[lmyllari]

In the beginning i didnt change the color profile so my sightings that i described last post were all made on my Standart Profile, i calibrated my TV once and use this settings for all my devices

When set to Full-RGB it wouldnt make sense to calibrate it since due to the crushed Blacks the lost details wont come back even if i make the image "brighter"
BUT on Limited-RGB i can tune the "brightness" down to make the greyish black again with all details available..problem is i dont get the calibration spot on, it is enough for watching my stuff on the TV,
but when watching via my beamer i use my BR-Player for playback..


VA-API just effects colors u say...hmm..ok and how do u guys then handle the crushed blacks and lost details, thats my biggest concern for now..

I think my full range playback is pretty much matching full range from my bluray player. Can you check the Basic Settings/1-Black Clipping.mp4 from avshd709 and compare to full range output from another device? Maybe your TV is doing something funny with it?

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There are two problems as far as I can see. First, the RGB range is not signaled to the monitor.

I'm just catching up here, but didn't you say you have a 500M? It's a known bug of the 500M that it doesn't switch to limited RGB correctly, so possibly that's the effect you're seeing here?

That's what I initially thought too. I had read about that bug when I set up an nvidia based system a few years ago.

I am now thinking though that the 500m just assumes full range on RGB signal if there are no infoframes indicating otherwise (this would make sense to support PCs that might be just using a DVI->HDMI adapter). My bluray player is able to signal to the 500m which RGB range it's using - when I switch between limited and full range output, the black levels don't change, but I can confirm that the output level changed by setting the input range manually on the monitor.

Anyway, since I don't have other equipment to test, I'd like other people's experience to see if it's working for anybody.