I think quality of transfers has improved exponentially over the last few years and some of the UHD HDR demos I've seen have been awesome, so I wouldn't worry about a (more) plastic Arnold.hope fox don't dnr the crap out there catalogue titles. Predator for example. HDR wax, no thanks
What is perhaps more interesting is how the cinemas respond to all this because if we're getting UHD/HDR/DCI/10-bit at home they'll need to up their game!Its an interesting one -- is HDR a genuine improvement to stay or a quick fix for a couple of years Until Avatar 2 and 3 come out and they can flog us 4K HDR HFR 3D as the next big thing
What is perhaps more interesting is how the cinemas respond to all this because if we're getting UHD/HDR/DCI/10-bit at home they'll need to up their game!
Thanks for putting the interview up, but is it just me or does he actually just talk around in circles? and pretty much the only thing he does say is that they are going to release a specification that TVs have to meet at CES to qualify for the UHDA HDR approved logo??
It is all really (in my opinion) a lot of hot air being wafted around.
We've already seen from the current crop of "HDR Ready" TVs that peak brightness ranges from 30% to 10% of the whole screen so it doesnt really matter how bright the whole panel can get if it can't get anywhere close to the peak brightness number.
And as the Guy says you only really get this in the middle of the brightness range, as with the colour gamut, you get washout of blacks and bleeding on whites.
I seriously doubt the specs required will be anywhere near enough as they want HDR to take off and more TVs to be sold, yet they cant have TVs with full backlights with 1000 dimmable zones and a 1000 nit peak brightness over 50% of the screen, proper 10 bit panels and 100% of DCI coverage, it would exclude too many people from buying as the price would be too high.
The only real choice for a true HDR experience is going to be better uniformed and brighter OLED TVs.
Obviously thats just my take on it.
Perhaps it's my lack of comprehension, but I am the only person who's thinking that the UHDA referring to HDR as greater brightness doesn't help clarify matters. Ok, black's black, coupled with a greater brightness (and wider colour gamut/greater bit depth) gives you greater graduations/steps of colour in between, but surely it's dynamic range we're talking about. What's the point in certifying a TV capable of hitting the peak HDR brightness requirements, if can't reproduce blacks? Is this being glossed over, since the vast majority of HDR TVs are currently LEDs and will remain that way for some time/permanently?
I think quality of transfers has improved exponentially over the last few years and some of the UHD HDR demos I've seen have been awesome, so I wouldn't worry about a (more) plastic Arnold.
Not really, 35mm has just as much resolution, a wider colour space and a bigger dynamic range than any current digital format.Worrying for older, film-based material.
Its an interesting one -- is HDR a genuine improvement to stay or a quick fix for a couple of years Until Avatar 2 and 3 come out and they can flog us 4K HDR HFR 3D as the next big thing
I don't think tv's that have poor contrast will get the certification though. The article clearly says contrast is part of the spec. Overall black floor isn't mentioned so ability to reproduce blacks will be down to the consumer and their choice of display they want to purchase. As long as each tv is certified correctly, then you will still get TV's that are all capable of showing the new standards but still have their own differences (eg, OLED, LED)Perhaps it's my lack of comprehension, but I am the only person who's thinking that the UHDA referring to HDR as greater brightness doesn't help clarify matters. Ok, black's black, coupled with a greater brightness (and wider colour gamut/greater bit depth) gives you greater graduations/steps of colour in between, but surely it's dynamic range we're talking about. What's the point in certifying a TV capable of hitting the peak HDR brightness requirements, if can't reproduce blacks? Is this being glossed over, since the vast majority of HDR TVs are currently LEDs and will remain that way for some time/permanently?