Why doesn't Samsung TV support Dolby Vision?

SimonK

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HDR videos on smart TVs usually come in several different formats-including HLG, Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HDR10+. But Dolby Vision is by far the most popular. Therefore, when Samsung, the world's largest TV manufacturer, chooses to use HDR10+ instead of Dolby Vision, it has to arouse people's curiosity.

Samsung has stated that it will not support Dolby Vision due to increased manufacturing costs and additional licensing fees. However, this is also because it believes that its TV processing system and hardware are said to be able to optimize HDR 10 images without Dolby Vision. Therefore, Samsung decided to exclusively support the royalty-free dynamic metadata HDR system HDR10+.

HDR10+ is a direct competitor of Dolby Vision (Dolby Vision), developed jointly by Samsung, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. But with TV manufacturers such as Hisense, Panasonic and Philips supporting both Dolby Vision and HDR10+, have Samsung users missed the opportunity?
 

SimonK

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Is HDR10+ really a better choice?​


Dolby Vision and HDR10+

When it comes to the difference between these two formats, Dolby Vision is considered more accurate than regular HDR (displayed in HDR10 format) because the content can be encoded frame by frame. This means that the content you are watching will be more colorful and better tailored to the various functions of the TV you are playing.

TVs that support Dolby Vision IQ can also use a brightness sensor to automatically calibrate the picture settings according to the light intensity in the room.

Consumer TVs using Dolby Vision can achieve up to 12-bit color depth and provide 68 billion colors. As for brightness, Dolby supports up to 10,000 nits (currently no commercial TV has reached this specification).

Dolby Vision and HDR10+.jpg


HDR10+ is an HDR format created by Samsung. As a royalty-free standard, content creators and manufacturers can use it without paying high fees. Standard HDR10 uses static metadata, which means that the brightness setting will not change with content and scenes, but HDR10+, as an upgraded version, applies a layer of dynamic metadata to the HDR10 stream. Therefore, like Dolby Vision, HDR10+ can also enhance the HDR image in each frame or scene, so you can also get better colors and more tonal details.

HDR10+ can achieve a maximum color depth of 10 bit, which is theoretically incomparable with the 12 bit color depth of Dolby Vision. But it is worth noting that today's consumer TVs still cannot provide 12-bit color depth. Of course, maybe we can see it in the near future.

Therefore, in essence, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision (Dolby Vision) are similar. Because they all use dynamic metadata to improve color, brightness, and contrast, this can enhance the viewing experience of any home. Although both rely on the joint efforts of content creators, distributors and manufacturers.

Of course, there is another point that is also very important, and that is cost. Because HDR10+ is an open, royalty-free standard, and Dolby Vision (Dolby Vision) requires manufacturers, providers and content creators to pay license fees to use it.
 

XLZ451

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Can Samsung HDR10+ really challenge Dolby Vision?
Although we believe that HDR10+ cannot surpass the popularity of Dolby Vision, it can certainly maintain its position, especially with the support of the electronics giant Samsung.
 

Ray

Member
Can Samsung HDR10+ really challenge Dolby Vision?
Dolby Vision benefits from more advanced technology that supports up to 10,000 nits of brightness and 12-bit color depth. In contrast, HDR10+ only supports 10-bit color depth and 4000 nit brightness. Despite this, Samsung's ultra-bright QLED TVs are still much brighter than OLED TVs that support Dolby Vision.
 

WangsTH

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I think the open source features of HDR10+ may attract content creators and production companies who don’t want to pay for Dolby Vision.
 

SimonK

Member
Can Samsung HDR10+ really challenge Dolby Vision?
HDR10+ and Dolby Vision are likely to continue to coexist in the near future. As long as they continue to appear on TVs that provide superior picture quality, there is definitely room for both.
 
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