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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: 1) by pTamok on Sunday April 17 2016, @11:05AM
What would be good is an increase in frame rate, especially for video imagery of fast-moving things.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame_rate [wikipedia.org]
Most video currently has a frame rate of either 25 or 30 (near enough*) frames per second, but because most video is interlaced, has a field rate of twice that. Read the wikipedia article for more background.
Increasing the frame rate is a way in which perceived picture quality can be improved materially for viewers - more so than increasing resolution. Widening the colour gamut is another way. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamut [wikipedia.org]
*It is actually 29.97, and reason for that is an interesting technical story:-
http://glydeck.blogspot.no/2011/07/why-do-we-have-2997-frame-rates-and-not.html [blogspot.no] ; and
for audio 'complications' :-
https://www.gearslutz.com/board/post-production-forum/184636-definitive-explanation-29-97-23-98-timecode.html [gearslutz.com]
(Score: 1) by Type44Q on Sunday April 17 2016, @08:52PM
but because most video is interlaced
No, it isn't.