Hurdles Remain Before High Dynamic Range Can Go Mainstream

February 22, 2016

"HDR makes a noticeable visual difference,” asserted Ben Rosenblatt, co-producer of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, during the Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Tech Retreat that wraps Friday in Palm Springs. “We are doing our HDR passes on Star Wars, and both Star Treks and the last Mission: Impossible."

HDR refers to the ability to reproduce a wider range between the blackest blacks and whitest whites. It took its first steps into the public’s eye via cinema, with Dolby Cinema-branded theaters and Imax laser-projection installations. At the recent CES in Las Vegas, all major set-makers announced plans to offer HDR-capable TVs, plus the new Ultra HD Blu-Ray format is capable of supporting HDR, and certain OTT platforms such as Netflix plan to offer such content.

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