Understanding HDR10 and Dolby Vision

08 November 2020
We demystify HDR and explain what it is, how it's made, and what it can do for you.

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Anonymous, 08 Nov 2020Does the Apple iPhone version of Dolby Vision support hdr10... moreThe Dolby Vision video recorded on the iPhone 12 can only be played on a TV with Dolby Vision but for that you have to use AirPlay to send the video to an Apple TV 4K or extract the file over USB using a PC. If you just share the video online then the phone automatically converts it to SDR.

    Took me a lot of time to read this.

    I'll look at it after my brain cools.

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      Really enjoyed reading it, hope more useful article like this to be seen on your website instead of useless bone stop news upgrade for the OEM phones.

        Mikele, 08 Nov 2020Nice article and a job weldon but LG V Series smartphones u... moreThe LG G6 was the only Android smartphone that supported Dolby Vision and that's no longer in production.

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          Anonymous, 08 Nov 20204K@120 and 8K can only be possible if both Sensor and CPU c... moreThe smaller the sensor the better the processing power. That's why iphones do have great dynamic range in videos cause the cpu doesn't need to power up a huge sensor compared with 1/2.0", 1/1.7", 1/1.33" and 1/1.28" sensors. They are big so cpu can't do processing power like iphones do. A14 is as powerful as kirin 9000 but because of the larger 1/1.28" sensor the video quality will not be good as iphones 1/2.55" sensors.

            Mikele, 08 Nov 2020Nice article and a job weldon but LG V Series smartphones u... moreSo does LG G6.

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              Does the Apple iPhone version of Dolby Vision support hdr10 TVs? You mentioned that discs have to be mastered with backwards comparability but not if the iPhone version has backwards comparability straight out of the camera.

                Nice article and a job weldon but LG V Series smartphones uses Dolby Vision

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                  Anonymous, 08 Nov 2020I agree you can't do 8k with 12mp camera. But then wh... moreWe do not know if the camera is capable of doing 120fps.
                  Not all sensors can do it, most cannot do beyond 4K@60.
                  Also, We do not know if A14 has support for 4K@120 like Snapdragon 865/865+.

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                    Anonymous, 08 Nov 20204K@120 and 8K can only be possible if both Sensor and CPU c... moreI agree you can't do 8k with 12mp camera.
                    But then what is the excuse for not giving 4k120fps on Pro Max version?
                    What is the excuse for not giving high refresh rate display?
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                      Anonymous, 08 Nov 2020960fps (those variants that last for half a second) and 8K ... moreThey are slow motion videos.
                      960 fps is supposed to slow down that particular moment unlike 120fps or 240fps videos.
                      You don't even understand use case scenarios of the same.
                      You'll be going GA GA over those once you get it on your iPhone.

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                        Anonymous, 08 Nov 2020960fps (those variants that last for half a second) and 8K ... moreGimmick = something called useless until Apple, Samsung or any chinese decides to use

                        LOL ....

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                          LG G7 Plus Thinq has Dolby vision support and is Android based .

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                            Anonymous, 08 Nov 2020They should have given 960fps video recording, 4k120, 8k vi... more4K@120 and 8K can only be possible if both Sensor and CPU can handle the task.
                            Also, you cant do 8K with 12MP.

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                              Anonymous, 08 Nov 2020They should have given 960fps video recording, 4k120, 8k vi... more960fps (those variants that last for half a second) and 8K recording are gimmicks

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                                Anonymous, 08 Nov 2020ivhave tv with hdr 10 and hdr content from netflix is very... moreMany entry level TVs are only capable of decoding HDR, not displaying it, simply put. Most people are still happy without HDR though, we could live without it in the past as well.

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                                  AnonD-762416, 08 Nov 2020You should have lead with, is the camera hardware in mobile... moreThey should have given 960fps video recording, 4k120, 8k video recording, better camera sensor over gimmicks like dolby vision video recording.

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                                    AnonD-762416, 08 Nov 2020You should have lead with, is the camera hardware in mobile... more🤨

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                                      You should have lead with, is the camera hardware in mobile phones good enough to take real advantage of these extreme dynamic ranges? No. They're gimmicks.

                                      Dolby selling hifis like it's 1985 again.

                                      Not surprised to see Apple focusing so hard on this gimmick. It's always been their thing. Sell the brand name when the competition has all the tech. This, in the tech business.

                                        Anonymous, 08 Nov 2020Any suggestions for HDR10+ or Dolby Vision certified TVs or... moreI think a 2020 55-inch LG OLED like the CX or BX is a great all-round option right now. It's a bit expensive but absolutely worth it.