What is HDR TV - High Dynamic Range

What is HDR TV?

Have you noticed that TV content looks
a bit different compared to what you may
have see in the past? Continue reading on
to learn more about HDR.

An HDR TV is shown every detail on the TV screen with HDR images by displaying an ocean shore scene with the sun rising in the horizon as seen from within a cave opening.

What does HDR mean?

HDR stands for High Dynamic Range and refers to a technique that displays detail in both very bright and very dark scenes. It offers a more natural and realistic picture output even with a widened range of contrast. For example, in a very dark cave scene, HDR TVs show the appearance and colour of the cave walls as well as its texture. Also, 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.

A TV marked with "HDR" is displaying the beach sunset image with High Dynamic Range. — A video of the ocean shore at sunset starts in Standard Dynamic Range, SDR, which is limited to see the detail and color in scenes. Then the video runs how High Dynamic Range, HDR, shows the same scene brightly and vividly colored.

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 color and brightness information used in the HDR image mastering process.

Photos show differences between HDR10+ and HDR10. The photos of HDR10+ shows 'Better color saturation' and 'Balanced brightness', but the other pictures with HDR10 displays 'Slightly under-saturated' and 'Unbalanced brightness'.

Enjoy HDR Content

Content producers are now freer than ever 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.

Various HDR contents through different types such as movie, streaming service, blu-ray disc, broadcasting, and picture are available on Samsung HDR TVs.

Remember 3 things when you choose HDR TV

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