Samsung Odyssey G80HS Best Settings Guide (Patreon)

Review here: https://tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/samsung-odyssey-g80hs

Make sure you update to the latest software / firmware version as it offers improvements.

General settings

SeeColors mode = Off

Save Energy = Off

Input port ver = leave this on 2.1 unless you have specific compatibility problems with older systems

Auto Source Switch = turn on if you want it to switch over when powering on a new input like a games console or other connected device

SDR setup

Use these settings if you want to run with the native colour space for a more vivid and colourful image. You can combine with our calibrated ICC profile which will clamp back to sRGB for colour aware applications though.

Preset mode = Custom

Brightness = 6 for ~120 nits, but set this to whatever you find appropriate

Contrast = 50

Sharpness = 10

Color = 25

Tint = 0

Local dimming = Off (offers very little real world benefit)

Contrast Enhancer = Off

Color tone = Warm 1

White balance = -6 for red, +1 for green, +3 for blue

Gamma = 0 (which corresponds to 2.2)

Shadow detail = 1 for improved near black gamma tracking at the least. Move this up higher to bring out further detail in darker content if needed

Color space = Native

Dynamic brightness = Off

Eye Saver mode = Off

Calibrated ICC profile is attached below

sRGB emulation approach

If you want to clamp to sRGB all the time for all applications, games etc then you can use the following settings. This is good for SDR content and offers a very good factory calibration, but it will look less vivid compared with the native mode by design. Do not use our ICC profile with these options as it's designed to be used with the wide gamut mode only.

Use the same settings as shown above for everything except:

Color space = Auto (this is what activates the sRGB clamp)

Gaming settings

Dual-mode = we'd recommend switching to dual-mode for gaming, giving you additional refresh rate room and a far more sensible resolution to try and power

Adaptive-sync = On

Response time = not available if using adaptive-sync. If you turn that off or you're not using it for any reason, then select the 'standard' response time mode for optimal performance

Black equalizer = this does the same thing as the 'shadow detail' setting anyway, so you can use either, as long as it's available in the preset mode you're using. If you're using this setting instead of shadow detail, move it up from the default 5 to 6 for improved near black gamma tracking at the least. Move this up higher to bring out further detail in darker content if needed.

You can also “stack” both these settings and use them both at the same time to further brighten darker content and improve near-black detail if you really want to.

HDR setup

HDR hardware capabilities are very limited so don't expect much improvement in contrast or anything when using HDR, but for HDR input sources you can use:

Preset mode = Custom

Brightness = 50

Contrast = 50

Sharpness = 10

Color = 25

Tint = 0

Local dimming = High

Contrast Enhancer = Off

Color tone = Warm 1

White balance = -6 for red, +1 for green, +3 for blue

Gamma = 0

Tone mapping = Active gives a small boost in brightness and is probably preferred. Experiment with both and see which you like

Shadow detail = 1 for improved near black gamma tracking at the least. Move this up higher to bring out further detail in darker content if needed, especially in HDR

Color space = Native

Dynamic brightness = Off

Eye Saver mode = Off