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Hack&Lube · 09-26-2022, 10:43 PM

Dolby Vision and HDR10 is mostly a scam unless your TV has the necessary brightness to actually drive the dynamic range advertised - otherwise it just looks like fake colors and grey lighting. There's not much difference between the two systems and it really depends on how the content you are viewing was originally filmed.

HDR is not any good unless your TV can drive at least 1000+ nits of HDR brightness (not SDR brightness) This is made better by having real blacks for the other end of the dynamic range and there's where OLED comes into play or something with full local dimming.

HDR10 is going to have way more content available for maximum compatibility since it's a free standard and doesn't have to be licensed unlike Dolby Vision. I've yet to see anything that makes me care about either.

The short answer is no, I don't think Dolby Vision compatibility is a must have because like Betamax and HD-DVD, it's of higher technical merit yet it's one of those standards that is not highly adopted and you are always going to be relegated to whatever your content can provide.

09-26-2022, 10:43 PM	#2
Hack&Lube Atomic Nerd Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Calgary Exp:	Dolby Vision and HDR10 is mostly a scam unless your TV has the necessary brightness to actually drive the dynamic range advertised - otherwise it just looks like fake colors and grey lighting. There's not much difference between the two systems and it really depends on how the content you are viewing was originally filmed. HDR is not any good unless your TV can drive at least 1000+ nits of HDR brightness (not SDR brightness) This is made better by having real blacks for the other end of the dynamic range and there's where OLED comes into play or something with full local dimming. HDR10 is going to have way more content available for maximum compatibility since it's a free standard and doesn't have to be licensed unlike Dolby Vision. I've yet to see anything that makes me care about either. The short answer is no, I don't think Dolby Vision compatibility is a must have because like Betamax and HD-DVD, it's of higher technical merit yet it's one of those standards that is not highly adopted and you are always going to be relegated to whatever your content can provide. Last edited by Hack&Lube; 09-26-2022 at 10:48 PM.