Question:

What is HDR TV?

Answer:

Have you noticed that TV content looks a bit different compared to the way that you�ve seen it in the past?

Continue reading on to learn more about HDR.

Question:

What does HDR mean?

Answer:

HDR stands for High Dynamic Range and refers to a technique that expresses details in content in both very bright and very dark scenes.

It offers a more natural and realistic picture output with a widened range of contrast as compared to TVs without HDR.

For example, in a very dark cave scene, HDR TVs show the appearance and colour of the cave walls as well as its texture.

And in a scene with a yacht on the ocean, individual sunbeams are clearly seen shining regardless of the bright sunlit background.

You're probably reading this article from your computer screen or mobile phone right now and if your device doesn't support HDR, you're missing out on the full experience and understanding of what HDR can really do.

So do yourself a favour and visit your nearest electronics store and experience HDR TV quality for yourself because seeing is believing.

Types of HDR

There are various kinds of HDR standards, but 'HDR10' is the most commonly used.

Recently, a new technology called HDR10+ has been introduced, and the difference between that and HDR10 is whether dynamic metadata* or static metadata is used.

Dynamic HDR technology means applying metadata to each scene, and then delivering a more optimized picture quality compared to that of static HDR technology.

* Metadata refers to the additional image information found within content.

This includes the colour and brightness information used in the HDR image mastering process.

Enjoy HDR Content

Content producers are now free to make top-notch content in 4K+ quality with HDR.

With so many devices that let content producers express themselves in the way they want, overall content has become more abundant.

Also with numerous types of services such as Streaming, IPTV and Set-top boxes available to enjoy all this new content, the only thing left for you to do is to get a HDR TV that will display this content to its full potential.

Remember 4 things when you choose HDR TV

In order to get one of the best HDR experiences, the following should be considered:

What type of HDR does your TV have, how well bright content can be expressed, how well dark black content can be expressed and how accurately different colours can be expressed.

These are the key factors that determine the quality of a TV set with HDR.

* Local dimming is a technology that locally controls the backlight behind parts of the screen in order to make real black.