Netflix ofrecerá contenido en HDR10+ en dispositivos compatibles

Netflix has announced the addition of support for HDR10+ streaming, on top of the existing HDR10 and Dolby vision formats already offered on the streaming service. HDR10+ is expected to provide enhanced visual fidelity based on Netflix’s frequently dark original programming.

The company is enabling HDR10+ using the AV1 codec, which was initially released in 2018 and gradually became the standard for streaming 4K video without consuming excessive data. Netflix first adopted AV1 as a way to help customers save data while watching on their phones, but the compression technology works just as well for streaming large HDR files. Netflix is activating HDR10+ on selected popular titles now and aims to eventually offer all HDR content in the new format. Anyone with a premium Netflix subscription and a device that supports HDR10+ and AV1 (including most modern mobile phones and tablets) should be able to access compatible HDR10+ content.

After 4K, High Dynamic Range (HDR) has come to define the look of modern television and movies, especially in streaming. HDR content highlights the sharp differences between light and dark parts of an image. The inferior quality and luck of modern streaming often stem from viewers watching on devices that do not support HDR. Without it, you can’t see anything. With it, you can elevate all the shades of gray that have become the standard in prestigious television.

Netflix first introduced HDR support in 2016 with the debut of «Marco Polo», and over the years, Dolby Vision and HDR10, the most common HDR format, became the norm on its service. If you have watched Netflix on a screen that already uses Dolby Vision, you probably won’t notice a difference. However, if your TV only supports HDR10+, adding support for the format should enhance the overall viewing experience.

This article originally appeared on Engadget. 

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