Best Xbox Series X Settings Explained: YCC 422, 8-Bit or 10-Bit, Standard vs PC RGB

We explain & demonstrate the key video settings on the Xbox Series X, including [Allow YCC 422], 8-bit vs 10-bit vs 12-bit, and [Colour space] "Standard" or "PC RGB", as well as give our recommendations for the best settings.
There's also a bonus tip on a setting on the Xbox Series X that may help reduce the risk of OLED burn-in.
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[@TheGuitarTheory]

I literally sold boat loads of TV's as a sales associate (Walmart so no commission) using this guy's knowledge. I never wanted to sell products that I didn't have faith in.

[@tommycocacocke]

If all sellers was like you:)

[@planetsen]

@@93836 why tho , you should know your product before buying dont jjst get to a tv shop and buy one lol look it up do research it still amazing me people buying products like this with no research and faith in someone who’s job is to sell you anything for the most money

[@sharebear421]

Walmart doesn’t have any of the TVs he praises though

[@tommycocacocke]

Still, ther is so many snake oil sellers out there in the world. I stod next to a seller in a big electronics store, telling a old man how much improvment 120 Hz would have on the news channel on the cable. "Much better picture flow"..

[@Hylander_1989]

Top man.

[@narayan1369]

"How Japanese hentai is censored" Explanations I can understand, subscribed.

[@retropulse03]

I don't understand at all. Isn't censored pornography kind of redundant? lol

[@kai-gg2ip]

@@retropulse03illegal in Japan to show nudity I think

[@jjmah7]

Since there’s no time stamps and this video is a bit lengthy, he’s basically saying the following for most people: -4K on -Allow YCC 4:2:2 off -Select the 10 bit video output setting -Select the Auto-HDR setting -Select the Standard (Recommended) setting over PC RGB And he also concluded that the failure to do these things might make your games appear blurry and pixelated, much like how private parts are depicted in Japanese Hentai movies.

[@jjmah7]

@Get3Blocked actually yes, but only because Microsoft kinda sucks. When you set the output too high the screen looks like crap. It COULD be that the games released so far can’t handle that output as well, but for now - this does seem to be the best settings. Btw I’ve run into not one of these issues on my PS5. Even though under the hood the Series X appears to be stronger, as of right now the PS5 is the superior machine.

[@jayroman3384]

@Get3Blocked 30bits? What tv do you know is 30bits?

[@noobmaster1186]

@Get3Blocked are you in 2276

[@Mr_Zod]

@@jjmah7 I have had both consoles since launch, your delusional if you think PS5 is superior. It has less power, no auto HDR, no VRR, no smart delivery. It is useful for the exclusives and that is it. I would never buy a third party game on PS5.

[@jjmah7]

@@Mr_Zod some what you said is flat out incorrect, but nothing you mentioned have been shown to make it superior. Many of the major releases that have been released on both consoles have been performance tested by Digital Foundry, and almost all of them run better on PS5, they attribute a lot of the reasoning being that Sony made a custom SSD that is just better. All the other ‘power levels’ that are better on paper have yet to be fully realized as of now. Maybe they will be in the future, but as of now games both look and perform better on PS5. Maybe next time you should try to not look at Microsoft propaganda and look at the actual data results from testing before you spout out your bullshit.

[@natemac18]

Thanks for another great video. I adjusted my HDR blacks to 0 and it made a huge difference!

[@335426201]

Love the casual mention of hentai

[@Suddhadeep]

Timestamp

[@Jqwerty38]

@@Suddhadeep 8:50

[@2Guys1ControllerShow]

*ding*

[@XX-xp3mh]

🤣🤣🤣

[@radjago]

I think he missed a big opportunity here. Even with the latest compression algorithms, some blocking will be more macro than others.

[@ChiefKyros]

You are insanely informative and well educated regarding whatever it is you are talking about, so it’s easy to understand what you are saying whilst retaining and comprehending the information you are giving us! Thank you so much!!

