Netflix adds HDR10 plus subscriber format with premium accounts

Netflix is now streaming some of his video content in HDR10 plus formatUpgrading to the HDR10 that it also supports along with Dolby Vision.

The format with a high dynamic range is accessible to premium video subscribers and the company says that for those who have devices that support the shape, the “dynamic metadata included in our HDR10 plus content improve the quality and accuracy of the picture when viewed on these devices.”

Netflix says he has produced content in Three basic HDRs As it debuted its Marco Polo series in 2014 and the company has about 11,000 hours HDR material in its catalog.

The message may be good news for Samsung TV owners – the company has supports the form And he included it with many of his 4K kits. Bill Mandel, Vice President at Samsung Research America, Posted in LinkedIn“Well Netflix started using HDR10 Plus … Specific for this message is the use of the highest high -efficiency codec (AV1), which facilitates the highest quality and the largest bandwidth.”

Will the viewers notice the difference?

And Rayburnconsultant and chairman of Meeting on top of NABHe said the addition was in line with the Netflix offering for users who are ready to pay $ 25 a month.

“Netflix is ​​associated with delivering the highest -quality video and HDR10+ allows them to do it,” Rayburn said.

Whether viewers will be able to notice the type of differences that Netflix Touts on their blog is not yet clear.

“Some will not see the difference in quality, just as some cannot understand the difference between HD and 4K, depending on the device while others can,” Rayburn said. “So this is a personal preference for what users want to spend every month and the level of quality that is most important to them, based on their habits for watching and the device they look at.”

Other streaming services that offer HDR10+include Disney Plus, AppleTV Plus and Amazon Prime Video.

In January, Netflix announced the price increases In all his plans, he added an option to add additional users. The premium plan that allows HDR10+ streaming has risen from $ 2 to $ 25.