Am I missing something? Turning on HDR

[TL Gamer]

I have a 28" Odyssey G70A 4K UHD LED Gaming Monitor (No I didn't pay that much)
Here is the link:

28" Odyssey G70A Gaming 4K UHD LED Monitor - LS28AG700NNXZA | Samsung US

Take the fight to any gaming challenge, with Samsung’s ultimate 28” gaming monitor, the G70A - equipped with a 1ms response time, UHD 4K resolution, 144hz refresh rate with G-Sync and FreeSync Premium support, HDMI 2.1, and fully customizable Odyssey Infinity Core lighting.

www.samsung.com

Even though this monitor supports HDR, I cannot find anywhere in any menu of the monitor itself to turn on HDR. Seems that HDR can only be activated through the display settings in the Windows OS which seems stupid. Am I missing something or is this just how it is?

 

[Ruru]

I guess it's automatically on if there's no option..?

 

[TL Gamer]

I guess it's automatically on if there's no option..?

It's not though!
This is from the monitor itself, as you can see it shows HDR off. However HDR doesn't exist in any menu inside the monitor itself, but yet if I turn on HDR from Windows display settings it will show that as being on so how is Windows display settings locating the HDR option in the monitor itself yet it cannot manually be done..This literally makes no sense!

 

[Ruru]

It's not though!
This is from the monitor itself, as you can see it shows HDR off. However HDR doesn't exist in any menu inside the monitor itself, but yet if I turn on HDR from Windows display settings it will show that as being on so how is Windows display settings locating the HDR option in the monitor itself yet it cannot manually be done..This literally makes no sense!

Hella interesting. I find that instantly from the options on my 4K screens :S

 

[Devon68]

Is it possible it only turn's on if it detects hdr content playing?

 

[Vayra86]

My monitor only activates HDR when it needs it in a full-screen application (or windowed full). There's also a pop up message saying the res and HDR ON. The desktop obviously doesn't benefit from HDR and Windows seems to know this.

 

[Vya Domus]

Windows detects the signal type from the monitor and either allows HDR to be enabled or not, that's all.

 

[TL Gamer]

The thing is that it doesn't need to be running anything in HDR, I can just turn it on from the Windows settings which is exactly what I did in those screenshots and why i said it makes no sense.
If I can turn it on from the Windows OS display settings, then I should be able to turn it on from inside one of the menus in the monitor itself.

I think I'm going to have to call Samsung for this.

Thanks again for the replies!

 

[Devon68]

Take a peak at this video

Is there an option to change picture mode from FPS to HDR as in the video @10 second mark?

 

[Veseleil]

It's nothing uncommon. If you want HDR sourced from content from a windows OS, you need to turn on the HDR option in the display settings. Otherwise your monitor won't receive any HDR input, nor it will know if there's any.
Just as my monitor (TV) didn't recognize my AMD GPU, and displayed only VRR info, until I turned on that setting in the Radeon app, so it displays freesync premium afterwards.

 

[R-T-B]

It's not though!
This is from the monitor itself, as you can see it shows HDR off. However HDR doesn't exist in any menu inside the monitor itself, but yet if I turn on HDR from Windows display settings it will show that as being on so how is Windows display settings locating the HDR option in the monitor itself yet it cannot manually be done..This literally makes no sense!

That's literally just how HDR works.

If I can turn it on from the Windows OS display settings, then I should be able to turn it on from inside one of the menus in the monitor itself.

Why would you be able to turn it on monitor side? What would it do then if there wasn't an HDR picture stream? THAT is what makes no sense. You need to rethink this.

 

[:D:D]

FWIW on my Dahua LM27-E331, HDR option is 'off' or 'auto'. W10 allows HDR on while monitor HDR setting is off and results in washed out display images so doesn't seem useful.

 

[chrcoluk]

My monitor lets you pick it when SDR is used, but as others have said whats the point, if I use HDR content, the monitor will auto switch to it.

 

[R0H1T]

Why would you be able to turn it on monitor side? What would it do then if there wasn't an HDR picture stream? THAT is what makes no sense. You need to rethink this.

Some monitors allow that option; the EW3280U I've had has the option to turn on fake HDR or "truer" HDR options under 3 different profiles with DiplayHDR among them.

 

[R-T-B]

Some monitors allow that option; the EW3280U I've had has the option to turn on fake HDR or "truer" HDR options under 3 different profiles with DiplayHDR among them.

I guess, but wouldn't you still need an HDR signal for that option to make much logical sense?

 

[R0H1T]

Yes, the HDR profile/option is available only when an HDR signal is being produced, which can be separately turned off under Windows. Basically, turn on HDR>select HDR option/profile or turn HDR off.

 

[R-T-B]

Yes, the HDR profile/option is available only when an HDR signal is being produced, which can be separately turned off under Windows. Basically, turn on HDR>select HDR option/profile or turn HDR off.

Yeah he seems to be complaining he can't initiate the whole process from the monitor if I'm not mistaken.

 

[damric]

Don't feel bad. My father insists that he needs a Roku box plugged into his smart tv that has the Roku app in order to watch Roku. It's World of World of Roku.