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vivster on 07 October 2020
SvennoJ said:
Auto HDR yuck. That will put many people off HDR as a real improvement to games. It's bad enough TV manufacturers do it. At least you can turn it off? If a game or movie isn't made for HDR, don't add it after the fact. It just looks wrong.

Is it though? It's not doing too much to the image. It seems to do great work with simpler games. Geometry Wars for example looked awesome. I doubt it can actually make a game look worse to a point where most people would care.



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Goatseye on 07 October 2020

Exciting tech for people looking to enjoy 8th gen games they missed on Xbox.



WoodenPints on 07 October 2020

That's a pretty cool feature and will help some games look great.



LivingMetal on 07 October 2020

HDR > 4K. If my previous 1080p television (which I still own) had HDR, I would not have bought my newer 4K HDR television to replace the 1080p in the Alcove (my media room). But HDR is most effective when implemented from the ground up. It's ultimately about personal preference, but most videophiles will attest that "VIVID" (and anything equivalent) as a picture option is discouraged. I tend to agree in general without getting into specifics. And Auto-HDR in this case similarly applies especially when its original source material was not originally built with HDR in mind. The intent of HDR is to expand the color spectrum visible to the naked human eye, not just to make the image "pop." So Auto-HDR might be fine for newer titles, but it could easily be a hit or miss for older ones. So, yeah. Like what you like, but don't let the hype and half truths get you.



kirby007 on 07 October 2020
vivster said:
Today I learned Kazooie is a girl.

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