Refreshing the firmware to ensure all changes take effect.

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The freeze is getting old!

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Well, sh*t. With new firmware, the display no longer "remembers" HDR vs SDR settings...They stay the same whether watching HDR or not. Before it would automatically switch to what you had it at. Hopefully this will be fixed quickly.

Edit: Netflix cast is switching correctly, but Xbox and Shield are not. I guess this is only affecting external devices. Still sucks.

That makes no sense. Is it actually switching to HDR with the Xbox? Make sure subsampling is on.

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Excuse my naivete, is this FW update you're all talking about a beta or general release FW update?

No clue really, but it seams only people that were on the beta are getting it currently.

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It's looks like 11pt settings can't be changed via Cast (even in 1080P). Thankfully I was able to Calibrate with my Amazon Fire Stick via MobileForge and the settings transferred over to cast....just can't change them. I also notified @Matt McRae via Twitter.

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It's called FULL UHD Color now but yeah it's on and switching to HDR, you can see the app "refresh" switch like before and ABC gets greyed out like before. System is reporting HDR. I started Forza and moved the backlight down to 50, when I closed the game out the backlight stayed at 50 but I had it at 85 on SDR.

i think vizio decided not to apply for HDR certifcation, as they think the criteria may or may not unfairly impact their displays. based on my month of ownership, I'd say their P series is fantastic. just waiting to see HDR content. amazon is almost out of stock on their current fire stick and fire tvs, as they're ready to launch new hardware, almost sure to have HDR baked in.

So you're telling me that if you are sitting in the cast input with the background, that your can't change any 11pt settings?

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Correct.

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This firmware keeps getting worse and worse. Maybe it's time I accept the refund and move on.....

Edit: At least we know this is a beta now.....

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Sorry for the long absence... we had a quiet period while we were waiting for the LeEco situation to resolved (which ended this week).

Good news is that the teams have been working really hard on new firmware. Version 3.2.8.3 is a test release which significant and numerous changes... too many to enumerate here but the highlights consist of:

1. EDID improvements and stability changes
2. CEC improvements
3. ARC stability improvements
4. DolbyVision improvements (including fixing some Netflix, Vudu playback issues)
5. Additional backlight enhancements (blooming reduction, fine tuning, etc)
6. Local dimming improvements (algorithm, fine tuning...)
7. Fixes for various stability issues, freezes, hangs on boot, etc.
8. 100's of small bug fixes and improvements

We have Golden Reference files that will be posted on Monday, along with official release notes. but I wanted to get this out for the holiday weekend to this group.

This firmware also unifies our 2016 and 2017 code bases and checks in significant architectural changes for futures releases and performance enhancements. The VIZIO 2017 press event is on April 24th in New York and we will be pre-announcing some significant features that will roll out this Summer. Stay tuned...

What I can reveal here (and what many of you already found) is that we added on screen menus and a new OOBE. This was a huge undertaking as we hooked up the UX to the underlying settings framework. There are a couple of known issues that we are fixing ASAP including 11 point adjustments but hopefully you will see the addition of our sidebar as a step forward.

The sidebar and new OOBE will work with older VIZIO remote that have Dpad or any universal remote that can utilize VIZIO IR codes.

To say thank you to our beta testers here... VIZIO has developed a new remote control with a Dead called the XRT135. If you are on the beta test list and don't have a remote that has VIZIO Dpad... email [email protected] with your shipping address and I'll send you a free remote.

Please test and report issues you find. We did our best to regression test from Sprint 1.3 to Sprint 2 (this code) but there are major changes to this code. I'll be monitoring this group and working with the team over the next weeks to knock down issues you find.

Again, thanks for your patience... and stay tuned for more improvements, new content and new features over the coming months.

Matt

Your probably lucky you didn't get it. I honestly don't think any majors changes to PQ happend. Seems mostly UI and being able to cast HDR10 now.

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I will also try to get through the backlog of messages and posts over this weekend and coming week.

Have a great weekend.

Matt

Any idea what the new pure cinema setting is? Is that one of those things that smooths out 24p source material when transmitted at 60 Hz?

Thanks for the update Matt. Any fixes to the 11pt would be tremendous as many power users here use them. I for one use them a lot...lol. The updates DVGR will be huge and I appreciate that. I know I've been pestering you about it lately. We really need them reposted with every firmware release....Is that your plan with them? We appreciate you coming back here and I for one am glad LeEco is out of the picture.
Another question, is the recent freezes that people have posted on here been addressed in this beta?

Thanks!

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Yes it's just a rename.

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Yep. DVGR will be reposted when there is a major firmware update that would actually cause a change. This firmware had some underlying changes and thus new files will be posted.

Smaller releases that don't modify the PQ pipeline won't have new DVGR files posted.

Thanks.... Btw.... Can you add my new serial number? Lol

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Well, at least we know this is only a beta so these things will happen. When tech support said I'd have an update on a week I assumed it was a full release.
Hopefully we can find what needs fixing before they release to the public.

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Thanks Matt. Please return 50Hz support. I know I sound like a broken record.

Many do.... Including myself. One of my faults.

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I'm seeing a lot less halo effect on subtitles/logos/etc

Yeah, it seems to be flashing as it ramps up to 4k. I've never seen it before this beta firmware. Maybe @Matt McRae can look into it for the next firmware. Below is a gif of a video I took while checking out Daredevil. It's only 3 frames, a split second.

Beta release folks. Post-up issues. Matt's around to get them to engineering.

I could be wrong, but I think this is the new remote. I like it!

Using Shield to view HDR demo files via Plex. No problem switching picture settings between SDR & HDR. I watched it happen it real time on the tablet....BL changes from 85 (SDR) to 50 (HDR) and back again. Viewing HDR on HDMI 3. I always route HDR material to its own dedicated input. SDR is on HDMI 1.

So when it's changing resolutions.... Interesting

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Interesting. I only tried Amazon on the shield but it's definitely not switching settings. Haven't done a reset yet, did you?