[@greygamer6220]

Calm, cool, and to the point. No BS. Love your content.

[@barbiereyes5539]

Wow! I am incredibly grateful for the explanations coupled with the demonstrations. Absolutely fantastic! I had to subscribe! :)

[@EliminatorPerformance]

Vincent, I recently discovered your channel and I wanted to thank you for the amazing content you produce. It was unbelievable sitting here, listening to you talking, hearing you answering questions from comments on your other video, some that I (and many others I'm sure) had asked. You absolutely explained everything I needed to know, in a technical, yet easy to understand way. I'm a mechanic, and am just getting into the tech world so to speak, and I am grateful for content creators such as yourself. Cheers from Ontario, Canada.

[@4foxsake571]

I absolutely love the commentary as we’re going through this. Makes all the dry material much easier to palette given that it’s fun to listen to The commentary that goes along with it. Well done.

[@rafograph854]

This is a masterpiece of a Tech video, hands down. You're a legend man.

[@bostonquad2068]

Big facts he brought up LG seals on oleds.... I got one c165in and i love it

[@MikeHart84]

A very useful video. They way you explain all the video options is Epic. Keep up the great work! 👍

[@Buggins]

I must say I actually found this very informative despite not having a CX. Particularly because I’ve always wondered what on earth YCC and colour space settings even did!

[@grxy5924]

same here

[@LuisGonzalez-sk9cg]

This is how you make a INFORMATIONAL video great job bro sensational job on explaining the whole experience step by step

[@marlzaix]

This is very educational. I don't have tech background academically, but i'm an enthusiast. With your humour, i'm sold

[@manukorwitz7782]

Best Video I found on KZbin about Xbox Series X Settings for TV/Monitors. Thank you so much and best wishes from Germany!

[@NIRVANAmat]

Great video, really easy to follow and practically put! Very nice! Thanks :)

[@ManiLink]

"I wanted to say it was as random as the UK governments Corona Virus Policy" 😂

[@howardmueller1535]

😂😂😂

[@timstrick84]

😭😭😭

[@jcmbird]

😂

[@jaysins]

That comment got my sub 😀

[@Jmaxtrian-qy4qs]

I always watch this video over and over again, it's just so good

[@MadaoAU]

came for the basic content, ended up learning a lot about how new tech works, love it. Thank you for going to such length of explanation got urself a sub.

[@MadaoAU]

if i may ask, how can i know if my monitor is RGB full or limited ? i cant seem to find that information. I got a new monitor if anyone could help. Samsung UR55 4k freesync HDR10 monitor

[@MK-kt5qu]

Thanks for showing me how to switch to a 10bit pipe. You the man.

[@KNasty]

Awesome video thanks for the tips! Now I wish you would do a video on recommended in game display settings for Ubisoft games because I don't know what the hell I'm supposed to be looking at on my C9

[@davidpanapa173]

Great video as always 👌 thanks Vincent, enjoying all the gaming videos

[@bsiferd]

Hey man, I just wanted to say thank you for these videos. The mix of intelligent content with a little bit of sass on the side..A+ amigo

[@DH-rt3fk]

I asked some of these questions in the comments of the last series x settings video. Thank you sir.

[@bmarcinczyk14]

Correction on the auto HDR explanation. It does not force the TV into HDR for every game. Only select games support the auto HDR feature. SDR games that do not support auto HDR will still be SDR even with that box checked.

[@SnappingTurtle90]

Ive looked into this but couldn’t find any concrete evidence. How did you find this out? Thanks

[@bmarcinczyk14]

@@SnappingTurtle90 From first hand experience using my xbox. On games that do not support auto HDR or HDR your TV will not go into HDR mode. On games that do support auto HDR your tv will go into HDR mode.

