Dolby Vision 2 Debuts With Solution for HDR Content That's 'Too Dark'

[MacRumors]

Dolby today unveiled Dolby Vision 2, a next-generation version of the popular Dolby Vision HDR format.

Dolby Vision 2 features a more powerful image engine that Dolby says "unlocks even more out of your TV," plus it supports new Content Intelligence tools to optimize TV sets for a "captivating picture" based on the content that's being watched. Specifically, Dolby says that Content Intelligence will gain the following benefits:

• Precision Black reduces consumer frustration that the image is "too dark" by making it crystal clear and improving clarity in any viewing environment without compromising artistic intent.
• Light Sense fine-tunes picture quality through advanced ambient light detection and new reference lighting data from the content source to optimize your TV for the ideal viewing experience.
• Sports and Gaming Optimization introduce new enhancements such as white point adjustments and motion control designed specifically to address the unique needs of live sports and gaming.
• New tone-mapping that takes advantage of modern TV improvements like brightness and color improvements.

TVs will be able to provide higher brightness, sharper contrast, and more deeply saturated colors "while preserving the artist's creative vision," according to Dolby.

In addition to these HDR features, Dolby Vision 2 includes Authentic Motion, described as a creative driven motion control tool that can make "scenes feel more authentically cinematic without unwanted judder."

There's a core Dolby Vision 2 product that will provide improved picture quality to mainstream TVs, and a Dolby Vision 2 Max designed for the highest performing TVs. The Max product will utilize the full capabilities of higher-end displays.

Dolby Vision 2 will come first to TV sets from Hisense, but other manufacturers are likely to add support in the future. The current Apple TV models support Dolby Vision, so it makes sense that a future version of the Apple TV would include Dolby Vision 2.

Article Link: Dolby Vision 2 Debuts With Solution for HDR Content That's 'Too Dark'

 

[cardfan]

Makes sense to wait on tv or apple tv purchases.

 

[Itsedstech]

We got Dolby Vision 2 before we got GTA 6

 

[bebarhood]

Knowing Apple, I doubt their next Apple TV will support this new format.

Also, when will HDR10+ quit?

 

[slagathor001]

Do we expect LG TVs to get this in 2026 or 2027?

 

[BuffaloTF]

Knowing Apple, I doubt their next Apple TV will support this new format.

Also, when will HDR10+ quit?

Probably never? They keep adding on support.

 

[tennisproha]

Some of these features seem like much needed improvements but some of them feel like unnecessary over-processing. I don't want Dolby Vision to turn into another over-saturated TV preset

 

[Kylo83]

My lg g4 won’t have it so only future tvs, Dolby vision is a mess, it’s to dark for most hdr content

 

[Student of Life]

Since this is a screen technology feature, can this be applied to current iPhones and iPads, the processing power should not be an issue.

 

[uacd]

without compromising artistic intent

I strongly doubt it.

Movies are mastered on very expensive gear to be watchable on all sorts of consumer electronics.

All these enhancements often break artist’s intent, I’ve compared movies both with all these things and without, original is always much better.

New tone-mapping that takes advantage of modern TV improvements like brightness and color improvements.

Yeah it will probably make TV brighter than sun in a dark room.

Since their current HDR implementation is just some neon-glowing blinding highlights, what else can they make?

I hope it will still be possible to opt out

 

[k1121j]

i sure hope its the next ATV to be released not the one after possibly released 5-10 years from now

 

[SFjohn]

I’m glad I’ve waited on upgrading my LG OLED 67” TV… I love Dolby Vision & Atmos, & it sounds like Dolby Vision 2 Max will have even better picture quality. 👍🏻

 

[Somian]

I strongly doubt it.

Movies are mastered on very expensive gear to be watchable on all sorts of consumer electronics.

All these enhancements often break artist’s intent, I’ve compared movies both with all these things and without, original is always much better.


Yeah it will probably make TV brighter than sun in a dark room.

Since their current HDR implementation is just some neon-glowing blinding highlights, what else can they make?

I hope it will still be possible to opt out

"Artistic Intent" is always fluid.

The artist might master the movie on a large screen or a reference monitor. Everyone's viewing experience is different. Some people like the low framerate of movies, why others are sensitive and get a headache from the constant 24hz flicker (like I do). Some people are colorblind and/or perceive colors in different ways. Some people need subtitles. Some people have a different cultural background and might view some things in a different way than the artist intended. People might watch on a large screen or a small screen...

The best way to watch a movie is the way that's best for you. "Artistic Intent" is about the content and the message and of the content and the feelings it creates and the user should choose to watch it the way that's best for them and then make of it what you want to make of it.

 

[mybodywatchdev]

are we talking glossy screen here? Has anyone noticed that movie theaters don't have glossy screens? Yeah, you don't need them.

 

[GMShadow]

Knowing Apple, I doubt their next Apple TV will support this new format.

Also, when will HDR10+ quit?

HDR10+ is royalty free unlike DV, so probably never.

 

[Corpuscle]

Some of these features seem like much needed improvements but some of them feel like unnecessary over-processing. I don't want Dolby Vision to turn into another over-saturated TV preset

I don't get it. You have absolutely NO idea what it will look like, but you're already hypothesizing that it will contain unnecessary over processing. I'll never understand how you guys come up with this stuff.

 

[maxfromdenmark]

I’ll rewatch that the darkest Game of Thrones episode if it works properly.

 

[TheDailyApple]

I expect it will be a while until this is widespread enough to be useful. Studios don’t waste time remastering movies unless there’s enough demand to make it worth the time.

 

[atomic.flip]

More fabricated reasons to “upgrade” equipment. Wake me up when the headlines read “new hdr format will be back ported to all current supported hardware with improved performance and reduced licensing cost”.

 

[uacd]

24hz flicker

This can happen on some TVs with one weird setting, it is called “resampling” (sometimes “upsampling”), I don’t know what it does exactly but videos with it look somewhat crunchy and as you noted “lagging”.

This “lag” can also happen in regular 24p video because framerate doesn’t correspond to shutter speed, i.e. to avoid stutter it must be double the shutter speed (or even same as FPS), i.e. 24 frames=1/48. This creates natural look. Tho some movies (especially action ones) use much higher shutter speeds and this would bring the weird “lag” effect.

Most 24p movies actually often look very natural because they would often use advanced stabilization techniques, but TV processing can definitely interfere with this

 

[DotCom2]

I’ll rewatch that the darkest Game of Thrones episode if it works properly.

The House of the Dragon was so awfully dark. It totally irritated me to no end.

 

[hieranonymous]

Do we expect LG TVs to get this in 2026 or 2027?

Studios will also have to get behind it, which will probably take a few years.

 

[ralph_sws]

You need a new TV; previous Apple TV models will likely support it. There will be two versions of Dolby Vision 2: Dolby Vision 2 and Dolby Vision 2 Max. The Max version will be available in expensive displays.

 

[ralph_sws]

Knowing Apple, I doubt their next Apple TV will support this new format.

Also, when will HDR10+ quit?

never

 

[ELman]

Hopefully this is firmware update and won't require a new TV.