The next generation consoles will debut in a few days: Sony PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. Detailed tests of all devices will be available in the days, so we will know how consoles work well in terms of temperatures and achieved volume. Access to multimedia content also remains an important issue. The consoles will support popular VOD applications, there will also be Ultra HD Blu-ray drives that will support Blu-ray discs with movies and games with a capacity of up to 100 GB. We finally got to know the details of support for two Dolby technologies – Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. The Xbox Series X console will perform best, although it cannot be denied that people counting on Dolby Vision support from discs will be disappointed.

We got to know detailed information on support for techniques Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S.

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Dolby Vision is an enhanced HDR format that uses dynamic metadata for each image frame to present the displayed image more naturally. Dolby Atmos, on the other hand, is a multi-channel audio format that uses ceiling speakers to create surround sound. We learned about the support for Dolby techniques in the upcoming consoles from Sony and Microsoft. The worst is PlayStation 5, which at the time of its premiere will not support Dolby Vision anywhere – neither on UHD Blu-ray discs, nor in stringing or in games. There will be support for Dolby Atmos, but only on Blu-ray and UHD Blu-ray. It is surprising that there is no support for apps like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video or Apple TV.

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The Xbox Series X looks much better in this respect. Here Dolby Vision will be supported in VOD applications and in games – the first games prepared for Dolby Vision will appear next year. Unfortunately, even the Xbox Series X will not support Dolby Vision for Ultra HD Blu-ray discs. In the case of Dolby Atmos, the technology will be supported in all three cases, i.e. games, VOD applications and physical discs. For Xbox Series S, support is the same for games and streaming. For obvious reasons, we do not count physical discs here, because the console does not have an optical drive. Of course, in the case of Dolby Vision, there may be a software update in the future that will add support for Dolby Vision for both the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. This would not even be surprising, considering that even in dedicated players support for Dolby Vision appears only in the next firmware updates.

Source: LinkedIn Yoeri Geutskens