Viper87227
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Same. I glanced at some of the new Samsung TV's after their announcement and they're much cheaper than they were a few years ago. They seem dead set on HDR10+ while it seems like Dolby is what they others are going with. As someone who is mostly using for gaming, I've only seem Dolby pop up a couple times. Optical disk movies seem to favor it, though.
Samsung doesn't want to pay the license for Dolby Vision, that is the only reason why they are pushing HDR10+. Everyone else is sticking with DV because it's been around for years, it's widely supported (especially on streaming platforms, which is where the average consumer gets their media these days). Also, Dolby in general is a name that most consumers know, and associate with high-quality media. DV support helps them sell TVs. Samsung thinks they are a big enough name that they don't need a Dolby logo on their box to stand out. And truthfully, they are right. Samsung makes over priced, under performing TVs. I think I'd probably label them as the worst value in TVs right now. And yet, they sell a ton, and the people who buy them think they're wonderful. Largely due to their phones, Samsung has sort of become the de facto choice for many when buying home electronics.. they are the Apple for non-Apple people.
DV has seen very little adoption in games. I think only EA games have supported it, and I'm not sure they even do anymore. I could never get DV working in EA games on my PC... maybe it works better on consoles? I never lost sleep over it... for all the praise people give to DV, I find the difference is often negligible on my LG OLED (in moves) and I've even come across a few where I think HDR10 looks better (The Last Jedi comes to mind, I've watched it off the disc with both HDR10 and DV, and preferred HDR10). At the end of the day, well done HDR looks good, and poorly done HDR does not, regardless of format. DV doesn't magically make anything superior.