I recently put together a new HTPC, the goal was to keep things simple, so I opted for not using a video card, and I'm noticing some strange issues now.
my build:
-i3 4360
-msi z97s sli plus mobo
-crucial m500 m.2 ssd
-4gb Kingston HyperX FURY 4GB DDR3-1866MHz
and right now my media is stored on external drives(same as previous system)
so here's what I'm noticing. first, I've done a calibration(with i1d3 meter) and there's just lots of weird things I've never encountered before.
first, I can't use full range RGB. if I set it to 0-255, there is no brightness setting(on pc or tv) that does not have severe dithering on what should be solid black. I realize there will be dithering just above black, but there shouldn't be any at black. so I had to set it to limited, which is ok, as it'll be for video anyway. but then I noticed that the bars just above black(17-22ish) have different colors. even though I've calibrated my greyscale(and double checked by resetting calibration to default settings) and it's still messed up. and I think I'm able to see this in content. shadows(especially on ppl's faces) seem to change color noticeably.
see here for what I'm talking about, keep in mind this is AFTER calibrating greyscale, but it doesn't really matter what my settings are on the tv, it behaves similarly
it's hard to capture on camera, but my overall greyscale still looks good.
the other thing I've noticed, which may be related, is just an increase in dithering in general.
as far I can tell I've disabled all the 'features' like dynamic contrast, skin tone correction, etc in the intel graphics properties. and I never had these issues with my old pc.
I have, and can use the video card from my old pc, and right now I guess that's my plan. but if I don't have to, I don't want to. so I'm wondering if this is a known issue, or if there's a setting I should look for?
my build:
-i3 4360
-msi z97s sli plus mobo
-crucial m500 m.2 ssd
-4gb Kingston HyperX FURY 4GB DDR3-1866MHz
and right now my media is stored on external drives(same as previous system)
so here's what I'm noticing. first, I've done a calibration(with i1d3 meter) and there's just lots of weird things I've never encountered before.
first, I can't use full range RGB. if I set it to 0-255, there is no brightness setting(on pc or tv) that does not have severe dithering on what should be solid black. I realize there will be dithering just above black, but there shouldn't be any at black. so I had to set it to limited, which is ok, as it'll be for video anyway. but then I noticed that the bars just above black(17-22ish) have different colors. even though I've calibrated my greyscale(and double checked by resetting calibration to default settings) and it's still messed up. and I think I'm able to see this in content. shadows(especially on ppl's faces) seem to change color noticeably.
see here for what I'm talking about, keep in mind this is AFTER calibrating greyscale, but it doesn't really matter what my settings are on the tv, it behaves similarly
it's hard to capture on camera, but my overall greyscale still looks good.
the other thing I've noticed, which may be related, is just an increase in dithering in general.
as far I can tell I've disabled all the 'features' like dynamic contrast, skin tone correction, etc in the intel graphics properties. and I never had these issues with my old pc.
I have, and can use the video card from my old pc, and right now I guess that's my plan. but if I don't have to, I don't want to. so I'm wondering if this is a known issue, or if there's a setting I should look for?