Dolby Vision on Shield not appearing

5punk3monk3y · 14 Sep 2020 at 21:28

I've just picked up a 4k 2017 Shield and can't get DV to show up on it. Then only setting is HDR10 ready.

I have brand new High speed Amazonbasics HDMI cables all tested with my 4k ATV and no issues there, deep colour is enabled on the TV.

AVR is on bypass. Also tried direct link to the TV...

Not sure what else to try.

One thing of note SkyQ doesn't like these cables I had to drop back to my 10 year old hdmi cable (which still carries HLG 4k from the box)

Anyone have any suggestions?

JohnG7 · 14 Sep 2020 at 21:32

AFAIK unless it changed recently you need the newer 2019 model.

If new why did you buy the 2017 model (I have one).

5punk3monk3y · 14 Sep 2020 at 21:37

JohnG7 said:
AFAIK unless it changed recently you need the newer 2019 model.

If new why did you buy the 2017 model (I have one).

Cables are new shield was second hand, just fancied trying it out.

Edit: just googled it and yep no DV just HDR10 was a bit of an impulse buy £100 for the shield with gaming controller. I may pass it on in that case.

barmyllama · 15 Sep 2020 at 10:39

Dolby Vision on the new shield is still just basically Netflix, which tends to be darker than HDR10. There's very little on Amazon Prime. Not sure about Disney.

You would probably only tell the difference between DV and HDR10 in a side by side comparison anyway.

I have both versions of the shield and I I don't think the "upgrade" to the 2019 version was worth it at all.

Even If you rip and 4k UHD DV disk, the DV meta data isn't read from the MKV container so you just get standard HDR10.

£100 with a controller is a bargain.

JohnG7 · 15 Sep 2020 at 15:00

I would not upgrade but buying new the 2019 Pro has what is said to be the best AI upscaling (assume non Pro Tube 2019 also but read it runs like a dog with some files).

Yas786 · 15 Sep 2020 at 15:47

barmyllama said:
Dolby Vision on the new shield is still just basically Netflix, which tends to be darker than HDR10. There's very little on Amazon Prime. Not sure about Disney.

You would probably only tell the difference between DV and HDR10 in a side by side comparison anyway.

I have both versions of the shield and I I don't think the "upgrade" to the 2019 version was worth it at all.

Even If you rip and 4k UHD DV disk, the DV meta data isn't read from the MKV container so you just get standard HDR10.

£100 with a controller is a bargain.

There are a few series/movies etc on Disney that are Dolby vision enabled.
The Star Wars animated series clone wars is definitely Dolby vision as I watched it via the app on my LG C9 oled panel a few mths back.

barmyllama · 15 Sep 2020 at 18:41

To be honest it's the least important, or possibly pointless, feature on the new shield.

If you have a DV capable TV, which you need to take advantage of DV in the first place, then you already have access to all DV content via TV apps.

5punk3monk3y · 15 Sep 2020 at 19:51

barmyllama said:
To be honest it's the least important, or possibly pointless, feature on the new shield.

If you have a DV capable TV, which you need to take advantage of DV in the first place, then you already have access to all DV content via TV apps.

Yes I do, I did jump a bit at the "pass it on" line however after thinking about it I'm going to keep it as it has a number of features to play around with.