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HDR Working?

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I recently bought a Hisense HDR TV and am using the built-in Netflix and Amazon apps for 4k HDR shows, but I don't know if it's actually working. Is there anywhere within Netflix or Amazon where it says whether or not it's on?

I'm concerned that the built-in apps don't support it and I'd need a Roku or something, but I can't figure out if that's the case.
 
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Thanks. I don't think the built-in apps are compatible unfortunately; I looked into it more and both Netflix and Amazon will have an HDR tag when the content and tv and media player support it. I ran and grabbed a Roku Premiere+ and have the tags now and the difference is immediately apparent.

Unfortunately I have a new problem now in that Netflix HDR content is unwatchably dark. Regular 4k shows are fine, as are Amazon HDR shows, but as soon as I hit play on an HDR show on Netflix it turns on some filter that makes everything incredibly dark. Seems to be a common problem with no real solution from my initial research.

Edit: I guess it's only certain shows doing that, namely every Marvel show. Just tried some cooking show with HDR and it's fine. Are the Marvel shows just not programmed correctly? Or do they expect you to crank the brightness and backlight and lighting control options?
 
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You'd better ask this in AVSForum. Very few around here have HDR capable TV and even those are mostly Samsung (like mine) or Sony because they tend to work the best as computer monitors. Anyway, to see HDR at work is to download some HDR clips, copy them on USB stick and watch them from your TV's USB port. The difference to a normal SDR picture should be immidietly obvious.
 
I'm all good with the new Roku, just lame that the built-in apps don't work for it and they don't say as such.

For the super dark Marvel shows, if I set the tv to a preset like Standard or Vivid they look good, though that makes regular 4k and every non Marvel HDR show way too bright. I guess I can swap video presets easily enough so that's fine too.
 
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