Disney’s Mandalorian... Fake HDR?

[Todd Anderson]

Very interesting analysis...

Disney+’s The Mandalorian joins a long list of fake HDR content, analysis finds — Ars Technica

Faux HDR is bad for the industry and bad for consumers, but it keeps happening.

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[phillihp23]

I thought the picture quality was good. I am cancelling my trial of the service though, as it’s basically the only show on the service worth watching and not gonna pay a monthly fee just for that.

 

[Todd Anderson]

I watched the first episode. Thought it was ok.... I agree, image seems ok. But I wasn’t expecting stellar.

I think the attaches article, though, really highlights the “ issue” with HDR. It’s such an amazing technology... but, man, it’s implementation has made it a moving target!

 

[phillihp23]

The issue appears to lay with the industry which created it and its loose standard for the term HDR. If this is truly the only standard for the HDR badge....then Disney would be in the right calling it HDR as it has 200 cd/m2 which is above the 100 cd/m2 found in SDR. The solution is to have a credible standard.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

High-dynamic-range video (HDR video) describes video having a dynamic range greater than that of standard-dynamic-range video (SDR video).
While technically "HDR" refers strictly to the ratio between the maximum and minimum luminance, the term "HDR video" is commonly understood to imply wide color gamut as well

Standard-dynamic-range (SDR) video describes images/rendering/video using a conventional gamma curve, and therefore presenting a dynamic range that is considered standard, as opposed to high-dynamic-range (HDR) video.[1] The conventional gamma curve was based on the limits of the cathode ray tube (CRT) which allows for a maximum luminance of 100 cd/m2.[2][3] The first CRT television sets were manufactured in 1934 and the first color CRT television sets were manufactured in 1954.[

 

[Grayson Dere]

This is very interesting! As much as I would like to believe Disney purposely made the video quality the way it does it also doesn't make sense to debut a high profile show such as The Mandalorian with less than spectacular image quality that claims to be HDR. I do think something amiss is going on here.

 

[Todd Anderson]

The industry is so fractured... disappointing for consumers. It’s so complex, the average consumer doesn’t stand a chance!

 

[mechman]

What?!?! The industry comes up with something and then cannot settle on a standard??? I'm shocked!

It's funny cause calibrating HDR is a total crapshoot. Some displays all you have to do is calibrate the SDR grayscale and some you cannot do a thing to it. The goal is for the image to be exactly as the director's eye sees it. Rarely is that the case somtimes.

 

[Todd Anderson]

We'd really hit a great stride with standard HD. I almost wish we had just transitioned to 4K SDR.