Netflix has announced that it adds support to HDR10+ Advanced HDR format, a rival to Dolby Vision, and is supported on TVs from Samsung, Panasonic, Hisense and TCL.
You need a Netflix Premium account to access HDR10+, and Netflix said it will originally be available on 50% of “qualified viewing times”, including new releases and existing movies and shows on the platform.
Exactly what is meant by “eligible viewing times” is unclear, but I take it to mean that it is not necessarily at 50% of the HDR titles, but rather that only half of the total number of hours content is possible to see in HDR.
In any case, Netflix says its plan is to have HDR10+ support on each HDR movie and appears before the end of the year.
This is good news for owners of the best Samsung -TVs and best Samsung phones because these do not support Dolby Vision HDR -in the TV World Samsung is the only brand that does not support the format of its Premium -TVs.
HDR10+ and DOLBY VISION are superior to regular HDR (officially called HDR10) because they can support a wider dynamic range to make the most of today’s lighter and bold TVs, but they can also integrate stage-for-scene tone-mapping-what means that instead of your TV working, This information included in the video stream.
It should mean less wiped out highlights, fewer crushed blacks and a unified look that is closer to the original mast version of one of the best Netflix movies or one of the best Netflix shows.
Dolby Vision is generally considered technically superior and supported more widespread in both hardware and streaming services – but despite this, support has grown for HDR10+ in recent years, and it has already been available on Prime Video and Apple TV+. Now Netflix is connected to the party.
Don’t expect a new dawn for HDR10+
Despite the fact that HDR10+ becomes available on the largest streaming service in the world, I do not expect to watch the long-term teamouts on the format-LG and Sony support it in their TVs.
I asked LG about the potential to support it now that it is on several streaming services (and there are some big 4K Blu rays that use it) directly during a launch event for its 2025 TVs-read our five-star LG C5 review if you are interested in more about it-and we don’t believe it “.
Sony has not yet announced its 2025 TVs, but we have seen a demo of its next generation of RGB mini-led tech, and the company seemed motionless by the idea of adding new formats during this launch event.
One thing LG noted is that although support for HDR10+ is growing, it tends to be a further alternative to Dolby Vision on the best streaming services, not a replacement – so by supporting Dolby Vision, the company delivers all the advanced HDR support it believes is necessary.
This approach backed up by how Netflix adds its support: The company confirmed that it asks production companies and studios to deliver it with the Dolby Vision version and then adds HDR10+ support as part of its tech pipeline. This means that everything with HDR10+ logically must also have Dolby Vision support.
Still, this is great for Samsung owners who can get a nice picture boost-ice-Clear for its less bright TVs, such as its lowest-layer OLEDs and the budget QLED models that have not advanced brightness and therefore tone cards are really important to them.
