Universal HDR TV

As the industry is unable to reach a consensus on HDR, consumers should take over and push for
universal HDR-compliant TV which shall be compatible with all existing and being standardized (i.e.
via committed upgrade) HDR formats:

. existing HDR formats: HDR10 and Dolby Vision

. being standardized HDR formats: ST 2094-10 Dynamic HDR, ST 2094-20 Dynamic HDR, ST 2094-30
Dynamic HDR, ST 2094-40 Dynamic HDR, BBC/NHK HLG HDR, VP9-HLG and VP9-PQ.

=> Dynamic HDR: using open standard SMPTE ST 2094 dynamic metadata

The SMPTE ST 2094 Dynamic Metadata for [reference mastering display to consumer TV] Color
Volume Transform includes 4 different dynamic metadata methods "from Dolby, Philips, Technicolor,
Samsung that are considered sufficiently different to make it impossible to rationalize into a single
method.": ST 2094-10 from Dolby, ST 2094-20 from Philips, ST 2094-30 from Technicolor, ST 2094-40
from Samsung.

=> Broadcast HDR: using SMPTE ST 2084 PQ and using HLG

http://www.itu.int/en/mediacentre/Pages/2016-PR27.aspx
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=> Royalty-free Internet HDR: VP9-PQ, VP9-HLG

https://source.android.com/devices/tech/display/hdr.html

The ideal HDR TV shall be compatible with all existing and being standardized (i.e. via TV
manufacturer-committed upgrade) HDR formats.

Such an universal HDR TV can be designed around universal HDR-compliant SoC like Sigma Designs
STV7804 SoC which is compatible with HLG, HDR10 and Dolby Vision.

http://www.sigmadesigns.com/news/sigma-designs-introduces-worlds-first-uhd-tv-soc-with-
100120hz-full-featured-integrated-frame-rate-converter/

Such a universal HDR TV should be compatible with the upcoming HDMI 2.1 which should use the
upcoming CTA-861-G supporting HLG and SMPTE ST 2094 dynamic metadata (HDMI 2.0a uses CTA-
861.3).

http://danielbafr.free.fr/photos/cta.jpg

Can we let "what happens in the industry happens"?

Can we trust the industry which firstly creates an open standard HDR format (i.e. CTA HDR10 or BDA
BDMV HDR =~ ST 2086 + ST 2084), then standardizes the missing dynamic metadata adaptation for
consistent visual ST 2094, one of the 3 fundamental HDR building blocks.
As the industry is unable to reach a consensus on HDR, consumers should take over and push for
universal HDR-compliant TV which shall be compatible with all existing and being standardized (i.e.
via committed upgrade) HDR formats.

No more early-adopter industry-driven HDR TV incompatible with other HDR content, but consumer-
driven universal HDR-compliant TV able to play any HDR content!