Image quality (Smart IPTV from Samsung Vs Shield TV+IPTV Players)?

by umoop

Hi there,

I was using Smart IPTV directly from my Samsung Smart TV for 2 years now. I was just wondering if it's normal if I notice a big difference in terms of image quality.

Let me explain myself, I do have 1080p streams that have excellent image quality but when I use my Nvidia Shield TV with Perfect Player, IPTV Extreme, or others I notice the same stream but with a lesser quality, as if the image is softer or blurry compared where as it was sharper, brighter (like FULL HD)

I imagine it's because of the video decoder (HW+) or others, I even tried switching to Auto, Default, HW+

Am I missing something? What should I do? Thanks!

blcx

Same issue on mi box 3 as well. It might not be that easy to spot if you haven't watched much FHD streams on Smart IPTV. It's much more crispy.

I thikk there was some talk on perfect player forums regarding this but i cant find it right now.

Smart IPTV (tv app) is still my daily driver.

xenyz

Is it a 4K tv?

Armadilos

I had a similar issue with my Beelink gt1 ultimate and resolved it by changing my android settings to 4k 60fps.

Ethrem

It’s because the Shield does shit upscaling. Set the Shield resolution to the IPTV resolution and this gets markedly better.

carreddit

will it be old hdmi cable that it is not made to handle 4k output but only 1080p??

carreddit

did you try ProgTV app? I think it will video quality slightly better