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Instead of creating a standard based solely on the capabilities of existing displays, video-standards bodies designed HDR to meet the capabilities of future displays as well, the developers explain. HDR was designed with the future in mind, but the implementation is all over the place. “We believe this disc completely changes the game for test and evaluation discs, by making use of all of the features and range that HDR and wide-gamut standards can offer.” “Every pattern has been rethought with high dynamic range (HDR) and Ultra HD in mind,” says co-creator Stacey Spears. Not only for UHD players, but also displays and everything in between.Īvailable on amazon.ca for $64.95, the disc provides a plethora of test and demonstration materials that enable anyone, from amateurs to seasoned professionals, to evaluate media players and display performance, identify weak links in hardware (such as a video processor or HDMI matrix and receivers) and software, and dial in optimal settings.

Thanks to the new Spears and Munsil UHD HDR benchmark disc, at the very least, the upscaling and chroma up-sampling quality can be proven easily, even to the less initiated. Even without test patterns, I can visibly see differences in upscaling quality from 1,080p to UHD resolution, chroma up-sampling from the native 4:2:0 subsampling back to 4:4:4, error correction capabilities, and the list goes on. It’s the typical “digital is digital” group of posters. Some claim that all UHD players are identical. The biggest attack I’ve receive came from the media player community. However, I’m a fanboy of quality, not brands. In the last year alone, I’ve been attacked by keyboard warriors in online forums for being a fanboy of certain brands. I’ve been saying for more than two decades that just because the specifications are the same, it doesn’t mean the end result will be the same.