2022 LG OLED Calibration and User Settings (No price talk)

mrtickleuk said:

I'm happy to be corrected on this, but I think there are two separate things, which can be linked. "Instant Game Response" is just LG's name for their implementation of ALLM (auto low-latency mode) for HDMI, where the source can send an "I'm playing a game now" signal to the TV to tell it to switch.

Some manufacturers when they see this signal then switch to the "Game" picture mode which has processing off and lower input lag. Some manufacturers instead stay in the Picture mode they were in, but turn off all the processing options - so it's similar to being in the Game picture mode in that all the processing is turned off to reduce the input lag to the minimum it can be, which happens to be the same as you'd get in their "game" mode anyway.

You're always free to manually switch to Game picture mode of course and compare. I think if LG does the latter behaviour, your experiment would be very interesting.

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Thanks for the reply. Non-game Picture Modes do have more inherent input lag. But setting the TV to PC Mode reduces the input lag significantly, brining it close to Game Mode:
https://www.reddit.com/r/OLED/comments/mu57ba/_/gv69hk8

I thought since I started this thread I might share some data about my particular G2 77" panel.

My standard disclaimer: I am NOT a professional calibrator. I do not claim to be. I'm a hobbyist at best.

Please NOTE: This is not a calibration, this is a profile of the TV out of the box.

My calibration setup: i1pro3 spectro, i1d3 meter. Meter is profiled to the spectro. I am using Colourspace HTL.

I did all the usual pre-calibration setting tweaks (turning off logo detection, pixel shifting, power saving modes, etc) but I did NOT touch the service menu at all which means ASBL and GSR are still enabled.

SDR Filmmaker mode:

WARNING: OOTB this mode is set to Wide Color Gamut. That is not even an option that can be selected in the menu and is WRONG for this mode!! The options in the Color Gamut menu for Filmmaker mode:
Auto Detect (SHOULD BE DEFAULT...USE THIS!)
Native
Dynamic
Adobe RGB

I think Native == Wide and that should not be set.

I turned sharpness down to 0 and changed video level to low. I kept BT.1886 gamma that is set by default. I adjusted the OLED light to 28 which is slightly above 100 nits

1000pt Verification (WIDE GAMUT) (Sorry did not have drift enabled):











1000pt (AUTO GAMUT)









HDR Filmmaker mode:

All processing including dynamic tone mapping disabled. Video levels set to low. Calibration mode enabled to disable tone mapping. A custom colorspace with an 850 nit target was created.

Grey+Primary:

frolow said:

Thanks for the reply. Non-game Picture Modes do have more inherent input lag. But setting the TV to PC Mode reduces the input lag significantly, brining it close to Game Mode:
https://www.reddit.com/r/OLED/comments/mu57ba/_/gv69hk8
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May I add on? You have 2 options actually.

There are actually 2 ways to get the lowest input lag.
1. is Game Mode.
2. is ALLM or Instant Game Response on the LG.

If your device can use ALLM, you are in for a treat.
What makes IGR great is that you can use any Picture Mode with it. So you can use your calibrated Picture Mode with ALLM and yet get the lowest input latency.

Another great aspect of IGR done by LG is that you can literally have 2 picture modes in 1 HDMI source that will switch by itself once IGR is enabled or disabled without having you to manually switch Picture Modes.
For example, on your PC, you can use Expert Dark calibrated to Gamma 2.4 for watching video content via your PC.
Then when wanting to play a game, you can enable ALLM and VRR on your PC and IGR will engage on the LG TV. In this mode, you can set yet another picture mode of your choice and the option will stick. So instead of using Game Mode, you only had the chance to calibrate Expert Dark and Expert Bright. Expert Bright is set at Gamma 2.2 which is the correct Gamma for PC use and games. But the advantage of IGR is that you can use Expert Bright when IGR is triggered and yet not get any higher delay than when you have Game Mode turned on all thanks to IGR disabling a lot of the processing allowing you to use the calibrated Picture Mode of your choice.

Once you switch ALLM off (eg. G-Sync in the Nvidia control panel), IGR will be disabled and it will switch back to the default Picture Mode for that source. So for my case, back to my calibrated Expert Dark Picture Mode. Quite useful if you ask me.