YouTube has added support for high dynamic range (HDR) videos. The site also partnered with a few content creators to make... four videos. More could be on the way since YouTube has outfitted "YouTube Spaces" in LA and NYC with the necessary hardware.
HDR displays have a higher peak brightness and a lower minimum brightness than traditional displays, creating a larger contrast ratio. HDR standards also call for 10 or 12-bit color depth rather than 8-bit.
YouTube today announced that its platform now supports high dynamic range, or HDR, video. HDR essentially allows screens with the right hardware specifications to display a more accurate and realistic range of whites and blacks, as well as a wider range of colors. Alongside 4K resolution, HDR technology is the other big selling point of new TVs and one of the key benefits touted by Microsoft and Sony for the latest versions of their respective gaming consoles. However, there's a critical lack of HDR content out there to watch, and a hodgepodge of different hardware and software requirements that make it difficult to know where and how to access those videos.
The rollout comes days before the launch of the PS4 Pro, which also adds support for HDR but won't have an updated YouTube app until later.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Desler on Thursday November 10 2016, @01:32PM
You mean that phony 94 million number that is mostly retired elderly people, the disabled and children?