Disney stated at CES 2025 that its streaming service will soon adopt the HDR10+ standard. The new benefit will be available at no additional cost to all Disney+ customers in the near future.
Marc Finer of Communication Research Inc. made the statement on behalf of HDR10+ Technologies LLC (via MediaPlayNews) during a press conference this week, which is not surprising given that other streaming providers have already adopted the new standard.
The HDR10+ standard, which was created jointly by Samsung, Amazon, Panasonic, and 20th Century Fox, is critical for Galaxy devices. As you may already be aware, Samsung phones and televisions do not support Dolby Vision, a standard akin to HDR10+. Disney+ users using Samsung phones will only get the optimum viewing experience if HDR10+ support is available.
HDR10+ provides four times the maximum brightness (4,000 nits) as the previous standard (HDR10). Aside from that, HDR10+ includes dynamic information, which allows it to alter with each frame of a video. Essentially, each frame is assigned its own set of colours and brightness to produce a more realistic-looking image.
Disney+ is the first streaming service to announce HDR10+ support in 2025, but it is far from the first to provide this feature. Amazon Prime Video has supported HDR10+ since 2017, followed by Apple TV+ in 2023. Hulu, Paramount+, and YouTube all offer HDR10+, but Netflix, one of the most popular streaming services, does not.
As previously said, Samsung is a strong proponent of HDR10+, and nearly every flagship introduced by the firm since 2019 supports the standard. The Galaxy S10 series was the first to enable HDR10+, but it is now accessible on a considerably larger number of devices.
