I recently purchased Alienware’s new 32" OLED 4K monitor and it comes with Dolby Vision. Does anyone know if Dolby Vision helps in MSFS or is it best to just use HDR in-game? Or is using both HDR and Dolby Vision together the way to go?
Chad
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I had some weird screen flashing and blank black screen issues with Dolby Vison turned on, so I turned it off.
The sim doesn’t support it natively (at least not within the in-sim options pages), so I’ve just been running with HDR.
I don’t use this PC for anything but MSFS, so this isn’t an issue for me.
I have the same display.
Thank you! That’s good to know.
Are you running it with a 4090?
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I have an AMD RX 7900XTX, so no.
Got it. I just moved to Nvidia from AMD when I bought this and I still struggle with figuring out V-sync/no V-sync, 240hz or lower refresh rate, etc.
Do you run at 240hz or did you lower it with this monitor? I am never sure what is best or what the benefit is of running high or low.
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I started out at 60Hz with in-sync at 100% since this is what I had with my previous display. It wasn’t capable of anything higher than 60Hz and I was generally getting my usual solid 60 FPS when up in the air or on the ground at the lighter duty GA airports I tend to fly in/out from.
Then I got “talked in” to trying out the whole AMD Fluid Motion Frames (AFMF aka Frame Generation) thing, which I could not get working on my previous display.
Currently, I’m still using AFMF with the display at 240Hz since the frame generation is getting FPS up to 160+ in optimal conditions (It would probably get even higher, but I run TLOD 400 & OLOD 200). This also includes using no in-sim Vsync and having VRR working.
It’s pretty cool having the ability to utilize all this technology that my high-end gear is capable of.
I didn’t really see a need before, but since I have the ability to use it, then why not?!
Seems like it’s a never ending battle for the “perfect” balance and even with all the high-end stuff I buy I still find myself spending a lot of time tweaking. Oh well, that’s part of the hobby I suppose. lol.
Thanks for chatting and giving me some feedback.
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Dolby Vision is a type of HDR. Using it on a DV-capable monitor requires that the source content be encoded in DV as well. Like Nixon said, the sim doesn’t support it (AFAIK).
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Thank you! This is really helpful!
My display is spec’d at 1499 nits.
I don’t see how it would be possible to display 10,000 nits with Dolby Vision.
At the the 2018 CES, Sony was showing off a prototype LCD/LED, capable of hitting 10,000 nits of peak brightness. The 85" screen was also sporting 8K resolution.
Doesn’t help us 
But it’s possible.
I also found this. 
LG has just announced (May, 2024) new OLEDoS panels with a peak brightness of 10,000 nits.
Yes, 10,000 nits. No, I haven’t just fallen unconscious leaning on the ‘0’ key. If that doesn’t already seem utterly retina-roasting, get this. We’re talking about tiny little OLED panels for VR headsets. So, that’s 10,000 nits half an inch from your eyeball. What could possibly go wrong?
LG is calling the new display panel OLEDoS, which stands for OLED on Silicon. It’s created by depositing OLED directly onto silicon wafers. This is not an entirely novel approach. For some time, LCoS display panels have been available, which are Liquid Crystal on Silicon and are typically used in projectors as a high-contrast alternative to DLP.
LG’s OLEDoS panels measure just 1.3 inches across and yet offer a 3,840 by 3,840 resolution. The net result is a stupendous 4,175 DPI pixel density. The benefit of that in a VR context is obvious enough, namely super high-definition images and no screen-door effect that comes as a consequence of being able to see the individual pixels.
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Let’s hope these TVs will be sold with a free pair of aviator sunglasses… 
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At CES 2024 Hisense also announced the ULED X, a 110 inches miniLED display with a peak brightness of 10.000nits.
The technology may trickle down to their next gen smaller displays in 2025.
The new mini-LED and micro-LED panel technology is pretty awesome.