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Google TV Streamer + Vertex

This guide gives Google's documented Display & Sound settings for Dolby Vision through the Vertex, for the Google TV Streamer and the Chromecast with Google TV.

Google TV Streamer (4K, 2024) and Chromecast with Google TV (4K, 2020): Dolby Vision, HDR10, HDR10+ and HLG, up to 4K60. Chromecast with Google TV (HD, 2022): 1080p with HDR10, HDR10+ and HLG, but no Dolby Vision. None outputs more than 4K60. Google uses the same menu names on all three; only Audio options → Output format is specific to the Streamer.

DOLBY VISION WITH THIS SETUP

Google TV Streamer and Chromecast with Google TV (4K) send native Dolby Vision to a DV TV through the Vertex; LLDV from these devices is not confirmed.

Native Dolby Vision: PARTLYYes on Google TV Streamer and Chromecast with Google TV (4K); no on Chromecast with Google TV (HD).
LLDV via the Vertex: NOT CONFIRMEDHDfury's LLDV source list names only 'Chromecast (Netflix)', without a model. It is not confirmed for the Google TV Streamer, for Chromecast with Google TV, or for other apps.
HDR10: YESHDR10, HDR10+ and HLG on all three models, up to 4K60 on the 4K models.

Before you start

Set the Vertex EDID first (the TV's own EDID with DV, or an LLDV EDID).
All display settings are in Settings → Display & Sound: select your profile or the settings icon at the top right, then Settings.
Google: some TVs only show HDR when their HDMI input is in 'enhanced' mode. With the Vertex in between, set this on the display input the Vertex feeds.

1. Basic picture and sound settings

ResolutionSettings → Display & Sound → Resolution4K 60Hz (4K 50Hz if you mainly watch 50Hz TV)These players never exceed 4K60, so this fits inside the Vertex's 18 Gbps.4K models
Match content (dynamic range)Settings → Display & Sound → Dynamic range and color formatTurn on Match contentGoogle: HDR is on by default and SDR can look too saturated; turning on Match content fixes the colour.
Match content frame rateSettings → Display & Sound → Match content frame rateOnGoogle: the player matches the frame rate to the content. It only works in apps that support it.
HDR format selectionSettings → Display & Sound → Advanced → Format selectionLet apps select the format automatically (not manual)Google: choose whether you select HDR formats manually or let apps select an available format automatically.
Audio outputSettings → Display & Sound → Audio options → Output formatAutomatic (Recommended)The other choices (Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Digital, PCM stereo) limit the audio format.Google TV Streamer
Surround formatsSettings → Display & Sound → Advanced sound settings → Surround sound format selectionAutomaticUse Manual only to troubleshoot audio formats.

2. Dolby Vision on a Dolby Vision TV

Google TV Streamer and Chromecast with Google TV (4K) only. The Vertex must pass the TV's Dolby Vision capability (see Vertex part A).

Keep Match content onSettings → Display & Sound → Dynamic range and color formatMatch content onDolby Vision titles are then sent as Dolby Vision, other content in its own format.
Let apps choose the HDR formatSettings → Display & Sound → Advanced → Format selectionAutomatic (let apps select)Apps can then pick Dolby Vision when the EDID lists it.

3. Dolby Vision (LLDV) on an HDR10 projector or TV

Not confirmed for these players. If you want to try: the Vertex presents an LLDV EDID and makes the display switch to HDR (see Vertex part B).

Test with NetflixNetflixPlay a Dolby Vision title and read the Vertex signal infoNetflix is the only app HDfury names for Chromecast LLDV. If the Vertex shows HDR10 instead, the player is not sending LLDV.Chromecast with Google TV (4K), Google TV Streamer

THE VERTEX PART

Vertex settings for this setup

Dolby Vision TV: connect the TV to the Vertex BOTTOM output and follow part A — EDID "COPY BOT SINK" (or Automix with "DV Force Metadata"), No Scaling, InfoFrame tools off.
HDR10 projector or TV (LLDV): follow part B — upload an LLDV EDID into a free custom slot (CUSTOM 4–10) and select it for the Vertex input this player is connected to. Then make the display switch to HDR (part B2).
Connect the player to a Vertex input; for native Dolby Vision the DV TV goes on the Vertex BOTTOM output.
LLDV from Google TV Streamer and Chromecast with Google TV is not confirmed; treat part B as a test.
While standard Dolby Vision plays, the Vertex shows RGB 8-bit. That is normal (Vertex manual, Pro Tips).

VERTEX DOLBY VISION SETUP — ALL STEPS →

Switch these off

Settings → Display & Sound → Dynamic range and color format → Match content offGoogle: with Match content off, SDR is sent in HDR and can look oversaturated.
Settings → Display & Sound → Audio options → Output format: Dolby Digital Plus / Dolby Digital / PCM stereoLimits the audio format; use Automatic (Streamer).

How you know it works

On the Vertex OLED Info page, the INP line shows the incoming signal. Standard (TV-led) Dolby Vision shows as RGB 8-bit: that is normal, because DV travels in an 8-bit RGB container (Vertex manual, Pro Tips).
For LLDV, the projector or TV must show HDR mode while the title plays.

Problems and fixes

SDR looks oversaturated

Settings → Display & Sound → Dynamic range and color format → turn on Match content (Google).

No HDR at all

Google: some TVs need the HDMI input in enhanced mode for HDR. Check the display input the Vertex feeds, then the Vertex EDID.

Dolby Vision titles play in SDR

The FlatpanelsHD review reports this when the display's EDID lists Dolby Vision only up to 30Hz. Check which Dolby Vision block the Vertex EDID presents.

Frame rate does not switch

Match content frame rate only works in apps that support it.

NOT CONFIRMED BY THE MANUFACTURER

LLDV output from the Google TV Streamer or Chromecast with Google TV, in any app.
The individual options inside Dynamic range and color format (Dolby Vision on/off, colour format, bit depth) are not documented by Google.
The option names inside Match content frame rate are not documented by Google.
FlatpanelsHD reports that the frame-rate matching mainly worked in Netflix at the time of its review.

CHECKED AGAINST

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