Samsung wants to integrate a sensor into the upcoming TV series of its “QLED” series that will enable these models to record video images in the dynamic HDR format HDR 10 + to adapt to the respective ambient light. The function is to be marketed under the name “HDR 10 + Adaptive”, the manufacturer will be presenting the first appropriately equipped televisions at the in January – this time only virtual – taking place CES 2021.

Samsung emphasizes in one Notification that HDR 10 + Adaptive with that of the UHD Alliance to IFA 2019 launched “Filmmaker Mode”. This picture mode is about bringing all video content on the screen as unadulterated as possible.

The basic idea is not new: At the CES 2020 in January, Dolby already presented a corresponding function for its HDR 10 + – competing format Dolby Vision under the name “Dolby Vision IQ”. The support of the Filmmaker Mode of its HDR + Adaptive is not a unique selling point either: at the request of c’t, the UHD Alliance declared in January that Filmmaker Mode also works with Dolby Vision (IQ).

Already at the CES 2020 Panasonic presented a television that supports various HDR formats (including HDR 10 +) with the Filmmaker Mode and an ambient light sensor combined.

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Also on it, HDR 10 Samsung was not the first company to combine + with Filmmaker Mode and an image sensor: Panasonic presented a corresponding system under the name “Filmmaker Mode with Intelligent Sensing” for its TV flagship HZ 2000 also already at the CES 2020. This function can also be used with the HDR formats HDR 10 and HLG, the television is still equipped with the Dolby Vision IQ mentioned at the beginning fitted.

Samsung’s press release also states that Hollywood studio Universal Pictures intends to deliver more HDR 10 + titles in the future. In fact, the selection of Ultra HD Blu-rays with the dynamic HDR format with around 30 titles on the German market is very manageable. Of the streaming services, only Amazon Prime Video supports the format. (nij)