[@robtennant98]

@@bmarcinczyk14I can confirm this

[@larschristianskulbru1181]

Thanks Vincent for the informative & interesting videos on my newly bought LG C1 65" & XboxSX..! Now I understand from what you are telling us, things that before this was to me just gibberish. (I can now even somewhat understand what the "Host Diagnostics" & the "Freesync/VRR Info tool" is about! )

[@warnvilla1162]

Vincent I love this channel, thank you so much for the information, subscribed for life

[@simistef]

i learned something new today: keeping the console on 12 bits on C9 (supporting 12 bits) was outputing actually an 8 bits ... thank Vincent for the top tip of using the 10 bits. Looks like CX owners can be happy now.

[@marianobuonocorelive22]

I am fine but I wanted to know how to put 8 bit or 10 bit is the same thing ?? because I would like to leave 8 bit

[@Tracker5111]

@@marianobuonocorelive22 no 8 is not 10...hence the different number. 10 is better because more color information is passed. You didnt say why you want to stick at 8 bit so it seems nonsensical to want less !?!?

[@KraljHD]

My man really explained things with hentai. What a god.

[@Age_of_centers]

What’s hentai.

[@KraljHD]

@@Age_of_centers If you don't know what's hentai then you might want to have a talk with your parents about how babies are made. I am not in the position to break that to you.

[@dominikarusinova2041]

@@KraljHD you just made my day. :D

[@KraljHD]

@@dominikarusinova2041 I'm glad I did. That makes me happy too.

[@Arthur-on5ss]

@@Age_of_centers *don´t*

[@lekk]

Very insightful and well explained. Thanks!

[@mbopa06]

No idea how this come into my timeline but found this very informative. Thanks

[@codyv2717]

Love your vids, I'm trying these tips on my CX today! You should do a comparison of the series x with an LG CX vs. a high end gaming monitor!

[@Europa-Park-Family]

Thank you for your interesting videos and tips how to optimize our TVs! Is there any way to get the Test-Blu-ray you are using?

[@TheChrcol]

nice analysis of console options, required bandwidth etc.

[@iangarland2096]

Fantastic video. As someone who has just purchased an Xbox Series X, I’ll be using these recommended settings for my LG OLED. Thanks!!!

[@lifeworship08]

Your videos are so informative and educational. By far, best channel for HDTV information! Really hope you make similar videos for the PS5 🤞🏻🤞🏻

[@jbtthebrownmessiah1053]

👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼🤞🏽

[@mrtuber3491]

I stopped playing games on pc for these 2 main reasons. Upgrading to get the best settings and messing around with settings to make sure it runs properly. What happened to the good old days where you buy a console and just plug and play. So much calibration is now needed.

[@karlsavage7495]

Agreed. Tbh, I found much of this video bewildering. I don't really need to know how stuff works, I just want to know which settings to enable/disable to give me the optimum picture.

[@mrtuber3491]

@@karlsavage7495 i lay the blame with the console makers taking the consoles into pc territory. The console through hdmi should automatically give the optimum setting.

[@NightsofShadow]

It's not needed. Most likely none of us will really see the difference. You can still just "plug and play" and have a great experience..

[@wackswax8423]

i know right. did they not do any r&d with the available tvs on the market?

[@Travis-kt7cn]

It's not rocket science, just requires you to use a little bit of your tiny brain.

[@sirvicemanone]

Sir, thank you for your thoughtful and eloquent introduction to the science behind the magic. Huge thumbs up and subbing your channel. Cheers!

[@TheMetalmachine467]

Thank you for the settings information Saved me a lot of time

[@charlienesh]

Please do these 2 videos for the ps5 with the CX when you can. Thanks!

[@marwinthedja5450]

When I first stumbled across HDTVtest I couldn't imagine that a channel solely dedicated to TVs could offer many interesting/fun to watch videos. (Disclaimer: I don't even own a TV and don't watch movies/series.) But your engaging and fun way (Bing!) of presentation and in-depth knowledge made me sub . Keep it up!

[@DerekBove]

Informative as always! Thank you Vincent.

