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dsidle
Reel Rookie
11 months ago
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2024 LG G4 Native YouTube TV app better picture quality than 2024 Roku Ultra

The picture quality and brightness are both better on the native LG G4 (OLED65G4SUB, 2024), than on my brand new Roku Ultra 4850R (2024).  It's quite obvious.   I have the Display Type set to Automat...
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  • RokuEmmanuel-D's avatar
    RokuEmmanuel-D
    10 months ago

    Welcome to the Roku Community, dsidle!

    Thank you for reaching out about the picture quality concern with your Roku Ultra 2024. We’d love to help you sort this out.

    Please note that the picture settings on your TV and Roku device may be different. To get the best picture quality, compare the settings on your TV and adjust the Roku input settings accordingly.

    TVs often have different settings for various apps and inputs, which can affect the picture quality.

    Let us know if this helps, or if you need any further assistance!

    Cheers,
    Emman

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Bdelo74
Reel Rookie
7 months ago

I’m having the exact same issue as the original post. I just switched over to Roku ultra from the built-in LG TV app and YouTube TV picture quality is much much worse. What is the solution? Saying “check the settings” isn’t a specific enough answer.

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Strega2
Roku Guru
7 months ago

The OP mentions brightness being "better". So that would suggest adjusting the brightness setting. (Which way? Which ever one is "better"!)

Basically, all TVs come with some presets, one is usually quite accurate but that may not be the one people prefer. In addition, those presets can usually be adjusted, or they have one or more presets that are adjustable. For example, my dad likes to have the color saturation, contrast and brightness cranked up. On his previous TV, I found a setting called "vivid" that he liked. On his current TV, I had to set it to "custom" and then adjust details to his taste.  (Before setting it to "custom" I couldn't even find anything as simple as a brightness control.)

If you want accurate look for reviews which indicate which picture preset on your TV is accurate, or calibrate it.

Some TVs use a single set of settings for all inputs. Some adjust each input independently.

In general, this is more of a question for a general AV forum.

Oh, and of course, if it's all just one one specific app, that app might be quite different on different platforms.  Even though all come from YouTube, since the platforms are different, they my be written quite differently.

  • Bdelo74's avatar
    Bdelo74
    Reel Rookie
    7 months ago

    The OP also mentions picture quality which is what I am experiencing. The picture with YouTube TV is now pixelated where it isn’t when using the native LG app. That is the problem. I bought a device to improve the experience, but it made the experience worse.

    • Strega2's avatar
      Strega2
      Roku Guru
      7 months ago

      Sure but "Picture Quality" is about as vague as you can be.

      Pixelation is more likely an issue with the app, or the network.  I don't recall comments about YouTube pixelating, but it's not an app I use, so I may not be paying attention.  I would suggest trying some other apps just to narrow it down.

      • Bdelo74's avatar
        Bdelo74
        Reel Rookie
        7 months ago

        Pixelated. Lower contrast ratio. What is a 4K type picture using the native YT TV app is now a 720p type picture with Roku.