I hate HDR

[Doc69]

Am I the only one that hates anything related to HDR?

I've started using Apple TV app lately to watch some shows and all of the shows have HDR. On my MacBook the screen is too bright and it takes me out of the story.

I understand it's a technical innovation to have brighter peaks etc., but it's truly a gimmick to me.

I constantly have to change my MacBook Pro's display from XDR > Apple Display to get rid of HDR.

I enjoy old movies without HDR much more.

You're not the only one! I also don't like it and definitely prefer SDR. But I also don't like super bright displays in general. And it's especially bad on the iPad or iPhone. It's like a super bright flash of light hitting you straight in your eyes if you suddenly play an HDR video, on Youtube for example, after viewing SDR.

 

[bozzykid]

Because it's related to HDR on Apple TV specifically. Whether it's the macOS/iOS/iPad OS App or hardware.

I have all of them and disable HDR on Apple TV shows/movies.

Your original post is about mac OS and the Apple TV app. This forum is specific to the Apple TV hardware not the Apple TV streaming service.

 

[SDAVE]

Your original post is about mac OS and the Apple TV app. This forum is specific to the Apple TV hardware not the Apple TV streaming service.

It was ment for Apple TV/HDR overall. Hardware works in tandem with macOS version of Apple TV

 

[Baseiseough]

I love HDR and specially Dolby Vision. Can't watch anything without it anymore. On an OLED tv, it's phenomenal. Bear in mind Dolby Vision is made to be watched in a pitch-black room.

With OLED and Dolby vision, brightness is not uniform on the whole screen and it reproduces reality in a much better way.

You can see all the subtle details in dark areas and feel the brightness of a light source in another area just like real life. Twilight scenes are beautifully real with the dim colors of the sky and the vivid bright colors of artificial lights of buildings or lamp posts altogether. You can feel the light falling on characters faces and how the positioning and size of it's source are casting soft or hard shadows. Backlights look really real too, blinding you a little so you can't quite clearly see the subject in front. It's an amazing technology. With HDR and Dolby Vision, you can feel the energy of light and the void of darkness.

When I watch something in SDR or an old movie filmed in 35mm, I feel like the image is really lacking compared to modern digital Dolby Vision content. With Dolby vision, I feel like the action is right in front of me. In SDR or an old film lacking dynamic range and full of grain, I just see a rapid slideshow of old photos. It breaks the immersion.

HDR on YouTube though, I agree, it looks bad. They should call it SDR with the brightness knob set at 2000%.