Dolby Vision too dark? Dolby Vision 2 promises an AI

Streaming images can really pop when the contrast-boosting Dolby Vision is on the case, but Dolby’s HDR technology is also the target of a frequent complaint: It’s too dark.

The issue arises because what content creators see in their production studios can differ greatly from what we see in our living rooms. Video pros work with calibrated reference monitors in perfectly lit conditions; we, on the other hand, watch on consumer TVs with many different makes, models, and display technologies and in myriad lighting environments, from a pitch-black room to a brightly lit kitchen.

That means content creators must take a one-size-fits-all approach when “grading” the brightest and darkest images of the picture for Dolby Vision , and in some cases, that means some viewers will be left strain