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What is HDR, anyway?

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790 points _kush | 3 comments | 14 May 25 12:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.411s | source
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aidenn0 ◴[14 May 25 15:01 UTC] No.43985366[source]▶
> A big problem is that it costs the TV, Film, and Photography industries billions of dollars (and a bajillion hours of work) to upgrade their infrastructure. For context, it took well over a decade for HDTV to reach critical mass.

This is also true for consumers. I don't own a single 4k or HDR display. I probably won't own an HDR display until my TV dies, and I probably won't own a 4k display until I replace my work screen, at which point I'll also replace one of my home screens so I can remote into it without scaling.

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1. miladyincontrol ◴[14 May 25 17:08 UTC] No.43986876[source]▶
Few things are in absolutes. Yes most consumers wont have every screen hdr nor 4k, but most consumers use a modern smartphone and just about every modern smartphone from the past half decade or more has hdr of some level.

I absolutely loathe consuming content on a mobile screen, but its the reality is the vast majority are using phone and tablets most the time.

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2. mxfh ◴[14 May 25 17:16 UTC] No.43986973[source]▶
Funny enough HDR content works absolutely perfect as long as it stays on device that has both HDR-recording and display tech, aka smartphones.

The problem starts with sending HDR content to SDR-only devices, or even just other HDR-standards. Not even talking about printing here.

This step can inherently only be automated so much, because it's also a stylistic decision on what information to keep or emphasize. This is an editorial process, not something you want to emburden casual users with. What works for some images can't work for others. Even with AI the preference would still need to be aligned.

3. aidenn0 ◴[15 May 25 02:13 UTC] No.43991196[source]▶
How would I know if my android phone has an HDR screen?

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Some googling suggested I check in the Netflix app; at least Netflix thinks my phone does not support HDR. (Unihertz Jelly Max)