If your TV has HGiG, then we recommend turning that on instead. This feature adds post-processing to the HDR image, which may lead to inaccurate black and white colors. If your TV is good enough to display HDR at a passable level, then we recommend disabling Dynamic Tone Mapping, or its equivalent, on your TV if it available.
Disabling Dynamic Tone Mapping on Your TV
To check how bright your television set can get, we recommend searching for it on RTINGS as the website tests the brightness levels for a majority of mainstream TVs. To find out how to turn off HDR on the PS5, you can check out the bottom portion of this tutorial. Ideally, it should be at 600 nits or more.Īnything below 500 nits may not be worth playing games with HDR enabled as your screen will get too dark to properly display the content. We recommend TVs that can reach at least 500 nits (cd/m2) in peak brightness for HDR to really stand out. The first step you should take is to check if your television set is good enough for HDR. If you are experiencing these brightness issues, then you can follow this guide to find some potential fixes.
When playing PlayStation 5 games with HDR, you may notice that the screen can get too bright or too dark.
