Sky HDR

[Super+Anthony]

@Anonymous Great, but do you see a massive difference between HDR and UHD? I dont

Also, what do you see under Picture resloution under SKY Q Settings and also On Demand download format?

[Laing1]

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@Tom+Shinkwin wrote:

Hi 

I hope we're all well,

Quick question , I have downloaded  Gangs of lemur island and as soon as I watch it my tv switch's to HLG HDR., but when I watch it in real time on ch 130 it doesn't switch to HLG HDR .

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@Tom+Shinkwin that's because Sky dont broadcasting in UHD so you need to download the UHD version there are only 3 programmes so far in HLG HDR

[Anonymous]

Hi @Super+Anthony   Unfortunately I have a ES140 (V1) box so no Sky HDR for me 😂

[GreenLantern]

@Super+Anthony  That should work. Same box as mine. Go to your HLG settings in your tv. If they're grey'd out try altering your picture format. Mine were grey'd out until I switched from Dynamic to Standard. My Samsung Q90 also didn't give me the HLG message, apparently some don't 

[Austinored]

@bob1234  I have that option on my q box, I'm using 10 bit, but that's just for 4K no? My telly doesn't do HDR, came out in 2015. Quite happy with the quality. Not sure what HDR would do to it.

[Super+Anthony]

@bob1234 My Sony says I do have HDR.

Can you confirm what you see under settings the following from earlier please

1. Audio Visual Picture resolution - my highest one is 2160p 10-bit

2. Under preferences, On Demand shows UHD

[GreenLantern]

@Super+Anthony  It doesn't say HLG. Just select UHD and of course you want 2160 ...

[Austinored]

@Maverick1975 what is the model of your Panasonic? Was it HDR ready?

[rscott]

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@Paulonthetelly wrote:

@Maverick1975 , it's not HDR it's HLG. It's royalty free and been around for 5 years. Believe in better but your not actually going to get it.... or very few are. It's all about the journey

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HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Vision and HLG are all variants of HDR.

HLG was ratified as a standard by the ITU in late 2016, so not quite 4 years ago.

[chris44]

@rscott Didn't sky say it is a mix of the 2 that the BBC already uses as seen that in a lot of articles 

[Maverick1975]

@Austinored yes it was hdr ready. By that it means it had the correct hdmi version to transmit hdr and the panel was good for it etc. Sky have no excuse. Mine was the pana model above yours I think. The 800

[Tom+Shinkwin]

Thanks guys that makes sense , massive difference from this to UHD  for me , I have the LG49UH770V

[PBS83]

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@Austinored wrote:

@bob1234  I have that option on my q box, I'm using 10 bit, but that's just for 4K no? My telly doesn't do HDR, came out in 2015. Quite happy with the quality. Not sure what HDR would do to it.

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10-bit depth isn't exclusive to HDR, it's also used by SDR displays.

[arnsbrae]

I watched HDR on the BBC iPlayer and it was far superior to Sky's version of UHD.

That is why I have been frustrated by Sky's serial delays to the introduction of HDR.

You could say, "They've been building a journey to my frustration..."

I've just been looking at BT's bundled offering. On the face of it the cost seems a bit lower for a similar package. They don't have HDR either, but I just feel that my long running dissatisfaction with Sky over their casual treatment of long time, higher spending customers is like howling at the moon and I need to do something about it.

[Jamie+Simms]

Content wise I must say the Malawi animal rescue service programme is not a good example of quality HDR content and am disappointed in that. 

The other two series are very good and impressive as expected, the good news is that Sky do already have a good catalogue of Sky original content that was produced in HDR. This needs to be just recoded and uploaded to the servers so expect this to start happening over the coming weeks. 

A clue that something may be coming in HDR is that it expires from On Demand and then returns a week later complete with HDR