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You’re watching Disney Plus and it’s too dark to see it. So dark you risk being devoured by a crane. What were these filmmakers thinking?
Disable Dolby Vision, and possibly disable HDR, in your set-top box or TV settings menu.
I love HDR. I think every modern movie, TV show and game should take advantage of the incredible clarity that extra dynamic range can provide, especially on my OLED TV, where the beautiful bright colors and inky blacks are enough to bring tears to tears. an art lover.
However, the Disney Plus streaming service doesn’t seem to like HDRat least the Dolby Vision variety, when played on said TV.
In The Mandalorian, a sight often set in scorching deserts and brilliantly electrified spaceships, I didn’t mind at all. Then I started watching the willow TV show, where the bulk of several episodes take place at night, in a dreary abandoned castle, as the world fills with a deep dark fog.
We could pass hours talk about the many terrible choices that led me to watch the willow TV series — let’s just say mistakes were made, both by me and the showrunner, and I have words for my colleague Alex Cranz.
After forcing myself to remember that HDR doesn’t make things brighter (it’s supposed to make them brighter And dimmer, so the “dynamic range”), I tried to tweak my HDR settings.
The fog was lifted and I could see.
If you’re not sure whether Dolby Vision or HDR is keeping you in the dark, here’s a simple test: pause and rewind until you see thumbnails appear like those in my picture slider above. If the difference is day and night, you can try toggling your HDR settings.
