After a week with a C7, I've come to accept that HDR Game Mode is pretty much unusable 50% of the time on LG 7 Series. Some games work because they seem unbelievably well calibrated (GTS), some are unplayable (Infamous), some other are pretty much impossible to have look great (Uncharted, ACO, anything really sunny).
The philosophy behind this mode processing is commendable (not losing any detail, compensating for panel peak brightness ceiling), but it doesn't work in way too many real life scenarios. I guess I'll play non-demanding games on HDR Standard, and disable HDR altogether in high-speed ones (like if a HDR update ever makes its way into Rocket League).
Pretty disappointed after such an expensive purchase tbh, as HDR was one of the draws for upgrading my 2013 1080p set. Thinking that my set is absolutely able to display HDR Standard luminance with game mode input lag and that's all about a software limitation makes it even more infuriating. It should have been a setting, and preferably a slider to try and reach a better compromise.
Well I still have my perfect blacks and I'm really crazy about it, so I'm keeping the set (and wow after a week of use I don't think I could go back to a 42'). Just way less stoked than I hoped I'd be.
