THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO… & HDR movies TV

hen you think of the next generation of TVs, your mind immediately goes to 4K, and with the new and improved format offering four times the amount of pixels as regular Full HD it’s easy to see why.

4K is certainly a big step forward in the detail stakes, but there’s another technology that’s arrived alongside it that offers almost as big a step forward for picture quality. That technology’s name? High dynamic range.

While 4K (also known as Ultra HD) offers more in the way of pixels, HDR’s focus is on improving the quality of individual pixels. If you’re buying a new 4K TV that doesn’t have it, you’re missing out on almost half of the benefits of the next generation of television.

WHAT IS HDR?

Thankfully, the benefits of HDR mean that it’s quickly become an essential inclusion in most new televisions. So what is HDR, and how