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3D and 4K were nothing! It's all about HDR now!
Netflix has confirmed it has begun its rollout of high dynamic range content on its TV and film streaming service. HDR videos display millions more shades of colour and extra levels of brightness than normal ones, allowing images to look more realistic.
However, to view them members will need a new type of TV or monitor and a premium-priced Netflix subscription. Some HDR content had already been available via Amazon's rival Instant Video service. Ultra-high-definition 4K Blu-ray discs - which launched in the UK earlier this week - also include HDR data.
Netflix's support follows January's creation of a scheme defining the HDR standards a television set must meet to be marketed with an "Ultra HD Premium" sticker. [...] The US firm recommends its members have at least a 25 megabits per second connection to view them.
High-dynamic-range imaging at Wikipedia.
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(Score: 2) by bitstream on Sunday April 17 2016, @02:44AM
Perhaps one should ask what features that are worth having. >4k, HDR, 3D, virtual, etc. It all costs plenty of transfer capacity in bit/s. As long as you can't look at another angle on the TV and see "inside" without special glasses, there's something to work on..
Tip for TV manufacturers:
* Make an open CEC standard with standard ports.
* Drop HDMI, it cost small vendors 5000 US$/year + 1 US$/unit cost. Choose DisplayPort or something sane.
* Enable computers to send compressed audio/video like h.264 directly over 100BASE-T with an open standard and without first needing to fiddle with the remote control (or proprietary CEC).
* Skip that "smart-TV" computer. Or at least secure it.
* Include CEC on that 100BASE-T interface.
* And secure all the stuff..plz!