Comment by einsteinx2
13 hours ago
100% agree. I’ve tried multiple times to use the cinema modes in my TVs, the ones that are supposed to be “as the director intended” but in the end they’re always too dark and I find things hard to see, and turns out I just subjectively like the look of movies on the normal (or gasp sometimes vivid if it’s really bright in the room) than in the “proper” cinema mode. I don’t really care what the creator thinks, it looks better to me so it’s better for me.
The equalizer analogy is perfect.
Movies are mastered for a dark room. It's not going to look good with accurate settings if you are in a lit room.
Having said that, there are a lot of bad HDR masters.