After launching select titles in 4K Ultra HD high-resolution video, Amazon expressed its plans to add support for High Dynamic Range displays — promising a richer visual experience! Isn’t 4K good enough?
The company said Amazon Studios’ original series will be the first to arrive in HDR video quality. Amazon’s originals include Golden Globe-winning “Transparent” (pictured above), “Bosch,” “Mozart in the Jungle” and “Alpha House.”
High Dynamic Range televisions, compared with conventional HDTVs, provide much greater contrast with detailed shadows and distinct highlights to make colors appear brighter and more lifelike. Indeed, many in the entertainment biz are more bullish on HDR than on 4K, which quadruples the screen resolution in terms of the number of pixels to 3840 by 2160.
Read more at Variety.com.