Switch to game mode and you'll see all the cloud detail you were missing. On hdr std, the white/bright areas like sky and snow, clip really hard, blending into large white areas. This is really easy to spot on games where there's a lot of things towards the white end of the spectrum. The hdr game mode, while a bit dimmer than the others, does display more detail. I wouldn't adjust the brightness setting on the TV, as this (like almost every TV on the market), is kind of misleading, it doesn't make the picture 'brighter' it just raises the black level, which is why you found it makes the picture look washed out. Some say it's because it gives more accurate colours, others say it's to prevent burn in of in game huds.īest way I think is to either use hdr standard and put up with lag (personally I don't notice it anyway), or use game mode and try to adjust in game options to improve the image. They changed it to be that way on purpose.

The hdr game mode on some LG tvs is dimmer than hdr standard, bright or vivid modes.

Turn on hdr ps4