Article ID : 00137449 / Last Modified : 05/28/2026

The screen flickers when playing back or stopping HDR content

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This behaviour is caused by the picture mode changing to HDR Video via auto-detection.
The picture quality setting for HDR contents is changed to an appropriate setting automatically. The TV is not malfunctioning.

How to play back contents on the Home Network server
How do I view 4K and HDR content on Sony's 4K Android TV using an external HDMI device?
My Android TV can't play back content stored on my home network server
When playing back network contents (video/music/photos), the TV is slow, playback stops, loading repeats, or block noise appears.
Contents recorded by Action Cam, etc. at 200/240 fps cannot be played back properly.

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The screen flickers when playing back or stopping HDR content

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