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So I got an Xbox One X which has games that display 4k.  And also the YouTube app displays 4k videos.  How do I know that I have everything set up correctly and the TV is ACTUALLY displaying 4k video mode?

Sometimes even HD looks really good and I haven't watched 4k stuff to know if I'm really seeing it.

It would be nice if there were an option in the TV for displaying the actual resolution in the corner or something.  I tried to set things up through my Denon AVR X2000 receiver and the Xbox complained about the TV not being able to do 4k.  I don't know if I had something set up wrong or not, so I just hooked the Xbox up to the TV in hdmi 1.  And I think the Xbox THINKS it is now capable of at least SOME 4k, but it would be nice to verify that the TV is doing what I think it is doing.

Anybody know an app or something that would help?

 

oh, I DID see a "+HDR" on the screen for a moment at some point.  Don't remember what triggered it nor how to get it to display it again.

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Pick up your magic remote.  Shake it until you get a pointer on the tv screen.  Press the little scroll wheel button down.  This should display the input source in the upper left corner such as "HDMI1".  Then motion with the remote until the pointer is over that "HDMI1" and press the little scroll wheel again.  That should show the information about that source.

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Ah, I got it.  I don't usually use the LG remote since I have the Logitech Harmony Elite to control all my devices, but apparently there is one thing it may do that the Elite does not.  If I click on the picture, then the SOURCE shows up in the upper left corner.  If I click THAT, then it shows the actual resolution, hdr, etc. 

THAT was what I was looking for!

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Hi Mark, could you explain eaxactly ? I have the same issue but I didn't find the way to display resolution yet. How  are you doing ? where do you click ? let you know I have a magic remote. Thanks in advance.

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On 10/24/2018 at 9:22 AM, Mark Tiede said:

Pick up your magic remote.  Shake it until you get a pointer on the tv screen.  Press the little scroll wheel button down.  This should display the input source in the upper left corner such as "HDMI1".  Then motion with the remote until the pointer is over that "HDMI1" and press the little scroll wheel again.  That should show the information about that source.

Just registered to thank you. This works! (as mentioned, with external sources only, but that's what I was looking for)

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No idea about any other TVs and Remotes other than my own.  The magic remote should show an arrow on the screen when you pick it up.  If you don't see it, usually shaking the remote will "wake" it up.  If you don't have a magic remote, I don't know how it works.  See if you can find the manual.

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7 hours ago, Mark Tiede said:

No idea about any other TVs and Remotes other than my own.  The magic remote should show an arrow on the screen when you pick it up.  If you don't see it, usually shaking the remote will "wake" it up.  If you don't have a magic remote, I don't know how it works.  See if you can find the manual.

I have a magic remote and the arrow shows up. But then what? There is no input source in the upper right corner. 

The manual is pretty useless. 

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Newbie,

   Did you follow the other steps?

 

"Pick up your magic remote.  Shake it until you get a pointer on the tv screen.  Press the little scroll wheel button down.  This should display the input source in the upper left corner such as "HDMI1".  Then motion with the remote until the pointer is over that "HDMI1" and press the little scroll wheel again.  That should show the information about that source."

 

This assumes that the "input source" is something external, like HDMI2, for instance.

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On 5/12/2021 at 6:22 AM, kaspee said:

When I watch a 4k video and I use the magic remote to see the resolution it says 2160p and nok 4k, does anyone know if my settings are wrong?

Resolution is in 2 directions,  vertical and horizontal.  Standard "4k" is 3840 x 2160 (tall x wide).  So the 3840 is nearly 4,000 hence the 4k (a generous round off and probably a misuse of the "k" which usually means 1024).   

So the 2160p means how many pixels of vertical resolution (the TALL direction).  The p means "progressive" as opposed to interlaced.  In the old days, every other line of resolution was scanned on each scan of the screen.  Now electronics are fast enough and pixels stay illuminated long enough that it makes all 2160 lines in one scan.  

 

So it sounds like you ARE watching 4k.

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