’s campaign against motion smoothing on TVs is gaining momentum and Netflix is now joining the movement with a full set of recommendations for optimal TV picture settings. This was the case in Kodi/Netflix, the Netflix app on the PC and also on the Samsung UHD player. Then I turned on Black Crab, a movie I had never watched, and it played in HDR. They were labelled as HDR in Netflix, but the projector was only receiving an SDR image. Red Notice, Bird Box and a few other movies I had watched before would not play in HDR. I had to tap the windows key on the keyboard and access the display settings in Windows to turn back on HDR while the movie was playing in Kodi/Netflix. The first was when I started a HDR movie, Windows would switch back to SDR. I did have two issues, one related to using the Netflix add-in on Kodi and the other, maybe not. I have a Firestick 4K Max arriving today so I will give that a go next, but I've read that it does not do frame rate matching for Netflix or Disney+ unless used through Kodi too. I planned to watch a bit of The Crown, which I think is 50hz, and see if it switched, but I didn't get around to it last night. I had the PC set to 24hz so I'm not sure if Kodi had anything to do in that department last night. I set the display to match the frame rate of the content and didn't notice any stutters. It's an excellent way to watch Netflix on a PC, Dolby Atmos with no hassle, easy to sync audio delay and being able to jump to specific points in the program using the mouse is great. I was definitely not expecting such excellent integration of Netflix into Kodi, very impressed! It's amazing that such quality software and add-in are free. Definitely needed the detailed online guide I found, it's not exactly an intuitive process. I finally got around to setting this up last night. Click to expand.Thanks for that suggestion.
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