HDR Monitors Explained with Epic Games Demo at SIGGRAPH 2015

HDR, or High-dynamic-range, enhances visuals. Bright things can be really bright, dark things can be really dark, and details can be seen in both.

[MelbourneArchviz]

what I have been missing for 15 years is a graphics card that can help me view my animations in 3dsmax at 30fps rather than 12 or 8fps.

[Phoenix_]

You can't actually see it, but when you see it, you will see it!

Thanks!

[Animal_lives_matter]

Think of it like high dynamic range audio that you get on DVD/bluray/theater - quiet dialogue and loud explosions. Same thing for video, can go very dark and very bright. Just more range to work with, can produce more interesting and realistic effects, bright highlights and good detail in the dark areas of the picture, and without any banding cause the bit depth is increased to 1024 shades per subpixel instead of 256 what we currently have. 256 is actually just enough to still work decently for HDR without too much visible banding due to film grain effect and dithering in post production which hides a lot of banding, so the main benefit of HDR is actually coming from the displays. Without displays that are capable of producing way more dynamic range than we currently have, it would be pointless. Stuff in the real world is way brighter than what any screen produces, and this is bringing us a step closer to that. Of course being able to go dark (black level) is important too and hopefully they make improvements there as well.

[arwlyx]

I want Amoled, G-Sync gaming monitors already, ugh.

[martymcfly]

After watching this i'm not gaming anymore till i get one of those. I don't want to miss anything !

[Denso]

1440p, 21:9 ultra wide, Amoled, HDR, G-Sync, 120HZ Screen

One can only dream...

[sdmarlow]

HDR, or 32bits instead of 24bits for color, means no clipping of very bright or very dark regions of an image. So, you would be able to see shadows in the tree leaves AND details in the clouds above, instead of just having one of the other. Only NEW games designed to use the card/monitor combination will be worth it. Even so, I suspect lots of lens flare and bloom out da ass, in much the same way movie's go to far with those 3D "it's coming right at you" moments.

[Ponlets]

i find it strange that nvidia makes high end GPUs and they never post a vid thats 60fps

[danielkoolno]

So they increased the contrast setting on the tv?

[Sanaak]

So wait a minute we can adjust the highlight and shadows with color correction and grading in videos and games but why do we really need this? I mean what if the games don't have more bit depth?

[zinthros]

So what are these in non-marketing speak? 12-bit panels?

[tubester]

I remember when Half Life 2 had a HDR setting. It was gonna be huge....back in 2004. It seems the older I get, nothing really changes, even a highend $700 video card cant play 4K properly. No matter how much more powerful video cards are, the games always need more thats how they sell video cards.

[axellno]

So what is the difference between the HDR and the "dynamic contrast" most tvs and monitors already have? (which is usually advised to be turned off for better image quality ). I smell marketing bs again. :/

[theodor]

So why make a Video if we cant see a difference?

The future is OLED (pure blacks). Is this new HDR stuff compatible with OLED, or has OLED already?

[MatrixfanMacUser]

At present for me it's nothing more than a gimmick to boost contrast numbers based on increased brightness. I don't want to see burned out details all over the place, but perfect black levels and perfect near black shadow detail is still something left to be desired. Even my VT60 can hurt my eyes when a movie has a sudden explosion in a dark scene for example, and plasmas have ABL. When used realistically HDR has its merits, but doesn't solve any of the problems current PC displays have. I "hate lcd tech with passion" given all its faults regarding contrast, colors, and motion...

[TesserLink]

i rather stick with a oled screen seems to me to do the same work but without the new insainly high entrance price and the heave gpu load you guys were talking about. once they start coming out OLED gaming monitors this really will fade out. this might be good for photo work though. and any haters this is "my opinion" don't get but hurt over a comment there are better things to do with your time.

[doomtomb]

Yay another reason to make people buy another new monitor. So if 4K didn't get you, or G-Sync, this surely will.

[zerkysigma]

Watching a video game in 30 fps triggers me.

[thepunisher]

why have no ue4 games looked like this?? not even the elemtal demo shown years ago not even close. everything is always scaled down, poorly optimized or doesn't have any advanced features at all. batman arkham knight looks better than the shit ue4 is making and that was built on ue3. also a lot of devs don't use ue4 because they charge a cut from residual profit. instead of just paying a flat fee like ue4. so useless...