- Samsung televisions will be the first to support HDR10+ on Disney+, Disney confirms
- Samsung TVs support HDR10+ instead of Dolby Vision
- Disney joins other streaming services like Prime Video to support HDR10+
While no actual date has been confirmed for the launch of HDR10+, we do know that all Samsung TVs from 2018 onwards, from their ‘Crystal UHD’ LED sets to their flagship OLEDs, will support HDR10+ on Disney+.
Disney+ joins some of the best streaming services like Prime Video, Apple TV+, Paramount+, and YouTube in supporting the premium HDR format. Disney+ will also continue to offer Dolby Vision HDR streaming.
HDR10+ is a premium HDR format that allows you to obtain a more dynamic, brighter and contrast-rich image than SDR and HDR10. It not only supports streaming but also 4K Blu-ray.
Why is this good news for Samsung TV owners? Until now, Disney+ only offered Dolby Vision HDR quality, and since Samsung TVs do not support Dolby Vision and opt to support HDR10+, viewers were unable to take full advantage of their hardware. With support for HDR10+ on Disney+, Samsung TVs, some of the best TVs out there, will now get an improved picture when watching the best shows on Disney+.
Samsung TVs aren’t the only ones that support HDR10+. Hisense, TCL, Panasonic and Philips in the UK all offer HDR10+ and Dolby Vision compatible models. However, LG and Sony do not support HDR10+, not even in more premium equipment such as the LG C5 OLED or the Sony Bravia 9, but instead opt only for Dolby Vision HDR compatibility.
Big news for Samsung
It’s always seemed like a strange decision for Samsung to continually give up Dolby Vision support on its TVs; a decision that has not changed with any of its 2025 televisions.
Many streaming services like Netflix and Disney+ originally opted to only support the Dolby Vision HDR format, meaning Samsung owners would miss out on the best possible picture quality on their TVs. A television like the Samsung S95F for example, one of the best OLED televisions of 2025, deserves the best quality in a streaming service.
But this decision by Disney means that Samsung TV fans, and crucially potential customers, can now buy with a little more confidence knowing that another streaming service has joined the seemingly growing group of streaming sites to offer HDR10+ streaming.
It remains to be seen if other streaming services will offer HDR10+ support (looking at you, Netflix and Max), but until then, Samsung lovers now have one more service they can watch on the best Samsung TVs in optimal quality.
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