Do you remember last week, when Netflix added HDR10+ support in a movement that looked like great news for Samsung television owners? Well, I assumed that this would be an instant victory for the best Samsung televisions in all areas, but it seems that this is not the case, and Samsung is surprisingly cautious about which of its existing televisions will see the benefit and when.
Samsung issued a statement by saying that all its 2025 televisions, including the Samsung S95F OLED TV, will admit Netflix HDR10+ implementation, as well as its HDR 2024 and 2025 computer monitors, but nobody possesses the 2025 televisions, so what happens to current televisions?
Samsung says there will be “support for additional models in the future”, but has not offered more information so far. I asked Samsung if he is able to share more specific information for users of these televisions, and will be updated if I receive an answer.
I guess Samsung really will bring support in a quite broad and quite fast way, but this cautious announcement feels like dropping the ball just a few seconds from a touchdown.
HDR10+ is a more advanced type of HDR, with scene scene metadata, such as Dolby Vision. In theory, you can help televisions better ‘map the tone’ HDR brightness levels in the television screen, which means that more details are preserved in the brightest and most dark areas of the image, even if your television is not excellent to go especially bright or dark.
Samsung televisions support HDR10+, and do not support Dolby Vision: he is the only creator of the best televisions that Dolby’s HDR format has rejected. And this has been a frustration, because Dolby Vision HDR is the advanced format used by most of the best transmission services.
Dolby’s lack of vision is he Great complaint, we listen to people when we publish on Samsung televisions, and have HDR10+ support in the largest streamers (Prime Video also admits it) helps mitigate that, so I would have expected Samsung to adopt it instantly. In fact, I assumed that Samsung would have everything prepared in advance, given how linked the company to HDR10+ as format.
But that has changed over time, and Netflix that admits HDR10+ was felt as a key change to offer all Samsung televisions an instant impulse … but only once Samsung admits it.
When Samsung confirms that he admits Netflix update on more televisions, we will inform you immediately, Samsung TV owners.
