- Dolby Vision 2 will include a new image engine and adaptive ‘content information’
- Dolby Vision 2 Max has ‘authentic movement’ and is designed for advanced TVs
- Hisense is the first TV -maker to advertise support
Dolby has announced the successor to his advanced HDR format, Dolby Vision. Appropriately, it is called Dolby Vision 2, and over time it replaces both the current Dolby Vision standard and Dolby Vision IQ variation, which adapts the image based on the surrounding brightness of the room.
However, that’s not the only option: Dolby also introduces Dolby Vision 2 Max, which is an even more advanced version designed specifically for advanced TVs, such as Elite OLED TVs and new RGB-mini-LED TVs.
Dolby Vision 2 will be supported by Hisense on advanced TVs using Medatek Pentonic 800 chips, which is the first chip with full support for the new standard, and includes the groundbreaking 116-inch RGB mini-led, which we have recently tested in-depth.
This chip is used by other TVs, but we are not sure which models support Dolby Vision 2 for which chips are used, where TV is not always as logical as you might – I have reached all the big TV companies to ask about their plans to support Dolby Vision 2 in the future and will publish any news I receive.
So what is actually new this time? There is a major focus on adapting the image to improve it, while the artistic intention lasts the same, and this time it is not just about colors and Luminans-Dolby Vision 2 also brings some exciting sounding adjustments to movement management.
Authentic movement in a next gene engine
“Dolby Vision 2 redefines how we think of Dolby Vision to free up the full capabilities of modern TVs, while giving artists unprecedented to push their creative boundaries longer than ever before,” said John Couling, senior vice president, entertainment at Dolby Laboratories, in the introduction to the new format.
There are three main areas that have changed in Dolby Vision, not including the introduction of Dolby Vision 2 Max (which we will come back to in a minute).
Let’s start with it, I’m most intrigued by (and probably most video files will be too): Authentic movement. It makes kind of movement what Dolby Vision does for dynamic reach, making it possible to fine-tune it on a “shot-for-shot” by the creators when mastering the movie or the TV show, rather than having the TV setting for a particular movement setting that overrides everything.
Dolby makes it clear that this is “the world’s first Creative driven Movement Management Tool ” [emphasis mine]And that this will “make scenes feel more authentically cinematic without unwanted judge”.
It can give the perfect solution to a potential problem with filmmaker mode on TVs: We don’t want artificial movement smoothly to make movies look unnatural, but TVs are not always able to show the 24FPS film movement with some timing problems that create Judge Effects.
If this can be solved by causing the filmmakers to add some movement adjustments to the filmmaster codes, which are then communicated to the TV through Dolby Vision 2, it can be a victory around: Always natural movement, but only when needed.
Next is a “redesigned and even more powerful image engine” that runs Dolby Vision 2 .. There is not much detail about this yet, but basically Dolby has upgraded the tools that drive the creation and play of Dolby Vision content that provides new opportunities for creators, while also promised that “content in Dolby Vision looks even more astonishing when they are delighted by a dolby vision. —SIVING. “
Content information is here (at least it’s no more AI)
Part of the pitch of Dolby Vision was always that it helps to customize the original mastered image to the capabilities of your special TV, and Dolby Vision 2 will expand this depending on what happens in the content itself, as well as what screen you are using. There are a few important new features, and Dolby has packed them all under the name Content Intelligence, which fortunately does not make any allegations around AI tuning despite the trendy name,
First up is Precision Black, which is designed to “reduce consumers ‘frustration that the image is’ too dark ” by increasing the content that is just too cloudy to look at some TVs (too late to the infamous Games of Thrones Battle, but then it goes), but promises to do this “without compromising artistic intention.”
Next, easy sense is designed to customize the image based on the ambient lighting in the room, but in combination with “Reference Lighting Data from Content Source” for best results – making it an improvement (and a replacement for) the adaptive image of Dolby Vision IQ.
And there are a few optimizations for live sports, including “white point adjustments” and “movement control”, both specifically aimed at improving live sports broadcasts.
To the maximum
Finally, the most mysterious part of Dolby Vision 2 so far is the maximum version. Dolby says it will have more to share about this later, but it is basically designed to make the most of the highest priesting TVs, including two -way mapping and new advanced tools for enthusiasts.
The overall idea is to push the highest priesting TVs as far as they can go, to really give you maximum visual smell for your money when it comes to punchy and clear image quality.
If any of this seems a little vague as to what improvements to expect from it, don’t worry – I’m talking to Dolby in depth about the changes soon to get a sense of how much change this will be in practice.
When does all of this arrive? More info on accessibility and timing will come later – although manufacturers of the best TVs support it, we also need content to be produced using it. So far, Canal+ is confirmed to be on board for it, but we will have to hear much more.