[@Timmy-Hi5]

Hello Vincent, thank you for these great video's, and I'm blow away on how much information for setting up games 👍👌. Question: Would you recommend 32" TV over 32" Gaming monitor consider the cost 🎅, much appreciated your advice 🎉

[@dougquesnel5613]

awesome video. What would you recommend for someone with a C7/B7 or type of TV for settings?

[@videogamer38]

Vincent is the only guy I can watch play about with settings for 27 minutes and not get bored and I haven't even got a series x

[@liveyourlifeb4end]

🤣

[@nathanc6516]

Thank you so much for this, you answered so many questions I had.

[@B1ack0ut799]

Thanks man this helped me out so much🔥

[@LucidCoder]

"that's a mouthful" *ding* This guy :-D

[@maxhill9254]

+1

[@CraigNZA]

Great video thanks Vincent. On an older LG OLED65B7V I’m assuming it has HDMI 2.0 so it should be better to run at 4K60 with 10 bit colour and YCC 4:2:2 enabled?

[@zeemmarax]

Just discovered your channel, fantastic work!

[@bryce2fadeway]

Best tech tv image videos channels ever. Keep it up. There is digital foundry and you! Which speaks a lot!

[@flaviolopes5440]

Could you please tell me the absolute difference in HDMI PC Mode vs Console Mode input lag? (If there is) I'm using PC Mode due to your recommendation regarding 4:4:4, but I'm afraid I'm losing input lag. In FPS games like COD every ms of input lag makes an huge.. difference in your advantage during gameplay. (Obviously I'm using game optimizer mode in both cases)

[@anthonymiller18]

Would love to hear your updated thoughts for the C1 now that it's got major firmware updates. Thanks!

[@sharebear421]

It’s very similar or almost the same as the c9/X

[@ElComanche]

Smart dude. Loved this video. Was very helpful understanding stuff.

[@lloydfrancis9149]

Thanks so much i keep playing with settings now i have a series X now I see you adjusting settings Thanks for letting me know about the range im going to full I love the deep blacks. Cheers

[@scottwilkins]

The game that sold me on HDR was Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Valhalla didn't do much in HDR, but Odyssey was extremely more playable and enjoyable in HDR. Not sure why, but you'd have to see it and play the difference to understand.

[@jacobm557]

Best channel on KZbin imo 👍👍

[@BigJ2LiT]

Great video! Thank you for this great information never really understood all of the settings.

[@drizztatk]

Thanks! Your information has made me decide to not jump the gun on a new tv. I have a 55” LG B7 and I’m just going to wait til the new year to see what comes out. It’s only 2 months away, I can do it lol.

[@EliminatorPerformance]

Xbox confirmed they'll support Dolby Vision for games in 2021, at this point it's only supported for Netflix and Disney+. As for HDR10+ they said they'll listen to consumers and manufacturers, and issued no further comment.

[@lecorsaire2283]

Yep, Dolby told the press this a few months back. I wish MS would add DV support for Blus too but that’s just wishful thinking.

[@jman7481]

Wooooooo yeah can’t wait

[@vagamer522]

I figured can't implement that feature at launch without testing it

[@scoobyhawk9302]

Only trouble with Dolby vision for games is that it doesn't use gaming mode or instant game response. So its laggy af. Using Dolby vision on series x for Netflix is super delayed on the button presses.

[@lecorsaire2283]

@@scoobyhawk9302 What do you mean? LG OLEDs have a Dolby Vision game mode separate from the HDR10 game mode. It’s up to other manufacturers to add a DV game mode too but it’s definitely possible. If Sonys don’t have it then I guess it’ll depend on whether they bring DV to the PS5 since I don’t see Sony adding a feature that helps out their competition.

[@kenfarnsworth5420]

Gotta admit, most of this went right over my head. Watched every minute of the video anyway.

