Why HDR can be the saviour of bandwidth-restricted streaming services
Much has been made of the recent move bymany streaming providersto reduce streaming quality in Europe as a result of a European Union request. But Dolby got in touch to remind us that HDR (High Dynamic Range) doesn’t rely on bandwidth and can, of course, be applied to Standard Definition (SD) streams. HDR offers you a wider range of colour, balancing out light and dark areas in an image so you don’t lose quality in very light or very dark areas (often these are shadows)....