As is the case with any other HDR format, you need a couple of things to view HDR10+-enabled content: A source supporting HDR10+. This could be anything from a Blu-ray disk or a streaming service like Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, or Hulu, and even games. A device capable of re...
Every TV that is HDR-capable is compatible with HDR10. It’s the minimum specification. The HDR10 format allows for a maximum brightness of 1,000 nits (a measure of brightness), and a color depth of 10 bits. On their own, those numbers don’t mean much, but in context they do: Com...
To explain the difference between HDR10 and HDR10+, we need to talk about metadata. Metadata is additional info, beyond the video signal itself, that gets transmitted along with an HDR movie or TV show. It basically tells the TV how to show the high dynamic range content. They're like se...
Part 1: What is HDR? HDR is one of the strongest selling points of4K TVsbecause it offers an upgrade from the standard dynamic range that can be found in most HD and Full HD TV sets on the market. This means that a display that is equipped with HDR has the ability to read all the...
What is HDR? Short forHigh-Dynamic Range, HDR was originally a concept that applied to photography, with HDR images combining images of different exposures together to cover a wider range of colors and brightness levels than a single exposure would allow. For still images, this allo...
What is HDR? HDR stands for High Dynamic Range, and allows a wider range of brightness (dynamic range), from darkest to brightest, to be displayed compared to existing SDR (Standard Dynamic Range). As shown in the images below, when content is displayed in SDR, shadows tend to have ...
The term ‘HDR’ has been quite the buzzword when it comes to high-end TVs, but now this standard is becoming more and more popular among new monitors as well. What Does HDR Do? Having a high-resolution PC monitor with a high-quality panel boasting excellent contrast ratio, high brightnes...
Wide color gamut (WCG)is along for the ride with HDR, and that brings even more colors to the table. Colors that, so far, were impossible to reproduce on any television. The reds of a fire truck, the deep violet of an eggplant, even the green of many street signs. You may have ne...
What is HDR? Like the term "HD," HDR has its own liberal and colloquial uses which make the understanding of what is HDR in relation to real-life displays,a little trickyto nail down. To fix that, organizations came up with their own standards, certifying displays as supporting HDR. In...
t show as certified (it saysNot foundnext toHDR certification), it might be because it doesn’t have an HDR certification, or the display manufacturer hasn’t published HDR certification information for your display. To find out if your display is HDR certified, visit the device manufacturer’...