[@f44had]

Most of it was pointless.. Soo much time wasted explaining random things which was not necessary

[@retropulse03]

@@f44had He takes the time to educate us on what all this stuff actually means. Not sure how that is pointless...

[@f44had]

@@retropulse03 Explaining that setting the xbox so 60 htz will limit the TV to and games to 6p htz is pointless in the sense that it's pretty obvious. There no point in wasting time in explaining that for like 10 mins

[@WhirlingMusic]

@@f44had He should have made separate videos or at least had time stamps

[@nacthenud]

Fantastic video. Thanks Vincent!

[@JeffreyIglesias]

Thank you sir! I just got my Series X and set it up this way but I bought a C1 which I'm happy very happy with it just need to find the settings for that TV.

[@jangof3tt740]

Hello, Thank you for your tuto videos. I have a question, you are suggesting 8 bit or 10 bit depth color., I wondering, does dolby vision still work with 8 bit or 10 bit ? I though for Dolby vision we need 12 bit color. Thank you in advance.

[@sunshine1x111]

This man is a legend. I just bought the LG CX and ran through a couple of your videos and now my setup with my Series X is hotter than a 2 dollar pistol. Thank you!!!

[@chozen4greatness553]

Lol

[@ma9ical1]

Thanks for this comprehensive video

[@marcos-ut7mq]

Thank you for very in depth video!

[@tommycocacocke]

Damn, i have woundered about these Settings since the ps3.... Tnx.

[@sjb626]

The speed at which I opened the comments once I heard him reference hentai, lmao. The absolute legend.

[@gtamike_TSGK]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@jdmb4u620]

Youre not alone 😂

[@Joemamma664]

Same 🤣

[@captainuncreative2060]

Same 😂😂

[@oisinhedou5476]

Thank god your a guy that did his homework like me on cars the world needs professionals keep it up and happy new year and god bless oisin

[@marioawe9990]

Really great video. Love your content!

[@suly3243]

Vincent: you gonna learn today!

[@SoundPrecision]

10 bit setting triggers hdr on my TV. Since I have different settings for sdr and hdr I'd leave it 8 bit since it will switch automatically to 10 or 12 bit accordingly depending on the source. PS. Thank you for the guide though, really helpful

[@NinjaSquirrel30]

Thank uou! Well explained and knowledge really came through. 👏

[@chrismurphy3745]

Your information is a god send . Thank you 😊

[@andrewguy8599]

I think it would be useful to do a similar video but using a hdmi 2.0 TV instead (e.g Sony AG9) so we know the best settings to use for displays limited to 18Gbps bandwidth.

[@marksapollo]

I agree with this.

[@DaveNagy1]

I can't help but wonder if the "Allow 4:2:2" option would have perhaps allowed the LG to display *something* at a 12/36-bit color depth. (Instead of dropping all the way down to 4:2:0, and failing to display anything.) Probably not, but I was a little disappointed that Vincent didn't mention whether he had tried that.

[@HydraSpectre1138]

The LG TVs have a bug that calls 4:2:2 content as 8-bit even if they are 10-bit or 12-bit. They are true 10-bit and 12-bit but the FreeSync Info secret menu has a bug.

[@scarstruck85]

This is the best channel on earth for TV's and monitors. Learning a lot.

[@ants.7277]

Thanks for the helpful video!

[@teazqt812]

I had YCC 4:2:2 off and I disabled auto HDR. Thanks for the video as always ❤️

[@dexocomeon7543]

Very informative, thanks! I have the One X and the settings are pretty much the same. The only thing I'm doing differently is the color space: I'm using PC RGB instead of Standard because I'm using a computer monitor and not a TV. I tried both modes for a while and PC RGB looks undoubtedly better on my screen.

[@acardenasjr1340]

Same, if I’m gaming on a Monitor, then I use the PC RGB, however if I use lets say the living room TV, a Vizio, I keep it standard.

[@jofa9670]

Great video! Thanks so much 🙏🏽🏆

[@YamiRich]

Very informative, thank you.

