Color Calibration: exaggerated example but this will help me... if I set the TV to only red color washout, then I calibrate with ATV calibration tool, then I watch something from ATV (say an Apple TV+ movie, or YouTube TV, etc), will the picture be correct because I used the calibration tool, or will I see all red?
If the TV has been set to give a somewhat reddish tint, then the calibration will try to compensate for that, simplistically put as removing some red from the video signal.
if I turn [Match Dynamic Range] off and then watch a movie filmed NOT in HDR 4K/Dolby Vision, does Apple TV present in the quality of Dolby since the drop-down menu above this option is set to Dolby Vision? What will ATV upscale it to? Cuz that drop down at the top says Dolby Vision.
In the MDR:Off setting, Apple TV will use the dynamic range as set in video Format. That will trigger a “best we can do” conversion when non-matching and “upscaling”, which you may not like or perhaps you do — but not “as intended” by the content creator.
Match Frame Rate set to "on": frame rates come in as they were filmed got it. But is this different from refresh rates? I'm confused here. Is this option for fps or Hz? ... Because my TV is 120Hz. So what will happen? (I feel like I'm confused about this one). I might be mixing up fps vs. refresh??? And then if I turn this off, what will the refresh rates be if my LG is spec'd at 120Hz?
Yeah, that is confusing, as fps and Hz are used interchangeably - and they sometimes mean the same thing for progressive video. If your TV says 120 Hz, then that is the refresh rate of the screen, which will most often be higher than the maximum input it will allow for. (Marketing 101: higher numbers as perceived as better, so if input is maxed at 60 Hz and and the screen is 120 Hz, then only mention the latter.)
If you turn it off, then all content will be rendered at the Hz setting in Format, so probably 60 Hz. For example, a 24 fps movie will be upscaled to 60 Hz by Apple TV, and then further upscaled to 120 Hz in the TV. With the Match Frame Rate setting On, a 24 fps movie will be send as 24 Hz by Apple TV, and then the TV will upscale to 120 Hz in one go. The difference is rounding inaccuracy if done in two steps. Some users may be perceptible to the difference, as frames could appear to be alternating a bit longer or shorter.
why did you suggest those settings over 4.2.2? I thought 4.2.2 was better.
All streaming video is encoded as 4:2:0, so 4:2:2 will be the exact same video quality at 133% the HDMI bandwidth use. 4:4:4 will be the exact same quality at 200% the HDMI bandwidth use — no real gain. At HDMI 2.0 bandwidth limitations, that may matter for feature support, e.g. the resolution/dynamic range/frame rate combination can’t all be maxed out at the same time, to stay under the limit. With HDMI 2.1 there is plenty of bandwidth available, so it doesn’t matter then.