Canon: HDR is not simply a dramatic elevation in television screen brightness

[donaldk]

"HDR is not simply a dramatic elevation in television screen brightness. The essence of HDR image portrayal is increased brightness accompanied by that significant expansion of dynamic range where both the brightness of the highlights and all their associated details are elevated to better emulate the real world while at the same time the display can also portray details in deep dark portions of a scene. This offers the viewer a portrayal having far higher scene contrast than the legacy television viewing experience", writes Canon USA's technologist Larry Thorpe in his new whitepaper introducing High Dynamic range Television in reference to the Human Visual System, discussing primarily the Dolby PQ and associated ITU BT.2100 production standard.