I thought the general consensus was that HDR was even more noticeable/important than the resolution! Can you two give me some further insights? I do not have a 4K/HDR set yet, but I was considering it.
Some HDR is greatly color exaggerated. For example, there is no tomato on this planet that is as red as one you might see with HDR. Then there are some HDR films that are already dialed down. Contrast ratios are good, but color is subdued. So, it's really hit or miss.
"YES!" to all of the above and there are a great many variables that are involved in getting a good picture with HDR (Free Open Source), HLG, DolbyVision (Pay for licensing), HDR10, HDR10+ and on and on and on . . . . It's becoming the Betamax/VHS of PQ. It's an augmentation of the picture that is supposed to be driven by metadata that is embedded in the movie per frame to tell the process what to do. That's not what's happening since the metadata is not being included as it should, due to it's infancy, Directors learning how to use it, costs and it's interpretation when it is, is up to the manufacturers take on it. I have found that with my Samsung Quantum Dot SUHD that HDR (HDR1000) works differently with every thing it's fed. Sometimes it has to be on to "lift" the PQ, others it's better off because the picture is blown out. I've also seen it totally kill the picture when on and turning it off took night to day.
The big thing I noticed it that color and contrast gets hit the most and it's all over. And as I have said I have had to turn it off and the PQ is what I would expect. I spent the week playing with an LG that has the ability to adjust the HDR and I like that. P.S. "NO MORE SAMSUNG FOR ME!!" Where was I . . . HDR, HDR10, HDR10+, mine says it has HDR1000 and whatnot all are in an evolutionary process right now. Personally, I don't want all the artificial augmentation. I want what the picture should look like in "reality"!!
On a kinda related note I stumbled on this video last night while clicking on "suggested" links. It was posted a year ago, Sep 3, 2017, but references the forthcoming of 4K. BUT it has some incredible facts and insights including talking about HDR. All I could think of afterwards was how to share this with you guys. This could also help you in making a selection in a more "educated comprehensive" manner. At one time I taught TV production, College Level, and the when you get into the logistics peoples eyes glaze over so you have to interject tid bits of info to keep it interesting and these days for me to think of this stuff just plain hurts. This guy does a great job at explaining it all and a bit more sums up what the new TV's are. Along with what I have to say about 8K.
Also here's a link to a search for HDR. I hope this helps . . .
What is HDR - YouTube
