THE BEST DOLBY VISION MOVIES TO TEST YOUR TV
Although it is more commonly recognised for its audio exploits, Dolby’s cinema labs have also long played a key role in the advancement of video processing technology, especially through the development of Dolby Vision HDR for cinema and home theatre.
HDR (High Dynamic Range) is arguably the most important TV technology of the past few years, shifting away from the idea that the only way to improve image quality is by adding more pixels, and instead making those pixels work harder to produce an image that has the potential to look more lifelike and have more impact.
How does HDR do this? The human eye perceives detail from light and shade and when the dynamic range of an image is increased, the range of contrast and potential shades of colour also increases. This gives a picture a greater sense of genuine depth and authenticity as well as increasing visibility in both shadows and highlights. But it’s not just about seeing more detail in dark scenes. HDR is an entire process that encompasses capturing images, post-production, distribution and your TV. It gives cinematographers and colourists more control in sculpting their images to help convey a story or mood, everything from hyperrealism to engage a viewer’s empathy, to surrealism to disorientate their senses.
Dolby Vision HDR goes a step further from regular HDR (HDR10) and adds dynamic metadata to the core image data that helps an end-user’s TV interpret the information. This metadata carries instructions for each scene that enables a Dolby Vision-capable display to portray the content as accurately as possible. Each Dolby Vision TV implements this scene-by-scene information within the limitations of its brightness, contrast and colour performance. This can improve the viewing experience by continually optimising the
