About the post
We standardized on a dual-view DI setup: one trim pass for SDR living rooms and one for brighter HDR displays, then met in the middle with a controlled pedestal lift in shadows so crushing never killed wardrobe detail.
What is our conclusion
Readability won when we stopped treating midnight as pure black and started treating it as a narrow luminance band with intentional spill from practicals.
Final Heading
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