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[The Verge] Xbox One is getting Dolby Vision support
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This is huge for an LG B7 owner like me.
This would mean a free auto switch from calibrated HDR Game Mode to Dolby Vision Cinema Mode when watching Netflix TV Shows/Movies, without the need to use the TV Netflix in-built app, and still leveraging Dolby Atmos for Headphones at the same time.
Awesome news!
This would mean a free auto switch from calibrated HDR Game Mode to Dolby Vision Cinema Mode when watching Netflix TV Shows/Movies, without the need to use the TV Netflix in-built app, and still leveraging Dolby Atmos for Headphones at the same time.
Awesome news!
Kinda crazy all the stuff they're adding to Xbox lately on a software level.
-Freesync
-Discord
-Dolby Vision
-Freesync
-Discord
-Dolby Vision
Yeah, I hope this will also extend to Movies & TV app and Blu-Ray app.
Anyway, having all processed by the console is much better, as now we can have both Dolby Vision & Dolby Atmos for Headphones (not available with TVs)
Please read the article and you will find the answer there.
I highly doubt it, as the only DV supported game I know is ME: Andromeda.
DV handles dynamic metadata frame by frame while HDR has static metadata for all the source.
Videogames are not predictable like movies, and are better suited with the latter.
Let's not get ahead of ourselves. HDR is rarely supported as is.
Not at all.
Any Stereo headphones will dramatically improve with DAfH
Need to start somewhere.
Also I think there are only 2 PC games supporting DV. So it's not like the industry is ready for it anyway.
How/where/ what set up do you use to get the effect though?
I'm currently rocking audio technica headset on an astro mixamp
Dolby Vision is HDR. HDR10 and Dolby Vision are just different formats of the HDR technology. If HDR10 is being supported, no reason Dolby Vision can't. It all comes down to cutting cost, you have to pay Dolby for Dolby Vision and companies don't want to.
It really makes me excited for the X2 + a TV with HDMI 2.1 & HDR.
Download Dolby Access app from Store, then just connect any pair of headphones to Xbox -> Go to Xbox Audio Settings -> Select Dolby Atmos for Headphones as the default Headset sound option
Just remember to:
- One time purchase DAfH after first 30-day trial, it's about 15$ (and it's worth every penny. The license will also extend to all your Windows 10 devices with the same account);
- Uncheck the option "HDMI/Optical" under the setting if you directly wire plug the headphones to Xbox controller;
- Uncheck the option "HDMI/Optical" if you directly connect the headphones wirelessy through Xbox Wireless protocol (for example with Razer Thresher for Xbox, non-Ultimate);
- Check the option "HDMI/Optical" only if you have an audio hub connected via HDMI/Optical to Xbox, and with the headphones connected to the hub (cable, wireless, doesn't matter);
- In all the cases above, remember to DISABLE any type of other audio processing from the headphones if present (for example DTS:X or Dolby for Headphones), as Dolby Atmos for Headphones must be the ONLY audio processing for an headphone that MUST be Stereo.
Doing so will also natively decode/transcode real Dolby Atmos tracks from movies/games to Stereo, retaining real spatial audio. It's amazing.
Dolby Vision + Atmos will be so good :D
They already have and their adding more in the near future, amazing?
I'm well aware of all of this. My point is that Dolby Vision won't get much support until HDR10 gets widespread support
Yeah, im really disappointed with Playstation in regards to not having some of these features. Though i mainly play consoles for exclusives so this puts me into a annoying position where i can't really do anything but complain.
Thanks for the explanation.
So I could use my mixamp if I deactivated the Dolby headphone..
Article says limited to streaming apps, for now. So we could see this implemented to games in the future for S & X. I'm down!
I'm pissed my PS4 pro still doesn't do either Atmos for games or Dolby vision for movies, or hdr YouTube. It doesn't even take 4K UHD discs. So much for a supposedly 4K hdr machine.
I'm tempted to pick a xbox for this matter, but I know the xbox one x is a stop gap machine and next gen is around the corner, so I'll be double pissed if I get one now and new machines are announced next year.
I don't know what to do about it, so ultimately I guess I'll do nothing, just be mad about it
I'm tempted to pick a xbox for this matter, but I know the xbox one x is a stop gap machine and next gen is around the corner, so I'll be double pissed if I get one now and new machines are announced next year.
I don't know what to do about it, so ultimately I guess I'll do nothing, just be mad about it
If it doesn't come to the blu ray app then this is mostly useless. Every tv that has Dolby vision support already had built in apps that support DV so this just seems weird if it excludes the blu ray app, which is where DV is needed the most.
DV used to require a chip due to capabilities for 12 bit data. They moved to a software solution later, which is what you will see on this, just like the UHD players that get DV with firmware updates.
Big news (for me as an LG OLED owner)!
Also:
MS official announcement of the feature: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2018/07/11/new-preview-1810-system-update/
Also:
MS official announcement of the feature: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2018/07/11/new-preview-1810-system-update/
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Sony resting on their laurels with PS4 big time, particularly the half-assed Pro (which I own). They need to start actually supporting things. 4K Blu-ray would be a start, smh.
Lol this is exactly where I am at. Now if only LG can find a way for us to use wireless headphones while still in Game Mode that would be great.
I'd really like to know what % of Xbox users actually use 4K Blu-ray. I wouldn't imagine it'd even be in double figures. So what's the point?
This appears to be a duplicate thread, so please move discussion here: https://www.resetera.com/posts/10291085/
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