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Dolby Vision 2 Debuts With Solution for HDR Content That's 'Too Dark'
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people are much more likely to buy a new TV because it has a new feature to “fix” something than trying to solve the root of the problem.
But not everyone can turn off the lights or close their windows. I know that sounds ridiculous but if you’re sharing a room with somebody else who is working or cooking and needs lights on you have to deal with it.
Exactly! Let’s only make movies in the daylight…no nighttime shots. 🤦♂️
Interesting if DV2 makes current 4k ap tv+Panny oled.
I've rented very few DV1 movies which were below pic quality expectations.
Of course. The year I finally upgraded my TV to an LG C4 after like ten years lol Would be great if it’s a software update of some kind. Really don’t get why it wouldn’t be, unless they’re pumping up the peak nits on new panels or something.
Not going to get too upset about it…I came from a 4K tv without HDR, so the upgrade has been huge. Some current Dolby Vision content is a bit dark, but I found sticking closer to standard/cinema home settings on my TV helped with that. Filmmaker/Cinema mode are very dark and take a lot of vibrancy out of the picture.
Not going to get too upset about it…I came from a 4K tv without HDR, so the upgrade has been huge. Some current Dolby Vision content is a bit dark, but I found sticking closer to standard/cinema home settings on my TV helped with that. Filmmaker/Cinema mode are very dark and take a lot of vibrancy out of the picture.
Dolby Vision has nothing to do with the way it is mastered. That's up to the creator, and most films are made to be seen in movie theaters with home viewing as an afterthought. I
t's important to remember that a lot of the issues caused by HDR scenes being too dark stem from studios having films and shows mastered using LG OLED TVs during Covid when they were working remote instead of the dedicated mastering displays that are used in studio.
Those OLEDs weren't capable of getting very bright (well under 1000 nits peak) and they were often mastered in pitch black rooms. The infamous House of the Dragon episode is a victim of that. There's also the fact that at the high end, new TVs exceed 5000 nits now, and most things are mastered to 4000, if that. This sounds like it accounts for that.
Reasonable, measured, and intelligent speculation is one thing. What we have here is the very antithesis of that.
DV(1) is flexible enough to allow for both very bright and very dark images. After all in its core it's a variable value metadata attached to the video stream. The only reason they are introducing the magical V2 is to milk you for cash.
My tv has DV Dark and DV Bright profiles and I've never had any issues displaying a satisfying picture quality on most of my uhds. But let's not forget - a movie might be mastered too dark (hello H.E.A.T) and it's not dv's role to artificially brighten it up (which you can do anyway on most tvs with one toggle).
Studios should take more care with quality control on their releases, not implementing new magic tricks.
My tv has DV Dark and DV Bright profiles and I've never had any issues displaying a satisfying picture quality on most of my uhds. But let's not forget - a movie might be mastered too dark (hello H.E.A.T) and it's not dv's role to artificially brighten it up (which you can do anyway on most tvs with one toggle).
Studios should take more care with quality control on their releases, not implementing new magic tricks.
What motivation do the manufacturers have for that when they can force you spend another 2k or more on a top end television?
That's nice. Now do something similar with Dolby Surround Sound so that F/X and explosions aren't deafening and dialogue aren't mumbles.
Devices though. Appletv being one of them. Why can’t they just be updated for it?
Click the link in the article to the original announcement:
So anything in your signal chain that wants to support this new standard needs a new processor. If you just have a TV, you’re lucky, but if you have a streaming box, a receiver, a projector, etc. that processes the signal, they all need to be upgraded.