Amazon Fire TV 4-Series HDR settings
The best HDR settings for the Amazon Fire TV 4-Series TV — for gaming on PC, PS5 and Xbox and for movies on Apple TV, Android/Google TV and streaming apps — plus whether HDR is worth using at all.
Display at a glance
- Type
- Television
- Panel
- Edge-lit VA
- Peak brightness
- ~280 nits
- Full-field brightness
- ~260 nits
- Local dimming
- None
- HDR formats
- HDR10, HDR10+, HLG
- Low brightness, no dimming — best left in SDR for gaming.
Amazon picture-menu (OSD) settings
- Colour TemperatureWarm
Warmest preset is closest to the reference white point.
- Local dimmingNone available
This panel has no real local dimming, so blacks stay grey in HDR — there’s no setting to fix that.
Menu names vary by model and year — match the closest equivalent on your set.
HDR game settings — by platform
PC (Windows)
Use SDR insteadAmazon Fire TV 4-Series: skip HDR — a good SDR mode will look better.
- Disable HDR
- Use the panel’s "Game" picture mode
- Set white balance warm
- Turn off motion smoothing & noise reduction
- Use each game’s SDR brightness calibration
PlayStation 5
Use SDR insteadAmazon Fire TV 4-Series: skip HDR — a good SDR mode will look better.
- Disable HDR
- Use the panel’s "Game" picture mode
- Set white balance warm
- Turn off motion smoothing & noise reduction
- Use each game’s SDR brightness calibration
Xbox Series X|S
Use SDR insteadAmazon Fire TV 4-Series: skip HDR — a good SDR mode will look better.
- Disable HDR
- Use the panel’s "Game" picture mode
- Set white balance warm
- Turn off motion smoothing & noise reduction
- Use each game’s SDR brightness calibration
HDR movie & streaming settings
For movies
Use SDR insteadAmazon Fire TV 4-Series: HDR movies will be tone-mapped down — manage expectations and watch in a dark room.
- Use the TV’s built-in streaming apps
- Set streaming quality to the HDR tier
- Pick the movie picture mode (per app if needed)
- Turn off the ambient light sensor / eco dimming
- Set expectations for HDR on this panel
Watching via Apple TV, Android/Google TV, PC or a console? Open the calibrator in Movies mode for the exact per-source steps (Match Content, Dolby Vision, 24Hz and more).
Movie settings for the Amazon Fire TV 4-Series →