Setting subtitle brightness or transparency for LG OLED

[MSI2017 48]

Hi all,

I'm the proud owner of a new LG OLED which looks asbolutely stunning. Since I do plan to keep using it for quite long I am quite concerned about burn-in. I have all the built-in protection enabled but when watching HDR content on emby the subtitles are always blinding me at full brightness. The OLED of my friend already had burn-in there after two years. 

Therefore it would be pretty cool if I could sett the subtiltes to be a bit dimmer when watching HDR content. 

 

Thanks for the awesome app!

[Beav 18]

I'm not that worried about burn in. However being able to tweak the subtitles would be nice.

[Luke 42077]

HI, yes we can expand on the current subtitle options. Thanks for the feedback.

[rbjtech 5283]

On 04/02/2022 at 22:24, MSI2017 said:

Hi all,

I'm the proud owner of a new LG OLED which looks asbolutely stunning. Since I do plan to keep using it for quite long I am quite concerned about burn-in. I have all the built-in protection enabled but when watching HDR content on emby the subtitles are always blinding me at full brightness. The OLED of my friend already had burn-in there after two years. 

Therefore it would be pretty cool if I could sett the subtiltes to be a bit dimmer when watching HDR content. 

 

Thanks for the awesome app!

What Client ?

if you are using FireTV/AndroidTV - then there is already many options in the 'Playback/Subtitle' config to display White/Yellow or Grey subtitles and also brightness of Normal/Dim/Dimmer ...

For my LG OLED via the Shield - I have it set to White/Dim and they effectively show as Grey.  Dimmer is a little too dark for non HDR content.

Edited February 8, 2022 by rbjtech

[MSI2017 48]

20 hours ago, rbjtech said:

What Client ?

if you are using FireTV/AndroidTV - then there is already many options in the 'Playback/Subtitle' config to display White/Yellow or Grey subtitles and also brightness of Normal/Dim/Dimmer ...

For my LG OLED via the Shield - I have it set to White/Dim and they effectively show as Grey.  Dimmer is a little too dark for non HDR content.

LG WebOS app, no such option at the moment

[rbjtech 5283]

2 minutes ago, MSI2017 said:

LG WebOS app, no such option at the moment

Ah ok - then a valid request !  

[MSI2017 48]

On 2/9/2022 at 1:28 PM, rbjtech said:

Ah ok - then a valid request !  

Yeah I hoped that others would also think its a good idea, I might be a touch too carefull with my OLED but subtitle burn-in happens quickly and the things are super expensive

[Lunna 1]

I also feel the subtitels can be a bit bright while wathing HDR content. Can´t find any settings to change it.

Edited August 28, 2022 by Lunna

[Luke 42077]

There will be a light gray option in the next update to the app. Thanks.

[MSI2017 48]

1 minute ago, Luke said:

There will be a light gray option in the next update to the app. Thanks.

I'd rather have transparency to be honest, Grey would still drive the white pixels quite hard en and would barely activate the rest. Having it be like 75% transparent would mean those pixels match the rest of the panel a bit more

[Luke 42077]

21 minutes ago, MSI2017 said:

I'd rather have transparency to be honest, Grey would still drive the white pixels quite hard en and would barely activate the rest. Having it be like 75% transparent would mean those pixels match the rest of the panel a bit more

That option should already be there, I would think. If it's not it will be there in the next app update, but the current release isn't that old so it should be there already.

[MSI2017 48]

2 minutes ago, Luke said:

That option should already be there, I would think. If it's not it will be there in the next app update, but the current release isn't that old so it should be there already.

I've just checked to be sure, but only background transparency is an option 

[gcornilescu 1]

It's not as much as it burns the OLED (which it does, at least on my older LG OLED) but it burns my EYES. Need to be able to set less bright fonts and many more background colors and brightness levels. Inherently CC is high contrast, so with HDR needs to be toned down.

[Kraszer 4]

It would be great to be able to lower subtitles and UI brightness in settings. UI is very bright on full TV brightness.

[rbjtech 5283]

12 hours ago, Kraszer said:

It would be great to be able to lower subtitles and UI brightness in settings. UI is very bright on full TV brightness.

use the Grey subtitles - they are not as intensive.

[MiguelYas 2]

Following up on this thread, the new LG OLED G5 panels are so bright that when playing HDR content in the webOS app, even with subtitles set to dark gray, the text appears overly bright and it almost looks as if the subtitle color does not change at all. An option to adjust subtitle text transparency or to select an even darker color would be necessary to counterbalance the panel’s high brightness.

[Luke 42077]

1 hour ago, MiguelYas said:

Following up on this thread, the new LG OLED G5 panels are so bright that when playing HDR content in the webOS app, even with subtitles set to dark gray, the text appears overly bright and it almost looks as if the subtitle color does not change at all. An option to adjust subtitle text transparency or to select an even darker color would be necessary to counterbalance the panel’s high brightness.

Hi, can you take a photo example of that? Thanks.

[MiguelYas 2]

Thank you for your reply. I’m attaching images using an external subtitle file in .srt format.

The subtitles range from white to dark gray 2, so you can see that the difference is minimal when playing HDR content — in this case, Dolby Vision.

If you need more images or additional data, I’ll be happy to provide them. Thank you!

[Luke 42077]

Can you do a screenshot of orange?

[MiguelYas 2]

[Luke 42077]

OK thanks. I guess we will have to add more options.

[ebr 16169]

2 hours ago, Luke said:

OK thanks. I guess we will have to add more options.

I don't really think more options are necessary.  Just apply some less opacity when in TV mode. 

[MiguelYas 2]

Yes, maybe some opacity options could be the solution.

 

Thank you!

[rbjtech 5283]

On 30/12/2025 at 01:17, ebr said:

I don't really think more options are necessary.  Just apply some less opacity when in TV mode. 

I'm not sure how the AndroidTV app is doing it - but simply copy that   - On my OLED using AndroidTV both the normal text and subs seem perfectly suited to a dark room contrast, not too bright, not too dim.

[ebr 16169]

3 hours ago, rbjtech said:

I'm not sure how the AndroidTV app is doing it - but simply copy that   - On my OLED using AndroidTV both the normal text and subs seem perfectly suited to a dark room contrast, not too bright, not too dim.

Yes, that was my point.  If you just tone it down a bit in TV mode, it should work without the need for any additional options.