Thanks for sharing. I didn't realize that DV had a single layer version.
gadgtfreek;55546802 said:The biggest joke to me, after watching that, is Dolby. Idiots.
Totally agree with you, Sam. More broken promises from Sony.Gadgt blames Dolby in the new consolidated thread at AVS. I don't and I will tell you why:
OK but let's look at it from Dolby's PoV. There are two ticks against DV when compared to HDR or HDR10:
- Licensing Fees
- Requiring dedicated hardware.
So let's assume Dolby WANTS to keep the license fees moving. They have to fix #2 to remain competitive in the face of HDR10+. How do you do that? Either on the device or on the panel. Assume Dolby isn't just interested in Oppon and Apple. With this change they have short term pain but long term they can add:
Every cheap UHD deck
Playstation 4
Xbox
Kindles
Rokus
Hell anything that connects to HDMI with a half decent processor can do DV as long as that sweet sweet licensing lucre keeps rolling in.
And right now? It looks like Sony are the dopes.
And partly, Sony is. Not because they made a bad technical decision, BUT BECAUSE THEY FAILED TO SET CONSUMER EXPECTATIONS ACCORDINGLY.
I don't blame Dolby in this situation. They have the potential to rapidly expand their user base.
I TOTALLY BLAME SONY. Sony advertised a set in January and Delivered it to me in March with a CORE FEATURE I counted on being there. By the time I can actually use that feaure the same panel will have a street cost of HALF of what I paid for it. To the tune of THOUSANDS of dollars.
That's my PoV as a pioneer who has arrows in his back.
Appeasing Sony may have been the root cause, but Oppo and Apple shouldn't have been left in the dark. They should have been given enough notice to have had fixes/updates ready to go by now.
Oppo said there will still be firmware updates. I actually had a Sony TV FW update this weekend (Z9D), not sure what it included.And now with Oppo quitting the business we will never see DV from them on this stupid TV =(