Microsoft has announced today that Dolby Vision for gaming is officially rolling out to Xbox Insiders "this week" for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, which will make them the very first consoles to ever support the feature.
Few details have been provided at the time of writing, but Microsoft has told The Verge that the feature means "brighter highlights, sharper contrast, and more vibrant colors” in games when you’re playing on a Dolby Vision-compatible TV, which will result in “better clarity in both light and dark scenes.”
There's no word on a list of supported games as of yet, but apparently we'll be hearing more about this in the near future. Additionally, the compatible titles will "automatically map to any display with Dolby Vision."
For now, the feature is rolling out to the Alpha ring of Xbox Insiders, so we're assuming it'll go public over the coming weeks or months. And obviously, you'll need a display that supports Dolby Vision in order to use it!
Happy to hear Dolby Vision for gaming is coming to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S? Let us know below.
[source theverge.com]
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Been looking forward to this and can’t wait for it to roll out fully.
Hoping for Forza Horizon 4, Doom Eternal and Assassins Creed Valhalla in DV.
Great news but something else I'll never make use of. Still don't have a 4k tv let alone HDR, 120htz and now dolby vision. I must be getting old to be in the situation where I can't be bothered upgrading my perfectly decent TV to get these extra niceties like I used to. I also think maybe I've been burnt by all these new technologies that, outside of a digital foundry lesson, I would never be able to tell the difference.
And to answer all the following comments who disagree with me on this - I'm not saying I'm right, I'm saying I'm old!!
Hopefully I’ll be able to check out how good this Dolby Vision is as long as the LG CX isn’t discontinued in the next few months!
I’m very confused I thought the series x supported this feature already? I have it off at the moment as can’t have free sync at the same time. Confused 🤷♂️
@Random94 It hasn't supported games up until this point, just certain media applications like Netflix.
@FraserG
Thank you for clearing that up for me appreciate it.
@StonyKL I thought getting a 4k tv was enough 2 years ago, moving up from an 1080p(I think) tv.
Alas, the lack of OLED, 120hz and dolby vision is biting me in the ass. Luckily I've atleast got VRR support.
@Random94 That's what I'm here for!
@Cherip-the-Ripper wow - even more technology I forgot about! Who knows. Maybe the TV will pack in and I'll be forced to upgrade and I'll be coming on here raving about all those anacronyms that make my gaming life better than yours 😂
Now just need to introduce the kids to indoor football...
@StonyKL honestly can't keep up with it 4k , hdr , 120 FPS , hdcp 2. Whatever , ray tracing & now Dolby vision
Can someone confirm will this also allow 120hz support or will it be one or the other?
@Random94 I've got an LG b9 (2019) and in the xbox settings it says my TV can do 120 hz 4k hdr but only 60 hz 4k dolby vision. No idea if newer sets can handle 120 hz dolby vision.
Do we know of any games that are DV optimized yet, or will that be patched in?
Still hoping for DV support for UHD Blu-ray as well...
While I don't have Dolby Vision capabilities (I am still using a Samsung TV from 2010 - LN55C630 to be exact), I know Dolby Vision is way better than standard HDR10 and even HDR10+.
First off, Dolby Vision is dynamic (it analyzes what would be the best picture on a scene-to-scene/sometimes frame-to-frame basis) rather than a flat static setting that standard HDR10 uses.
Dolby Vision also has a higher max peak brightness and more colors than standard HDR10 (and even HDR10+); but I am not sure any TV actually supports Dolby Vision in full, yet (12-bit color and maximum 10,000 nits beak brightness).
Once this goes live, I may have to take my Series X over to my dad's and check it out.
@MaccaMUFC
Guess you buying an LG CX, it’s heavily discounted now due to the new C1 being released.
I wouldn’t wait to long because I doubt there will be a restock due to the C1, good luck.
@GamingFan4Lyf
Remember though there are no true 12bit colour depth tv panels not even the new 2021 TVs.
They are all 10bit colour depth panels.
Also no tv can take advantage of all those light nits, A Samsung QLED only goes to about 1200 nits in real world use and OLED about 750 nits.
Some of this stuff is a bit of a spin as it always is in the AV world.
This is where I wish Microsoft engineers would work on other things, improving the UI dashboard etc rather than Dolby Vision and so many 120fps.
The average person has not access to the TVs that can deal with all this and a lot of it is AV smoke and mirror, see my previous post about 10bit colour panels and light nits on 2021 TVs, no were near Dolby vision capable even at the top end range. I don’t think any tv is capable of Dolby vision and 120fps running together as none of the 2021 TVs have full 2:1 48gbs bandwidth, even the series x is only 40gbs bandwidth.
It’s like Microsoft are getting all caught up in the AV smoke and mirrors market. Just focus on making the UI and firmware better for games and make some first party AAA exclusives and leave the AV smoke and mirrors department well alone.
The only very slight advantage Dolby vision gives you on the latest 2021 and some older ones, due to tv and limitations. Is the HDR colour set is not static meta data like in HDR. But the film maker and game developer can change the colour set as the the film and game move on each frame.
That depends on how many changes if they want to make changes the film maker or game developer want to make. Again this all then takes more time and costs more many for very little benefit.
Until TVs have true 12bit colour panel, full 48gbs if you want 120fps with Dolby vision with VRR and get up near to 4000nits then standard HDR is not much difference at all.
@Dezzy70 I still have my reservations about OLED with burn-in, faded pixels etc but it’s the price that is the deciding factor with the 65” being around £1,700. If I do get it I’ll be getting burn-in cover. I’d rather have the new Neo QLED but I wouldn’t settle for less than the flagship 4K and the 65” is £3,000 that’s too much for a tv for me.
@MaccaMUFC
Have you thought the Q95T 65inch
Samsung and Curry’s sell the Q95TC 65 inch same as the Q95T for £1400 2020 model sale.
It has the one connect box, good for wall mounting and very good with HDR, VRR etc.
And no burn in.
I have series x with the older Q90R 65” works really well with VRR, HDR etc
I also use Samsung Q950T sound bar and the rear speakers make a world of difference.
However Q95TC
No Dolby Vision, No Dolby Atmos, will pass through.
Only one hdmi 2:1 port hdmi 4 in the one connect box.
Does have earc in hdmi 3
Would be great if said TVs didn't cost an arm and a leg.
@Dezzy70 Hence why I said "but I am not sure any TV actually supports Dolby Vision in full, yet"
@Dezzy70 no one ever said you need a 12 bit panel to take advantage of a 12 bit signal. Your tv does a lot of processing before sending the image to the panel. That is what HDR tone mapping is all about. Compare it to taking a photo in 16 bit RAW and editing it on pc to finally get an 8 bit jpg as output. The additional bits give you more room for editing.
Besides who knows if the xbox will use 12 bit DV? Not all DV blurays and none of the streaming services do.
The fact that our current tvs can´t produce that many nits doesn´t matter either. In fact, the dynamic metadata of DV has the most effect on tvs that don´t, because they´re the ones that need most tone mapping.
@G4n0nD0rf
Can’t disagree with your science but that’s my point it’s all processing and smoke and mirrors to take full advantage, yes the DV meta data will improve things slightly but there is no full usage of DV over HDR on current TVs they are 10bit panels and at best 1200nits QLED real world usage.
Yes the tv will do fancy processing like dynamic tone mapping etc but nowhere near full DV strengths as the panels are not up to it.
You need a 12bit rate colour panel at a crazy 4000 nits for full DV gradient effect.
You cannot get a 10bit panel to magically become a 12bit gradient colour panel.
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