Is HDR a game changer?

by emusempai

I bought a Sony Android TV a year ago, 43W800c. The purchased was based from PS4 sticking to 1080p, Sony was silent about PS4 pro all over 2015 or did I missed the news? Well, now PS4 pro is all over the news and so as HDR. So yesterday I dropped by at a appliance store and saw an LG TV with HDR playing a demo video made by LG. It was good I haven't seen that clarity anywhere and I knew it was a 4K video, the bad thing is I don't have the capacity/bandwidth to download 4K videos. I always choose 720p for the size/space, I really don't mind for real life videos/movies. So I checked the price list of HDR TVs, for the price I prefer LG and it's the 49" one, for the size upgrade. It's WebOS, it's ugly but I don't care. Not going to buy now maybe a year or the next.

Andrroid

So I checked the price list of HDR TVs

Keep in mind theres a lot of "fake" HDR TVs. These are usually the cheaper ones. They can take and process an HDR10 signal, but they can't actually display it; usually there are limited to an 8 bit display, lack a wide color gamut and have pretty low peak brightness. The Vizio M 2016 is a good example of this:

http://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/vizio/m-series-2016

MadSquabbles

HDR is like 4k and 3D, it's neat when you sit and look for it, but when you actually get into watching you kinda forget all about it. Even 4k is pretty worthless to me. At my distance upscaled 1080p and 4k look pretty much the same on a 55" TV. At the same price I'd opted for the 4k with HDR just because.

infeststation

The industry still hasn't caught up to 1080p. IMO, HDR, like UHD right now, is only really something that enthusiasts and gamers are going to utilize.