Do you remember last week when Netflix added HDR10+ support in a move that looked like good news for Samsung TV owners? Well, I assumed this would be an immediate victory for the best Samsung -TVs everywhere, but it seems that is not the case – and Samsung is surprisingly baking what of its existing TVs will see the benefit and when.
Samsung released a statement saying that all its 2025 -TVs, including Samsung S95F OLED TV, will support Netflix’s HDR10+ Implementation, just as its 2024 and 2025 HDR Computer Monitors -but no one owns the 2025 tvs yet, so what about current TVs?
Samsung says there will be “support for additional models in the future” but has not offered further information so far. I have asked Samsung if it is capable of sharing more specific information to users of these TVs and will update if I hear back.
My guess is that Samsung will actually bring support quite wide and rather quickly – but this cagey message feels like dropping the ball just seconds away from a touchdown.
HDR10+ is a more advanced kind of HDR with stage-for-scene metadata, as Dolby Vision. In theory, it can help TVs with better ‘tone card’ levels of HDR lighting on the capacities on the TV’s screen, which means that more details are preserved in the brightest and darkest areas of the image, even if your TV is not good at going especially bright or dark.
Samsung’s TVs support HDR10+and do not support Dolby Vision – it is the only manufacturer of the best TVs that have rejected Dolby’s HDR format. And this has been a frustration because Dolby Vision HDR is the advanced format used by most of the best streaming services.
The lack of dolby vision is the Great complaint, we hear from people when we post about Samsung TVs, and having HDR10+ support on the biggest streamers (Prime Video also supports it) helps reduce it – so I would have expected Samsung to embrace this immediately. In fact, I just assumed that Samsung would have everything done in advance for it, considering how tied the company to HDR10+ as a format.
But that has changed over time, and Netflix, which supports HDR10+, felt like a key change to offer all Samsung -TVs an immediate boost … but only once Samsung supports it.
When Samsung confirms that it supports the Netflix update on several TVs, we will tell you right away, Samsung TV owners.
