Dolby Imaginative and prescient got here out in 2014, three years earlier than HDR10+. The HDR10+ rival additionally gives extra management over shade via its help of 12-bit video. Mixed, this has led to Dolby Imaginative and prescient having fun with wider adoption than HDR10+.

Nonetheless, HDR10+ continues to be necessary for Netflix to supply to remain aggressive with different streaming providers supporting the format, like Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Hulu, and Disney+, which introduced in January that it could begin supporting HDR10+.

HDR10+ can also be necessary to HDR viewers who’ve gadgets that do not help Dolby Imaginative and prescient. That features TVs from Samsung, which sells extra TVs than every other model. Individuals who attempt to watch HDR content material on Netflix on an HDR TV that does not help Dolby Imaginative and prescient have been streaming the lesser HDR10 base normal, which makes use of static metadata.

HDR has additionally grown in reputation since 2020, with HDR streaming growing “by greater than 300 p.c” and the variety of gadgets streaming Netflix and supporting HDR greater than doubling, per Netflix’s weblog.

Netflix including HDR10+ help to its service at no additional price is a welcome change from different streaming bulletins, which frequently embody price hikes, pulled content, and removed features. Nonetheless, this newest transfer comes about three months after Netflix raised its Premium subscription price from $23 per 30 days to $25 per 30 days.