Will Samsung and Panasonic succumb to the Dark Side

[Staying Salty]

This will probably take at least five or more years to play out.

I don’t believe that Samsung and Panasonic can prevail in their desire to avoid adapting Dolby Vison. I don’t believe that this a battle like HD DVD vs Blu-ray was (Winner take all). Even when Samsung and Panasonic at some point in the future add Dolby Vision, HDR10+ content will still be produced.

The HD DVD vs Blu-ray dust up was decided by the Big Boys/Powers That Be. I believe that we consumers will have a much bigger impact on the outcome of what the manufactures support for our HDR preferences for 4K Blu-rays and Streaming. I am not including Broadcasting because those choices will be made by the Powers That Be.

“So how come we consumers get to decide the HDR that Samsung and Panasonic supports” you ask? Excellent question. You might have noticed that I did not include Fox Studios in the original axis of evil. (Just kidding). Because we consumers have very little influence on Fox. They have exclusive product and no competition for that product.

Now Samsung and Panasonic are different. They have a lot of competition for their Displays and Players. So the other brands that consumers buy in sufficient quantity will impact their bottom line. Remember “Curved Screens” vs “Flat Screens” was decided by our buying choices. (at least in the US). The most direct and first impact will be on players because their numbers are so small compared to displays. . Because HDR10+ is “Open Standard” it will be adopted on the Dolby Vision Players and Displays. I believe that LG has committed itself to supporting all major HDR formats.

I would think that most members would want to take advantage of the dynamic metadata that is on the disks we buy or movies we stream, but this poll will tell the tell.

After your vote please give a little comment on your vote.

Perhaps you are undecided at this time. Since there is no option for “Undecided”, just state that in a post. Then in the future, once you’ve decided, cast your vote for your HDR choices.