Let's talk about Dolby Vision, the superior HDR format that hardly any devices are supporting. HDR is a trendy feature right now that every device wants to have a label for and represents not only more colors but better colors and brightness in the images displayed on your screen. At the moment there are two formats being used to achieve this, HDR10 and Dolby Vision. But the two formats are quite different. HDR10 is basically a uniform standard that allows a larger range of colors for all the content as a whole and works off of a 10bit color spectrum. Dolby Vision on the other hand allows content creators to adjust each individual frame for much better color accuracy and brightness. Dolby Vision also allows brighter brights and a 12bit color spectrum that is future proof.
All the technical stuff aside, Dolby Vision simply offers a much better implementation of HDR if your TV supports it and if the content creators took the time and care to optimize it.
So Dolby Vision is better, we get it, but who is actually taking the time and patience to use it? Well a lot of creators are, the majority of Netflix's Original content is supporting Dolby Vision, as does most of Amazon's Original content. Also every recent UHD Bluray. As for games it is being used much less, with Mass Effect Andromeda on PC being the only game I have come across.
So the content is there, what devices support Dolby Vision? Here is where it gets frustrating. Hardly anyone is allowing Dolby Vision. Playstation, Xbox, Shield, Roku, Chrome are all shunning Dolby Vision. At this point you will either need to use apps built in to your TV, a standalone UHD Bluray player that has support "be careful, not many do" or a latest generation Apple TV. As for why they are shunning this superior technology? It seems to be a matter of licensing. Which is a shame. Most likely a 5 dollar license is locking us all out of taking full advantage of our TV's.
Is there hope? Maybe. Recently Dolby Atmos was added to the Xbox One and Windows 10 via a standalone license, perhaps something can be worked out in a similar fashion for Dolby Vision support. Or maybe Dolby will eventually ease their licensing fees and we will get it as a free patch. Recently some Standalone Bluray devices have gotten a free patch to Dolby Vision which has me feeling hopeful.
What can we do? All we can do is keep complaining to the manufacturers of our devices that we want this technology supported. If enough of us make it known this is a technology we demand, the more pressure it puts on all parties to support it. Especially if you own a TV that supports Dolby Vision, you should make your voice heard as it really is a superior picture that you should be experiencing.
A final note, HDR10+ is coming which will be open source with a free licensing and allows frame by frame implementation similar to Dolby Vision. And maybe it is the long term answer. It is still 10bit and has lesser brightness scale, so less color range but there aren't really any screen that have 12bit at this stage anyhow. My biggest worry is that it being late to the party we are a long ways from content taking advantage of it and TV's that support it so I would still push for Dolby Vision support in the short term.
Why did Sony push Shuhei Yoshida out of his role leading PlayStation's first-party games? He'd overseen some huge successes. Well, apparently, he didn't listen.
Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.
It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst
More confirmation that Jim Ryan is the culprit for what has happened to Sony. Hulst needs to go too. What sucks is that a lot of the good top heads at Sony are no longer there. I wish that guys that were forced out prematurely by Dumbo Jimbo like Shuhei and Layden came back.
Makes you wonder if MS even thought about hiring him after Phil and Sarah were leaving. He certainly couldn't make their situation any worse.
All the gamer/consumer lead heads are gone across PS and Xbox. shuhei gone phil's gone (questionable) but gone. The future of gaming is somewhat uncertain across the board.
Replaced is a staggering visual achievement, blending 2.5D retro-futurism with a captivatingly grim premise.
Pragmata has sold 1 million copies in two days, Capcom has announced.
I didn't know it came out last Friday, or I would have bought the game. I will try again for this upcoming weekend.
Im really digging it. It reminds me of games from the PS2 era, not visually or how it plays, but like the spirit of it. If you were around for that golden age of gaming, you’ll get what I mean when you play this.
Have you tried Kanitsu-Gami: Path Of The Goddess (also Capcom)? That feels like a PS2-era Capcom game.
Agreed! The art style is amazing in that game. I bought it immediately after I played the demo but haven't started it lol
I want a physical copy of that game sooo bad. It seems like it won’t happen and I may have to use some of my Xmas PS gift cards I always get this winter but I’m still holding out with very little hope.
I know what you mean. I think it really feels like Vanquish, with some Dead Space and Binary Domain thrown in. So maybe more PS3 era but yes it is great.
The next thing I'm mine when I've had my fill of crimson desert. A nice linear action game to contrast the open ended 😗👌
yeah my LG OLED 4K (E6) supports Dolby Vision. Watched all of Stranger Things with it. Shame more doesn't support it at the moment. But I will still take the standard HDR for now.
My C7 has Dolby vision, but very few content is using it ATM, there's too many HDR formats in the market. We need a standard.
What if your tv doesn't support/have dolby vision? If content creators took advantage would I see any benefit?
Wanted get a TV that had it but read that not much content for it and I was on a budget.
Everybody needs to support Dolby Vison and Dolby Atmos. Then Dolby Laboratories can afford to lower the cost of their licensing fees.