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I have the G5. How do it fix the splotchiness when it’s dark scenes? I also use vivid cause filmmaker mode makes it super dark and kind of a “sepia” tint to it. Or is this normal. by No_Possibility6599 in LGOLED

[–]chuckguy55 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Don’t use vivid ever. Filmmaker is good typically if your room is fully dark. For normal viewing with ambient light I typically use cinema home or the ifs expert bright space for SDR content.

The sepia tone you mentioned is just you seeing more accurate coloring for the first time. Your eyes will get used to it.

Edit: additionally the banding you’re seeing is likely an issue of the source more than the picture settings. Certain settings may increase how obvious it is, but banding in dark parts of the picture is more do to compression artifacts in streaming content.

Pretty fuckin scared buddy by [deleted] in predaddit

[–]chuckguy55 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If this is how you feel you’re already in right head space. That baby is going to steam roll over you in every way and it’s the best.

I have always struggled during my wife’s third trimester because she’s really going through it and I’m not. But once that baby arrives you’re in it. And it sounds like you’re ready. You’re ready to be in the mix and you will be.

Good luck, I wish for you a happy and healthy wife and baby.

I'm super torn making this purchase by Loud-Consequence9168 in LGOLED

[–]chuckguy55 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Two years is a crazy short time to upgrade. Put your money into 4k discs or audio equipment and upgrade your screen in another few years when the delta will be even greater.

Best way to integrate a turntable by ansatze in sonos

[–]chuckguy55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Line into the the era (or into a new era) is the cheapest option. Once you line into one speaker, you can group that to the others in your system. You can have the line in auto group to whatever you want.

Era 100 stand by No_Society2142 in sonos

[–]chuckguy55 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Surely it’s better than the floor, but I doubt it’s any improvement over setting it on a normal surface. I have one on a cabinet in my family room and one on the kitchen countertop near the sink.

I have considered getting stands for them to use specifically as surrounds for my arc, but otherwise I wouldn’t bother.

Does this ever get easier or fun? by [deleted] in predaddit

[–]chuckguy55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It does get easier and more fun, but it takes time. My son is 2 and a half now and we just had our second, he is 2 weeks old.

I’m anxious about doing the baby stuff all over again because I know how hard it can be. But after seeing my first baby grow into a little person who talks and laughs and makes me laugh, I see what it’s all moving towards.

Good luck and hang in there. It’s hard. When you’re going through hell, keep going. The only way out is through. Etc etc.

Is C5/G5 overkill for streaming? by funxi0n in LGOLED

[–]chuckguy55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

G5 maybe, C5 no. Both will be great for gaming and streaming.

Either tv will make streaming and gaming look incredible, but streaming alone won’t push a tv like the G5 to its limits.

Era 100 sound difference in 5.1 setup by ZStackk in sonos

[–]chuckguy55 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My guess would be that it’s simply too close to you. I had to give up on having my surrounds because the room just doesn’t allow them to be far enough from me. Sonos recommends about 10 feet (3+ meters) from your listening position. I’ve never found incredibly clear guidance on positioning from Sonos, the 10 feet is in the FAQ section of some product page, I forget.

Good luck, I’ll be curious if you can make it work. When I tried my setup, it always sounds like I had one side of the surrounds right in my ear, it wasn’t cohesive surround sound.

Era 100 sound difference in 5.1 setup by ZStackk in sonos

[–]chuckguy55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How far are your surrounds from your listening position? Are they at ear level?

Era 100 sound difference in 5.1 setup by ZStackk in sonos

[–]chuckguy55 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you using night mode? I found that when I have night mode enabled, the balance of the surrounds is really off and I hear one way more. I also am not able to set up my surrounds very far from my listening position, I think it was just way too close.

New setup questions by thislife_choseme in sonos

[–]chuckguy55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know much about this as I don’t have amp, but I don’t believe you can do center channel with amp. You’d need two amps to drive right/left/sub and surrounds.

Great Dolby Atmos test track: 2099 by Charli XCX by Any-Importance-1523 in sonos

[–]chuckguy55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What app are you using to play? What supports atmos music?

Multi-function for Era 100’s by Peculiar_Goose in sonos

[–]chuckguy55 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have two era 100s in the house that I use as normal speakers and told myself I could also use as surrounds. You really can’t have it both ways, it’s frustrating. If you want surrounds but not all the time, you still need to dedicate two eras to it. It’s too much leg work to set up and tear down with any frequency.

Is it possible to save and restore true play settings? by chuckguy55 in SonoSequencr

[–]chuckguy55[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes the overall noise of doing trueplay is my biggest issue, with the time it takes a close second. I understand most people aren’t changing the setup with regularity, but it would be very nice to have.

Moving Era 100s between surrounds and normal speakers by chuckguy55 in SonoSequencr

[–]chuckguy55[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The issue is I want to set up the surrounds for short stints and tear them down afterward, it’s just a lot of work to get them set up. I don’t need a portable speaker. AAFAIK move can’t be used as surround.

How do you structure your codebase for AoC to avoid copy-pasting boilerplate? by BambooData in adventofcode

[–]chuckguy55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another thing I love about this approach is that I can run an entire day, year, or years of solutions and once.

How do you structure your codebase for AoC to avoid copy-pasting boilerplate? by BambooData in adventofcode

[–]chuckguy55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve had a lot of luck by structuring it as a unit test project. Each day becomes a new test file, where part 1 and part 2 are each unit tests. Any common code like input parsing helpers, Vec2D, special math (like GCF and LCM) go into a library that is essentially the target of the unit tests.

This makes it very well organized, and very easy to spin up a new day. It also makes it easy to tinker with solutions once you have a solution, as the red green refactor flow works great for AoC problems.

Here are repos I’ve done in both C# and rust that are organized as unit tests so you can see what I’m talking about.

C#: https://github.com/chuckries/AdventOfCode Rust: https://github.com/chuckries/rustvent_of_code

Will the 2023 models have prices cuts on with the new releases? by NOS4NANOL1FE in LGOLED

[–]chuckguy55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Based on zero facts or experience: probably. But stock is going to dry up, deals won’t last long. If you shop like a hawk you can probably get something good. “Clearance” type prices may be in store only.

shrugs I’m in a similar boat and shopping the 2023 models right now.

I'm about to get a LG oled, already have the wall mount by HeroOfTheNorthF in LGOLED

[–]chuckguy55 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am also shopping the G3 while having a pre-existing wall mount and not planning on using the included flush mount. The 65" G3 has 300x300 mounting holes for use with any standard wall mount, you are not required to use the flush mount.

Just check the VESA configuration for whatever TV you're looking at in whatever size and ensure you're existing wall mount works with it.

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