Netflix Adds Hdr10+ Support – Great News For Samsung Tv Owners, But Don't Expect Lg And Sony To Do The Same Any Time Soon

Netflix has announced that it's adding support for nan HDR10+ precocious HDR format, which is simply a rival to Dolby Vision, and is supported connected TVs from nan likes of Samsung, Panasonic, Hisense and TCL.

You'll request a Netflix Premium relationship to entree HDR10+, and Netflix said that initially it will beryllium disposable connected 50% of "eligible viewing hours", including caller releases and existing movies and shows connected nan platform.

Exactly what is meant by "eligible viewing hours" is unclear, but I return it to mean that it's not needfully connected 50% of HDR titles, but alternatively that only half of nan full number of hours contented is imaginable to position successful HDR.

In immoderate case, Netflix says that its scheme is to person HDR10+ support connected each HDR movie and show by nan extremity of nan year.

This is awesome news for owners of nan best Samsung TVs and best Samsung phones, because these don't support Dolby Vision HDR – successful nan world of TVs, Samsung is nan only marque that doesn't support nan format connected its premium TVs.

HDR10+ and Dolby Vision are superior to regular HDR (officially called HDR10) because they tin support a wider move scope to make nan astir of today's brighter and bolder TVs, but they tin besides embed scene-by-scene reside mapping – meaning that alternatively of your TV having to activity really champion to get each nan item retired of a super-dark aliases super-bright scene, this accusation is included successful nan video stream.

It should mean little blown-out highlights, less crushed blacks, and an wide look that's person to nan original maestro type of 1 of nan best Netflix movies aliases 1 of nan best Netflix shows.

Dolby Vision is mostly considered to beryllium technically superior, and is much wide supported successful some hardware and connected streaming services – but contempt this, support has been increasing for HDR10+ successful caller years, and it's already go disposable connected Prime Video and Apple TV+. Now Netflix has joined nan party.

Don't expect a caller dawn for HDR10+

Despite HDR10+ becoming disposable connected nan biggest streaming work successful nan world, I don't expect to spot nan semipermanent holdouts connected nan format – LG and Sony – supporting it successful their TVs.

I asked LG astir nan imaginable for supporting it now that it's connected much streaming services (and location are immoderate large 4K Blu-rays that usage it) straight during a motorboat arena for its 2025 TVs – publication our five-star LG C5 review if you're willing connected much connected that – and was told "we don't judge successful that".

Sony hasn't announced its 2025 TVs yet, but we person seen a demo of its next-gen RGB mini-LED tech, and nan institution seemed unmoved by nan thought of adding caller formats during that motorboat event.

One point LG noted is that while support for HDR10+ is growing, it tends to beryllium an further replacement to Dolby Vision connected nan best streaming services, not a replacement – truthful by supporting Dolby Vision nan institution is providing each nan precocious HDR support it thinks is needed.

That attack backed up by really Netflix is adding its support: nan institution confirmed that it's asking accumulation companies and studios to proviso it pinch nan Dolby Vision version, and is past adding HDR10+ support arsenic portion of its tech pipeline. This intends that thing pinch HDR10+ must logically besides person Dolby Vision support.

Still, this is awesome for Samsung owners successful particular, who tin get a bully image boost – particularly for its little agleam TVs, specified arsenic its lowest-tier OLEDs and fund QLED models, which don't person high-end brightness, and truthful reside mapping is really important for them.

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