Wide color gamut has nothing to do with reducing banding. 10- or 12-bit color channel resolution makes a big difference on that front. If anything, the increased peak brightness of HDR and improved purity of RGB primary colors at the root of wide gamut color make banding problems worse and the finer resolution even more of a necessity.
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Why is HDR a thing now?
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Wide color gamut has nothing to do with reducing banding. 10- or 12-bit color channel resolution makes a big difference on that front. If anything, the increased peak brightness of HDR and improved purity of RGB primary colors at the root of wide gamut color make banding problems worse and the finer resolution even more of a necessity.
This needs to be a thread title. I see too many threads where people are confusing these two things. I've recently been junior'd, otherwise I would make it.
Clark W Grizwald
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I love when the colors just pop out at me no matter what type of screen I'm viewing. Sounds like HDR is right up my alley
BONKERS
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Necro bump but
https://timothylottes.blogspot.com/2016/10/technical-evaluation-of-traditional-vs.html
They aren't really all that different.
See above for one. And two, existing HDR pipelines in games can be used for HDR output. They already have all of the work mostly done, they just have to map it for output rather than tone mapping it down to LDR. You'd essentially be getting near the same thing, but with slightly higher bit depth and extra luminance.(Which on LCD/LEDs doesn't come without it's own issues as well. Look at the above link again)
https://timothylottes.blogspot.com/2016/10/technical-evaluation-of-traditional-vs.html
They aren't really all that different.
See above for one. And two, existing HDR pipelines in games can be used for HDR output. They already have all of the work mostly done, they just have to map it for output rather than tone mapping it down to LDR. You'd essentially be getting near the same thing, but with slightly higher bit depth and extra luminance.(Which on LCD/LEDs doesn't come without it's own issues as well. Look at the above link again)
The standard "what is HDR" image:
Of course, this is displayed on your non HDR monitor, so they have to play down the "non HDR" photo to show the comparison. But given the content I've seen in HDR, this is a fair comparison.
Honestly, I think HDR might be bigger than 4K... it has much more visual oomph. I wasn't a believer until I saw LG's flagship OLED 4K HDR tv... I'm now a believer (once they drop in price.
DOT DASH DOT
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Shadow Warrior 2 on the PC is the best example of gaming HDR imo at the moment, you can forget about peak brightness n all that, just as massive is the transformation of lighting, it's really impressive, and to be able to toggle it on and off to compare at any point is awesome! I think it makes Gears 4 look like amateur HDR tbh.
Robot Pants
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OLED is a whole nother ballgame.