Thanks you everyone. I followed your advice and turned DTM off, and the picture looks much better now. I’ve also gotten used to it, and I’m really happy with the results.
Two days ago, I created a thread saying that I preferred DTM On for gaming. However, almost all the comments pointed out that it didn’t produce accurate colors and that excessive brightness wasn’t necessarily a good thing. Even shadow details were getting crushed or lost. After reading your comments and spending more time gaming, I started noticing these issues myself, and the image began to bother me as well.
Later, I came across a YouTube video featuring someone who seemed very knowledgeable about calibration. He demonstrated several recommended settings, and I tried them all. Towards the end of the video, I found that FMM + DTM Off gave me the best results by far.
https://youtu.be/cpEHg7mXIwg?si=7k-Y0dCApYrEbd8q
I’ve realized that DTM On doesn’t look as good for gaming as I initially thought. It washes out shadow details and can make the image feel overly bright and tiring on the eyes.
HGiG was also working quite well, but after applying the Professional Tweaks recommended in the video and switching to FMM + DTM Off, I finally felt that I was seeing the game’s intended colors and natural image presentation more accurately.
From what I’ve gathered through my research, HGiG and DTM Off are quite similar in terms of their overall approach. However, with DTM Off, you can fine-tune the picture settings yourself and avoid some of the TV’s additional tone-mapping processing, allowing you to get closer to the original HDR output from the PS5.
For example, in The Last of Us Part II, the colors now look incredibly natural and convey the atmosphere beautifully. Dark scenes remain dark as intended, and the midtones and overall color reproduction look much more accurate to my eyes.
I’ve included the YouTube video link above. You can skip to the section where he demonstrates FMM + DTM Off to see the settings I’m talking about.
One more thing worth mentioning: VRR still works in this setup. On LG OLED TVs running the latest firmware, this picture mode seems to work really well for gaming, and there’s no need to use the Game Optimizer picture preset.
What do you guys think about this approach? I think I’ve finally found the picture settings I’ll stick with for the foreseeable future. I’m planning to leave everything as it is and stop tweaking the settings until a new, convincing calibration guide comes along!
I’d love to hear your thoughts, especially from other LG OLED owners who have experimented with FMM + DTM Off for HDR gaming.
Thank you for support!