Where's all the HDR games?

Dup said:
It doesnt interest as and neither does 4k. Seems we're running out of gimmicks to sell.
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Hehe. You're gonna feel silly for thinking this in a few years once these sorts of displays are more common.

4K + HDR is jaw-dropping.

Did you also think 1080p was a gimmick when they first started appearing? :/
 
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Dup said:
My U2711 is 10bit... so yay, I have HDR!

What I've seen of HDR (not in the flesh mind you) is that it makes the contrast look darker and you lose detail in darker areas in favour of the picture popping more. At lot of the examples out there are simulated and not real-world comparisons.

It doesnt interest as and neither does 4k. Seems we're running out of gimmicks to sell.
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HDR is just the opposite! HDR means you get more detail in the darker areas not less!!!!!
 
There is not a single PC game which supports HDR yet. Nvidia are working on patches for a few games (Gears Of War4 & Rise Of The Tomb Raider & MS on Forza Horizon 3) but HDR on PC needs GPU & OS vendor patching which is why its taking so long plus few monitors or HDTV's have proper HDR support yet. Its only recently been a HDTV standard & you also need the correct cable with enough bandwidth (HMDI 2.0a or Display Port 1.2).

In a year or so HDR PC Games & UHD 4K PC Movies will both be available (Sony are developing the hardware-software for UHD 4K content on PC). I suspect the 2 are linked so when 4K UHD movies arrive on PC expect to see HDR PC games as well.

HDR makes a big difference to graphics in games its going to be a great technology but will as always require spending £££ for many who do not already have the required hardware!!
 
Greebo said:
don't forget a lot of TV's are just "HDR ready" which is like when HD came count and you had loads of 720P tv's sold as HD ready. It just means the TV can handle the signal.

I saw a cracking deal on a £1000 HDR 4k TV the other day until I saw from reviews that it wasnt a HDR TV at all, just HDR ready. They really shouldnt be allowed to put HDR on a TV unless it is a proper HDR tv when they just mean its compatible. Lucklily there is the new Ultra HD Premium certified sticker which at least means you are getting a "true" HDR tv. Interestly enough ony a few HDR 4k screens sold in 2015 (the top end ones) would pass for getting this certification.

The number of "true" HDR tvs sold is pretty small I would imagine. By whether its a game console or PC, if you are running a HDR game outputted to a HDR ready TV, it wont look any different to a none HDR game.

Only HDR certified screens sold in 2016 are pretty much the genuine article (high end from 2015 excluded) so I imagine thats still a small pool
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The Samsung KS7000 is UHD premium but only has an 8bit panel so dont know if you can trust that.
 
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hyperseven said:
The Samsung KS7000 is UHD premium but only has an 8bit panel so dont know if you can trust that.
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That site must be wrong.. All reviews and Samsung own website says its a 10 bit panel.

They never would have got the Ultra HD premium without it.

Interesting to see not a single Philips "HDR" tv is a proper HDR TV so no wonder they havent signed up to UHD Premium

And the OP is wondering where the games are for the TVs that nobody owns.............

SOny has gone their own way with "4k HDR" logos but admit this logo is put on HDR ready sets in the lower range so waste of space.
 
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Shadow Warrior 2 supports HDR on PC, looks incredible.

I believe Microsoft added HDR support with the Anniversary update of Windows 10, just needs developers to patch their games now.
 
AWPC said:
There is not a single PC game which supports HDR yet. Nvidia are working on patches for a few games (Gears Of War4 & Rise Of The Tomb Raider & MS on Forza Horizon 3) but HDR on PC needs GPU & OS vendor patching which is why its taking so long plus few monitors or HDTV's have proper HDR support yet. Its only recently been a HDTV standard & you also need the correct cable with enough bandwidth (HMDI 2.0a or Display Port 1.2).

In a year or so HDR PC Games & UHD 4K PC Movies will both be available (Sony are developing the hardware-software for UHD 4K content on PC). I suspect the 2 are linked so when 4K UHD movies arrive on PC expect to see HDR PC games as well.

HDR makes a big difference to graphics in games its going to be a great technology but will as always require spending £££ for many who do not already have the required hardware!!
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Yes there is. Shadow Warrior 2 already supports HDR and has since launch...
 
Dup said:
My U2711 is 10bit... so yay, I have HDR!

What I've seen of HDR (not in the flesh mind you) is that it makes the contrast look darker and you lose detail in darker areas in favour of the picture popping more. At lot of the examples out there are simulated and not real-world comparisons.

It doesnt interest as and neither does 4k. Seems we're running out of gimmicks to sell.
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Yep, even my cheap 1440p 27" IPS panel is 10bit capable...
 
agnes said:
Yep, even my cheap 1440p 27" IPS panel is 10bit capable...
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Is it actually pumping out a nice wide 10bit Gamut with at least 1,000 nits brightness and less than 0.05nits black or more than 540 nits brightness and less than 0.0005 nits black?
 
new boy said:
I hate monitors. There is always something just around the corner or just out of my price range that always keeps me from pulling the trigger on a new one.
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+1

I'm now sat here thinking do I need this?
I only just bought a monitor a couple of months ago but thankfully I got one from the MM and didn't spend anywhere near what I was originally planning too, which makes not having HDR an easier pill to swallow. I think I'll give it a couple of years and hopefully by then we'll have 144hz 4k(ish) Ultrawides with HDR. But even then as you said they'll just come up with something else I didn't know I needed.
 
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