Samsung has announced that Disney+ will be adding support for HDR10+ to its streaming platform, and Samsung TVs will be the first to get the new HDR feature.
Right now, not the whole catalogue will be available in the HDR format, and for now it seems aa if the announcement is only relevant to US customers (but we are double checking this).
Right now, those with TVs that are able to support the feature will have access to over 1000 titles in HDR10+. Let’s dig a little deeper into the details for this announcement.
HDR10+’s is gaining momentum
With Dolby Vision virtually on every popular streaming platform on this planet, HDR10+ has been left in the weeds with the slow adoption of the HDR format that Samsung has championed.
But with and Apple TV and Netflix adding HDR10+ to its titles and Disney embracing it (Hulu did support HDR10+ but not with a small selection); it does look as if HDR10+ is crowbarring its way into a HDR conversation that it was looking in on with a sad face.
Will it make make of a difference is the real question? HDR10+ can automatically adjust brightness and contrast for the best visual performance, while also ekeing out as much performance as it can from the colours seen on screen. You should be getting a brighter, more colourful performance (depending on your TV) than you would have been able to get with the standard HDR10 stream.
But as this is coming to Samsung TVs first, it won’t put a dent into Dolby’s lead on other manufacturer brand’s TVs yet. And of course, you have to pay for 4K HDR on Disney+, which wasn’t the case when the streaming platform first launched, so unless you pay for the premium tier, you won’t experience this upgrade.
Which Samsung TVs support HDR10+ on Disney+?
The question of compatibility comes into the play and, as long as you have a Samsung Crystal UHD TV and above from 2018, as well as select Samsung Smart monitors, you’ll be able to experience HDR10+ on Disney+.
We’ve just had a quick look at the Disney+ app on a Samsung Q85R from 2019 and it’s still showing up as HDR10, so this likely a case where this feature is US-only for the time being.
