{"id":104081,"date":"2016-09-15T11:00:46","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T09:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=104081"},"modified":"2016-09-15T11:01:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T09:01:42","slug":"what-hdr-means-for-console-and-pc-gamers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/104081-what-hdr-means-for-console-and-pc-gamers","title":{"rendered":"What HDR means for console and PC gamers"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the recent release of the PlayStation Pro and Xbox One S, many gamers may be confused about the marketing buzz over HDR and 4K display.<\/p>\n

These technologies are relatively new and have only now started to penetrate the console gaming market.<\/p>\n

While you may not have thought to factor HDR support into your next hardware purchase, it is an important aspect to consider for gamers seeking high visual quality.<\/p>\n

Below is a brief summary of HDR (High Dynamic Range):<\/p>\n

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What is HDR?<\/h3>\n

HDR\u00a0refers to\u00a0a TV\u2019s ability to display a wider range of colors at higher rates of contrast.<\/p>\n

HDR enhances the resolution and colour range of your TV display, making it ideal to pair with the 4K gaming capabilities of the PlayStation 4 Pro or a high-end gaming PC.<\/p>\n

Nvidia’s <\/a><\/strong>description of HDR is succinctly explained in three points: “bright things can be really bright, dark things can be really dark, and details can be seen in both.”<\/p>\n

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HDR\u00a0Display<\/h3>\n

While 4K televisions are becoming increasingly popular, 4K TVs with HDR support remain relatively rare.<\/p>\n

Most high-end 4K TVs have various colour enhancement options, but these are imposed on the normal image and merely attempt to mimic the effects of HDR.<\/p>\n

HDR TVs are designed to output higher contrast and colour ranges, which is noticeable when displaying HDR content.<\/p>\n

Because 4K displays\u00a0encompass support for wider colour gamuts than standard HDTVs, they are ideal for HDR gaming.<\/p>\n

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HDR Gaming<\/h3>\n

HDR TVs are a reality, and easily available to the high-end gamer, but the number of supported titles is very low.<\/p>\n

However, since the launch of HDR-compatible consoles (and the original PlayStation 4’s HDR firmware update), many developers are including HDR support in their games.<\/p>\n

This will allow gamer with HDR displays to enjoy games in a higher range of colour and contrast than ever before.<\/p>\n

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Confused about what HDR is and what it means for gaming? We’ve got you covered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":97846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,7,3,11681,4],"tags":[11489,14010,20428,21905,20328,15397,21811,1853,20502,18933,243],"class_list":["post-104081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-hardware","category-pc","category-playstation","category-xbox","tag-4k","tag-display","tag-explained","tag-hdr","tag-one","tag-pc","tag-pro","tag-playstation4","tag-s","tag-slim","tag-xbox-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}