[@Neekk_Oh]

Would you be willing to give advice on settings for a Vizio M55-Q7-H1 and Xbox Series X? I can’t seem to get the TV to run in 4:4:4 if I am in HDR mode.

[@willchongwei]

Please make video of optimum settings for x90H. Many of us have all bought this or the cx.

[@itsGlenCoco]

AGREED!

[@elburritoman]

This man's bit depth explanation is amazing

[@spartanq7781]

I hate that too. If you know what I mean.

[@fuzzlebomber9165]

Thx 🙏🏻 great explained!

[@WoodmanTV]

Love the video! Question please: Why can’t Extron 8K Data rate calculator do 3840x2160 at 60hz 12 bit with 4.2.2? and what is answer? Many thanks!

[@BlazedGrenade]

Defenitly would Appreciate a PS5 version on this Same TV I have both consoles

[@brazilianmercenary]

Yes please.

[@CriPPleR_HD]

Agree. Same.

[@davidhes]

Agreed

[@BlackBruceLeeTheGreatDekuTree]

How did you land both consoles, fam?

[@jdubdoubleu]

His ps5 broke

[@oldie-worldie]

Love your video's, learnt so much about my C1 from all your useful information. How did you bring up the Easter egg pop up?

[@superbn0va]

It was a pleasure watching Urotsukidoji the perfect collection on my JZ2000 💕

[@gabrielestrada7749]

Can you do a (Best settings for LG C1 for Xbox Series X) like you did for PS5?

[@RabidPandaV]

Great video. I believe the reason that the LG does not display the 12-bit color setting is because LG OLEDs are manufactured as 10-bit panels and the HDMI 2.1 ports have the same bandwidth limitations as the Series X.

[@sirajalashek]

No found any tv use 12bit

[@GoncaloGuerraPT]

I have a Sony OLED 2019 Master Series and the screen doesn’t go black when I put 12-bit.

[@derekspecht6323]

I showed this video to my friend who asked about getting the most out of his LG, it makes a night and day difference on some games and movies.

[@JTCulverhouse]

This is great. Thanks Vincent. :)

[@CatalystZero]

Thank you very much Vincent! Really appreciate this video. Would be very grateful as well if you could do a PS5 version and settings for the LG C9 / CX. Keep up the wonderful work!

[@JoshFisher567]

The CO is the only display that can use all new features. The fact that sony picked forum VRR is going to be a major issue with HDR. Better off waiting two or three years until devs get familiar with the new consoles while much better displays like micro led and quantum dot oled are out. from my understanding neither essentially LCD displays with an old display in front to increase the brightness of OLED while maintaining the deep blacks. If your going to buy anything at the moment I would get a good gaming monitor as they have been building up to this for years, which is why gsynch ultra or premium is only available on the x box series x for that reason. HDR and VRR is it going to be a nightmare for the PS5. Long video but very technical details of why HDMI 2.1 does not matter at all right now. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3Wuhmt7btd9hcU

[@lightemup1023]

@@JoshFisher567 why is vrr going to be a nightmare.... it is coming with an update

[@Kapono5150]

@@lightemup1023 our PS5 still doesn’t have VRR. Im hearing from people that know some other people in high places say, “Don’t expect VRR on PS5 for a while”, but it is being worked on. That Media Tek chip is really hurting the progress

[@shayno7284]

Love your videos. They are very helpful & informative. I have a question. I have the LG c1 55 inch oled. And I can choose the 12 bit option on the xbox series x should I run it on this, or keep it on 10bit.

[@cristianoguimaraesbr]

I have de same question. Did you find out?

[@shayno7284]

@@cristianoguimaraesbr unfortunately I didn't get a reply. Still confused 😕

[@PAULSKOI]

Fantastic video mate

[@TyquanSanders]

Much appreciated amazing video. I just have one question do all hdmi 2.1 TVs at least support that 40gbs bandwidth?