HDR streaming for your phone to cost more, as Netflix raises subscription plan prices

4. ebilcake (Posts: 1133; Member since: 16 Jul 2016)

Bit of a random comment there.

7. Boast_Rider (Posts: 383; Member since: 14 Sep 2017)

Dolby vision is better than HDR only if the hardware you have is exceeding what's possible with HDR10.

HDR10 already encompasses DCI-P3 color space, 10-bit color support and 1000 nits brightness mastering. I can't think of any phone which surpasses these, making Dolby vision kind of useless for phones.

Yes, note 8 can go above 1000 nits, but that's only in high-ambient light with low APL levels, which is not the kind of environment you want to watch HDR videos in anyway.

G6 and V30 only have Dolby vision certification. That doesn't mean the screens are better. It just means LG paid the royalty to Dolby and these phones will play the files, though at a much lower quality than recommended as they barely match the minimum requirements.

HDR 10 is an open standard and I fully want Dolby vision to die at the hand of updated version of HDR 10.

9. HansP (Posts: 542; Member since: 16 Oct 2011)

The only phones in the world able to get near 1,000 nits are Samsung's 2017 flagship devices. They can in fact push it beyond that.

Other than that, Dolby Vision is software/firmware. It's an alternative adaptation of a current standard. Dolby isn't always synonymous with better. For instance, DTS has repeatedly offered better designs and solutions than Dolby. Dolby is mostly a recognised branding, like THX in the 90's.

11. Boast_Rider (Posts: 383; Member since: 14 Sep 2017)

Samsung flagships only reach over 1000 nits if the APL is very low(1% or so), which is not a very realistic scenario since most of the time the APL is almost 40-50% in movies, in which case the brightness will not hit 1000+ nits on Note 8.

8. izim1 (Posts: 1476; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)

Dolby vision on a phone is just a software certification, not hardware based. All mobile HDR screens pretty much have the same specs. And LG mobile oleds still cant touch samsungs mobile oleds in quality.

10. fyah_king (Posts: 1824; Member since: 22 Jul 2013)

But, iPhone 8 only has 750p. How's watching a 4k content on a 750p any good?lol

3. ebilcake (Posts: 1133; Member since: 16 Jul 2016)

Agreed, if they increase it here I might cancel.

I can watch everything Kodi or Terrarium so not a lot of incentive to keep paying, even less if they increase prices.

5. Arch_Fiend (Posts: 3817; Member since: 03 Oct 2015)

even if price was to be based on content per region, it wouldn't be that drastic of a price cut. This increase is probably a pretty good example of how drastic the price would change for better or worse.