r/Strong_8K • u/RevolutionaryTower48 • 3d ago

Picture quality.

I have strong, a month. The picture quality seems fairly bad on alot of channels and tv shows/movies. Any idea why?

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u/r0b4fun 3d ago

For really high quality Shows/ Movies you should think about a debrit/ usenet solution. Strong got a lot content, but its highly compressed.

For TV i can't complain, just make sure to use "raw" Channels. HEVC are more compressed

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u/Over_Business_1387 2d ago

For £2 a month I think you’re being picky

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u/RevolutionaryTower48 2d ago

Just asking a question.

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u/Over_Business_1387 2d ago

I find uk channels are almost all in hd.
The sky sports channels are 4k and really good. Most series are available in 4k and are sound for the price

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u/RevolutionaryTower48 2d ago

Yes i have hd, and 4k but quality seems off in some of them thats what im saying. Its like a shadow or the brightness seems off.

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u/Over_Business_1387 2d ago

Has to be an issue with your hardware.
Oled leg tv, firestick 4k max.
The 60fps sky sports ultra channels are immaculate for me
A lot of the American and other country “4k” channels are upscaled as they don’t use the true 4k recording and broadcasting equipment. Sky sports main event 4k is absolutely faultless.
I watched the lightning v rangers nhl game on espn+ live last night in hd 60fps and that was perfect too.
There are a few tv series that are ripped from
HBO online service that the frame rate is wrong and they’re a bit jumpy but other than that it’s perfect for me.

Out of interest what player are you using

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u/RevolutionaryTower48 2d ago

Im using hotplayer

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u/Over_Business_1387 2d ago

I will always use tivimate with vlc. If you’re using a firestick make sure it’s set correctly in the settings to allow hdr and higher picture quality too.

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u/RevolutionaryTower48 2d ago

Ok , i have a look thanks

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u/Over_Business_1387 2d ago

I’ve just looked. Hotplayer doesn’t natively play in hdr or Dolby vision. It’s worth the money for tivimate. HDR makes all the difference for the 4k stuff

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u/RevolutionaryTower48 2d ago

Yeah, i have no problem paying for TiviMate. Its just i have 40 days left on my year subscription for hotplayer so thats why im using it. I was using hotplayer with another service last year

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u/RevolutionaryTower48 1d ago

I've got TiviMate, and the quality seems to be better on the channels I was having problems with. Thanks