And it really does deliver impressive results, as detailed here.ĭolby Vision delivers a better class of HDR. This adds a layer of so-called ‘dynamic metadata’ (extra scene by scene picture information) to help a TV do a better job of handling the complex HDR picture information. It also supports the advanced Dolby Vision format. The Apple TV 4K doesn’t just support the so-called HDR10 industry standard HDR format. The HDR support is not currently exhaustive, though, as discussed in the companion ‘negatives’ article.įor an in-depth exploration of HDR, check out HDR Made Easy: A Jargon-Free Guide To The Next Big Thing In TV Technology. HDR’s impact on picture quality can be truly transformative - provided, at least, that it’s handled well by both the content created in it and the hardware delivering it.Īgain, Apple’s HDR support extends to a number of content providers, and is comprehensively handled through Apple TV 4K’s A10X processing chip. This is actually at least as important as the new Apple TV’s support for 4K, since despite being a relatively new kid on the technology block, it’s already become a feature that AV fans love and are coming to expect as a standard partner for 4K on both content and hardware.

A 'dramatization' of what 4K HDR looks like through the new Apple TV 4K.

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