Chromecast YouTube TV = INFERIOR Picture

by iawegian

SOLVED - SEE BELOW.
We have 2 beautiful 65" LG OLED TVs and have switched from DirecTV to YouTubeTV, using the new Google Chromecast dongle. We can use the app built into the LG tvs - and it looks really good. OR we can use the new Chromecast dongle with the nice little remote and have a picture that is dark, reddish, blocky, pixilated, inferior. Often poor, almost always not very sharp and dark.

Our home wi-fi uses the Google Mesh system, and neither TV is more than 20' from the nearest router. The internet coming into our home is 300MB fiber optic.

SO - we have these new, inferior Google Chromecast YouTube TV dongles that nicely pull everything together, but deliver a really inferior and often crap picture. We complained about the first adapter and after a LOT of troubleshooting, they sent me a new one. SAME problems! What is YOUR experience, compared to what you used before this new hardware?

SOLUTION:

Match content frame rate is under the Chromecast settings under Video.

So long-press Home, Settings, Display and Sounds. Make sure that "match content frame rate" is selected!

That completely fixed the bad video on my LG OLED tvs!

fleker2

I've got a 55-inch 4K TV and have not noticed any difference in picture quality between the new chromecast and my Nvidia shield. I've been using a variety of streaming apps on both.

imallouttafx

Have any of you guys experiencing these problems on the Chromecast checked that you've configured both your Chromecast and TVs to use a compatible HDR mode? Not correctly configuring the color space between the dongle on the TV really could lead to similar issues to the ones you're reporting. HDR can sometimes be a pain to configure, and can sometimes be on a per HDMI port basis. If you're used to relying on only the built-in TV apps, the HDR mode would be automatic for those, but if you've recently moved to using your apps via a HDMI device you'll really want to double check the settings 👌

rrainwater

If it's pixelated, then let's ok at stats for nerds to see if it's streaming at the full resolution and what the connection speed shows.

If it's dark, make sure you enabled match content frame rate in the Chromecast settings.

SubaruAmbassador

I've noticed exactly the same thing with all my smart TVs. When watching YouTube content directly from my Hisense or Vizio TVs the image is sharp and crisp with good contrast and color reproduction. If I attempt to stream anything from my phone to the TV or watch it via Chromecast the image looks like complete garbage. Google has got to fix this sh*t.

chrisinsocalif

I am watching the world series. The Chromecast with Google TV is far inferior on Fox in comparison to my Roku 4k. I do have the HDR matching setting enabled. I am also connected directly using Cat 5e.I took a picture of the TV using my Pixel 3XLHere is the Roku 4k stream of the World Series on Fox: https://imgur.com/hra1qao Here is the Chromecast using Google TV: https://imgur.com/0aqNlNm Not sure if they haven't updated the app (NBCsports doesn't work with Chromecast with Google TV native yet) but disappointed so far with the World Series broadcast.

EDIT:If I cast it from my desktop using the "cast" option, the quality is better. It seems the apps on the Chromecast with Google TV are not updated for optimal viewing. Even then, the Roku native app is still better than casting to my Chromecast from my desktop. Seems the developers may need to update the apps(I hope).

BiggussDikkuss

SOLUTION:

Match content frame rate is under the Chromecast settings under Video.

Cough, cough.

It's not called "Match Content Frame Rate".

There is no Frame Rate Matching option on the GoogleTV dongle.

Only Match (Dynamic Range) Content - it's easy to confuse the two.

And that setting should be enabled by default when the GTV dongle detects it's connected to a HDR TV.

It's a bad device Firmware BUG that Google should fix IMHO.

akhenax

There is no match content frame rate!!! All the video settings should be in one place, sound in another. Who are these coders at Google and why do they not have common sense?