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First, choose Effects in the left pane and uncheck Activate on any that are checked, followed by Save Settings on each. You can play with these later, but for now just turn all effects off.Then, select Image Processing on the left.
Smoothing
First jump to the Smoothing section. Make sure Activate is selected here. For Type, make sure Alternative Linear (faster) is selected.Then I set the Time to 100ms, set the update frequency to 30 (same as the frame rate), and since I do not use the Anti-Flickering feature, I set that to 0.
Again, feel free to tweak these settings later on, but use this as a starting point for now.
And again, Save Settings.
▶ Before proceeding any further, make sure your Television is in the mode you use most often. For example, Cinema or Custom mode. As we calibrate the colors and brightness levels, we want it to match the content we'll be watching most.
In addition, I recommend turning off any features such as auto-brightness.
Color Calibration
Moving up/over to Color Calibration, For LED Area Assignment, choose Multicolor as it's faster. Then check Sparse Processing.I find it best to click on Classic HyperHDR Calibration, since we're only really adjusting three LED intensities. Then, to compensate for the way these LED strips work, I've tweaked the colors as follows: A few things to note on this calibration:
- Your LED strips may vary, but adding a touch of Red to the Green shifts the Green to more closely match most TVs... experiment with this if you like!
- The wall behind your TV will affect the resulting color (solid flat white is best)
- When editing these values, HyperHDR use some JavaScript that makes inputting numbers kinda... frustrating. So use the Copy/Paste to start
For now, leave the Gamma and Temperatures at the defaults; again you can always experiment with those later.
We're leaving the Saturation and Luminance both at 1. I have found that, if you control this here, rather than in the hardware, certain bright scenes can show a really off solid color on the LEDs.
▶ Don't forget to click Save Settings after each change to see the change take effect!
Play around with the RGB values, while viewing some test footage. I recommend searching YouTube for hyperion test videos, and just play with those settings until you get what you think looks best.
Note that you'll want to view those videos from your streaming box, but use the link on your PC to add your favorites to a Watchlist for easy access on your streaming box 😉
Note that you can adjust the HyperHDR settings on your phone or a tablet -- simply enter the address as you did on the PC or Laptop, and tweak the settings in the room and lighting environment you'll be using the most.
▶ Email yourself the link so you can pull it up on your phone!
After EVERY change, hit Save Settings for the settings to take effect.
Once you've got the colors to match nicely (tip: it will NEVER exactly match, so don't obcess too much trying)... I like to then go back to Video Capturing, and adjusting the Brightness and Saturation until it matches the overall brightness of the TV, and the colors aren't too intense.
Sublety is key here -- overly-saturated "Ambient" light is really no longer "Ambient" and can easily become more of a distraction!
Overall, the lights should compliment the viewing experience, but not draw your eye away from the screen during normal viewing.
Bonus Feature (Advanced)
Now that we've got everything calibrated, what happens when you turn your TV off? The next section covers some advanced options to automatically turn the LEDs off either with loss of signal, or even with your Television's power status itself!▶ Next: Advanced Options
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