One of the main attractions of LG's best OLED TVs for 2024 is the Dolby Vision Filmmaker Mode, a world first: the standard was recently approved by the UHD Alliance and LG was the first manufacturer to implement it. Now, there is a second manufacturer adopting the standard: Philips.
The new feature is available on all 2024 Philips OLED TVs, according to FlatpanelsHD, which asked Philips if it was available on more models than just the Philips OLED809 TV. Philips said yes, it has been working closely with Dolby, and that the mode will be available on all 2024 Philips OLED TVs, as well as the company’s 2023 OLED TVs.
Why Filmmaker Mode Matters (and Why It Took So Long to Get to Dolby Vision HDR)
Filmmaker mode, as the name suggests, is designed to show you movies the way filmmakers intended them to be seen. It was developed because many filmmakers weren't too happy with how their movies looked on smart TVs, especially when they were presented with poor color accuracy and overly aggressive motion smoothing. Filmmaker mode turns off the toys and focuses (pun intended) on the movie.
Filmmaker mode is already a regular feature on many of the best TVs, having been a key selling point for movie fans since it launched four years ago. But it wasn’t available in Dolby Vision HDR until this year. That’s partly because many Dolby Vision IQ presets use the same techniques that Filmmaker mode was built against.
This means that if you already had your TV set to Filmmaker Mode but switched to a Dolby HDR title, your TV would disable Filmmaker Mode and default to a Dolby Vision setting, such as Dark or Normal. Now that this will no longer happen, it should mean much more accurate playback of movies, not just from sources like Blu-Ray, but also from the best streaming services that support Dolby Vision HDR.
We've already tried out the HDR Filmmaker mode in our LG G4 review and found it very impressive – it's a key part of what makes the LG G4 one of the best TVs our tester has ever seen. So it's great to see the same option coming to more TVs, and we'll no doubt be hearing similar announcements from more manufacturers soon.
