WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.160 thanks for watching Techquickie click the subscribe button then enable 00:00:03.210 --> 00:00:09.780 notifications with the Bell icon so you won't miss any future videos recently we 00:00:07.980 --> 00:00:15.030 did an episode explaining the different standards available for HDR or high 00:00:11.820 --> 00:00:16.650 dynamic range TVs and displays which you 00:00:15.030 --> 00:00:21.330 should check out over here if you haven't but come right back because if 00:00:19.410 --> 00:00:26.369 you find yourself drawn in by all those HDR marketing promises of brilliant 00:00:23.609 --> 00:00:31.250 lifelike images what else should you consider before you buy and why is HDR 00:00:29.130 --> 00:00:36.570 such a big deal anyway simply put dynamic range is the difference between 00:00:33.960 --> 00:00:41.730 the darkest dark and the brightest white that your display can show having a high 00:00:39.329 --> 00:00:46.860 dynamic range will improve both contrast and color reproduction saving you from 00:00:44.219 --> 00:00:51.390 scenes that look overly muted or washed out so your first step in buying an HDR 00:00:49.620 --> 00:00:58.170 display should be to check what standards it supports such as HDR 10 00:00:54.449 --> 00:00:59.820 Dolby vision and HL g against what kind 00:00:58.170 --> 00:01:03.629 of content that you're going to be watching and you're gonna want to 00:01:01.469 --> 00:01:09.270 cross-reference that against the standards that the content that you'll 00:01:05.820 --> 00:01:11.100 be watching utilize also if you're into 00:01:09.270 --> 00:01:14.970 that sort of thing you'll need to ensure that your favorite streaming service 00:01:12.960 --> 00:01:20.340 will provide your device with an HDR feed at all for example Amazon Prime 00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:25.409 video supports HD are on certain TVs and phones but not on pcs which isn't to say 00:01:23.520 --> 00:01:30.060 that you'll automatically have a wonderful experience if you go with a 00:01:27.509 --> 00:01:34.409 Dolby vision TV to match your impressive Dolby vision blu-ray collection another 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:39.780 specification you should pay very close attention to is it displays brightness 00:01:36.960 --> 00:01:44.340 rating in nits since HDR is predicated on having a Y brightness range you'll 00:01:42.270 --> 00:01:49.079 want a display that can get sufficiently bright for you to see the HDR effect as 00:01:46.799 --> 00:01:53.939 intended so many of the nicer HDR displays are rated at a thousand nits 00:01:51.329 --> 00:01:58.829 peak brightness which is ideal because that's what HDR 10 videos are mastered 00:01:56.700 --> 00:02:03.780 at now I'd say you could get away with a TV in the 600 to 700 nits range if 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:09.390 you're on a budget but beware cheaper models below 500 nits most of these 00:02:06.329 --> 00:02:12.090 really can't do HDR justice with the 00:02:09.390 --> 00:02:17.640 exception of course of ohlet's these don't go as high in terms of their peak 00:02:14.190 --> 00:02:20.190 brightness but they go much lower in 00:02:17.640 --> 00:02:24.630 terms of their maximum level of black so you're still getting a very wide range 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:28.050 all right then so you've done your homework you've picked the right display 00:02:26.220 --> 00:02:32.100 and you've made sure that your devices like your blu-ray players and your PC's 00:02:29.760 --> 00:02:39.300 support the HDR standard you want which for a PC means you've got HDMI 2.0 a or 00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:41.520 a DisplayPort 1.4 port as well as a GPU 00:02:39.300 --> 00:02:47.130 that's no older than NVIDIA's GTX 10 series AMD Tsar X 400 series or Intel's 00:02:45.030 --> 00:02:52.110 eighth generation Core gyu HD graphics is there any additional set up to do 00:02:49.440 --> 00:02:57.209 well you probably don't need new HDMI cables but you will of course want to 00:02:54.780 --> 00:03:02.550 make sure that any HDR functionality is switched on for all devices in the chain 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:07.230 sometimes this can actually be buried deep within a menu under a different 00:03:04.320 --> 00:03:11.940 name like deep color on LG's displays which I guess isn't entirely inaccurate 00:03:09.420 --> 00:03:16.230 but if you're trying to use HDR on a PC things can get even Messier you'll want 00:03:14.250 --> 00:03:20.160 to go into your GPU settings and make sure that you switch the bit-depth to 00:03:17.790 --> 00:03:24.269 10-bit since Ted of 8 this will ensure that your computer will use the wider 00:03:21.750 --> 00:03:28.200 color gamut we discussed previously then you'll need to double check that the HDR 00:03:26.640 --> 00:03:32.730 and advanced color settings under display properties and the stream HDR 00:03:30.840 --> 00:03:36.600 video options under video playback are both enabled you'll also want to make 00:03:34.890 --> 00:03:40.680 sure that you have the latest graphics drivers installed and that you're 00:03:38.730 --> 00:03:47.519 running the Windows 10 full creators update at minimum because even with a 00:03:43.410 --> 00:03:49.620 recent GPU HDR support is non-existent 00:03:47.519 --> 00:03:53.700 on older drivers and Windows builds prior to 1709 this is especially 00:03:52.019 --> 00:03:57.600 frustrating if you've put together an expensive computer to play the growing 00:03:55.500 --> 00:04:02.310 number of HDR games on offer and even more so if you're a Linux user which 00:03:59.940 --> 00:04:07.890 perfectly illustrates I guess that while we've tried to give you the best advice 00:04:04.200 --> 00:04:10.650 we can in today's episode HDR is still a 00:04:07.890 --> 00:04:14.880 fledgling technology with even more new standards trying to gain a foothold so 00:04:12.780 --> 00:04:19.229 pay close attention to what changes are taking place if you're buying a new TV a 00:04:16.769 --> 00:04:23.280 year or two down the line or if all of this is too much 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