Eyestrain Playstation 5 Samsung TV

Snooper

Hi, i bought a PS 5, but I have a problem. When I turn on digital PlayStation 5 via HDMI and staring on screen I feel like nausea and burning eyes. But when I'm turn off PS and just watching TV I'm fine. I tried to change all settings of TV and PS 5. I think that’s something with HDMI Black Level or color space. My TV - Samsung UE32H5303AK (2014) with no HDR. Any ideas?

Abeabe

Snooper Samsung TVs usually change the PWM speed depending on the mode they are in, for example if the tv is in cinema or standard mode it may flicker at 960hz but if the TV switches to game mode when turning on the PS5 it may lower its PWM frequency to 120hz which is very slow and tiring for the eyes.

DisplaysShouldNotBeTVs

Snooper

I have a somewhat opposite experience:

LG C9 OLED:

Netflix on Apple TV - completely unusable, TV shows are a total blur to me

Netflix on PS5 - fine, I honestly don't get much strain TBH, and I can totally follow what's going on in the show. However I can notice dithering flicker if I look really close up at the pixels, but doesn't seem to affect me in a TV context.

Both inputs are4K, no HDR, set to filmmaker mode and all possible post-processing effects and color settings are ALL turned off, plus disabling deep color and enabling 4:4:4 passthrough

KM

Try to turn off any image processing options for the HDMI channel. Those options have different names for each TV, so it's hard to guess their names without knowing a particular TV in and out. You'd need to research what each option does. Many TVs have a "Game Mode" that often turns off most image processing. Strong candidates for eye strain are:

brightness (flicker may vary for different brightness levels)
anything labeled "auto ..." may introduce flicker, including auto brightness
anything labeled "enhancer" or similar
"black frame insertion" or similar (this can have a very different name no one would think of at first)
and more

madmozg

Hehe I've been there dude. Its because by default PS5 will try to give 10bit colors with HDR and stuff. So you should turn off one thing, this will also turn off HDR experience for you, but it's not a big deal, I prefer to play in SDR. Check out my screenshot.

So in high probability your TV can't support 10bit natively, it will start use 8bit + FRC. And FRC technology will give you this eye strain and nausea. Welcome to the club 🙂

Snooper

madmozg yeah, I turn it off but it doesnt help. I think that TV changes picture mode for Playstation and it works incorrectly, seems too bright. What do you set RGB Mode in PS settings?

madmozg

Well, your tv maybe pretty old and its utilizing 6bit + FRC? So in this case it could start using FRC as well. I tried to look for info about your tv, but was not able to find anything decent because its pretty old.

Lauda89

I have always used the PS5 without any problems connected to the LG B8.

Last week I finished Horizon so yesterday I installed god of war ragnarok. The problem is that to install it I had to update the console and after 20 minutes of playing I was super dizzy. Now I have to figure out if it's the game that's giving me problems or if the update that introduced support for 1440P resolution destroyed my console.

MatchstickMalone444

Lauda89 I feel your pain dude. I love gaming but can't even enjoy the 4k tv i bought for my ocnsole because it keeps giving me headaches and eyestrain. And before this TV I was using PWM flicker devices without any issues.

ludwig

dont play with performance mode in game. Performance mode made game more sharper and can give u eye strain. Play with quality or balance mode