Hi! I have a philips 50pus8204 TV. When activating dolby vision on my connected Apple tv 4k a lot of color banding appears. All the icons on the home menu have very much banding.
I have a 4k hdmi cable. These bandings does not appear when watching dolby vision content from the built-in smart tv.
Apple TV 4K
Have you:
Thank you for your suggestions, really appreciated! :)
I really think it’s firmware related, but it frustrates me that I don’t know if it’s the TV or the ATV..
Hi, did you get this solved? I’ve a 55OLED754 and the behavior is the same. Perfect picture quality with Dolby Vision, but lot of color banding, even for the icons. When setting the AppleTV to 4K mode, it disappears.
How can I see what the TV is getting as the color depth?
Nope, still the same problem. I tried the built-in Netflix app on the tv which had waay better blacks and colors overall. So it seems like something is brutally wrong with dolby vision on the Apple TV.
I will try replacing the unit this weekend, I will update you if that fixes the problem.
I don't know if you have the same remote as me, but to see info about the incoming signal I press the plus button to the right of the home button and then "device info".
Thanks for your feedback! I did not change the appletv, but I bought some expensive HDMI cables, officially supporting DV with the appletv. But that also did not solve the issue.
But found some similar threads in forums, people have same issues. So it seems to be a general problem, most obviously with Philips TVs. I hope they will solve it with a FW Update one day.
So far I’ve changed the output signal to HDR@60Hz, what helps a lot. But there is still some banding noticeable.
Next I’ll try to find some test pictures or videos and will compare quality between native tv (usb) and appletv. But not completed sure how to handle this exactly.
I'm experiencing the same problems on my Philips 55OLED754. Heavy color banding in the menu's and also in movies while using Dolby Vision. I don't see these issues when I switch back to HDR/SDR, but that isn't a fix for this. I bought the television and the Apple TV especially for the Dolby Vision support :(
About the 8-bit RGB signal: A developer at Philips told me that the 12 bit ICtCp Dolby Vision signal + Metadata is encapsulated inside the regular RGB 8 bit video signal. RGB tunneling is what it's called. So the information on the television is correct and that system is working like intended.
Your HDMI cable may not be up to the task, please ensure you are using a HDR rated cable similar to:
Same here, though with the Apple TV I have the perfect all in one device for Netflix, amazon, and as well for TV via Waipu.tv. And it’s definitely not related to the cables, I tested 3, 2 of them completely new. All the same...
maybe it has something to do with the interaction of the Apple TV and Philips TVs.
Still hoping there will be a fix available one day
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The tv also says that it only receive a 8-bit signal. Shouldn't the apple tv at least output 10 bit?
Thanks much for your reply. Looking forward to your feedback.
I’ll check how it works for my TV, it’s not driven by Android so might be slightly different.
So, I got a new apple tv from the store which didn't help. I really don't know what the problem is...
I've already upgraded my HDMI cable to the belkin one, sold in the Apple Store. Unfortunately this didn't solve anything :(
It's likely on the Philips side, you should contact them to see if they have a firmware upgrade or if they are aware of the problem.
Color banding when dolby vision is activated.
