So far it looks to be 1080p HDR/Dolby Vision on the iPad Pro 10.5. Would be interested to hear if the 12.9 gets full 4K. I’d be even more interested to hear if the 10.5 could get 4K and scale down rather than 1080 and scale up.
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4K HDR Movies from iTunes on iPad Pro?
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So far it looks to be 1080p HDR/Dolby Vision on the iPad Pro 10.5. Would be interested to hear if the 12.9 gets full 4K. I’d be even more interested to hear if the 10.5 could get 4K and scale down rather than 1080 and scale up.
I thought I was renting 4k to view via ippro 10.5
HDR may only be possible via ippro when rentals start.
I was very impatient with my Sony 4k t.v purchase-non HDR!
[doublepost=1505645200][/doublepost]Intersting though, can I tell which format my trial rental will be showing on playback
The iPad Pro isn't 4K so probably not. Looking forward to downloading iOS 11 on Tuesday, this will be a feature I want to check out when we get the HDR, I already have the Deadpool movie in HD, it would be great if it ends up with HDR.
I’m still happy that my existing Purchases have been upgraded gratis to HDR/Dolby Vision versions. I’d already decided tearlier this year to buy digital over physical media for films (barring a handful of stone cold classics/favourites) so getting higher quality files for the same money is a no brainier now. Will upgrade to 4KbHDR atV and AVR sometime next year and reap the benefits of past and current purchases.
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Have you downloaded or streamed th film? The suggestion so far is that streaming gets you the 4K/HDR version and downloading gets you vanilla non-HDR 1080.
Do you know if there will be a noticeable difference with HDR on the iPad Pro? Provided that there is going to be enough content on iTunes I will probably upgrade to a 4K TV next year, I'm currently on HD.
So far I have 4 films in my iTunes purchases that have been upgraded: iIdependence Day 1 & The Martian (both HDR10) and The Lego Batman Movie & Fantastic Beasts (both Dolby Vision).
The Martian shows quite a difference from the non-HDR version. The daytime Martian surface shots show a deep vivid orange contrasted with deep, inky shadows which still show plenty of detail. They’re no longer ‘crushed’, ie where shadows are just huge swathes of black area with no detail in. The vivid colour contrasts give a great impression of an alien world.
The Lego Batman movie takes what was already a vividly coloured, high contrast picture and ramps it up to 11. What you get is eye searing contrasts as the reds, green and blues burst out of the screen. All of this is quite intentional and suits the film’s cartoon, everything cranked to 11 sensibility just fine.
Fantastic Beasts is much, much more subtle. Many scenes are muted and have an almost sepia photograph look. HDR is still there but used to a subtler, period evocative look.
Independence Day? I’m not convinced I’m yet able to stream the HDR version. What I can stream today on my iPP doesn’t strike me as any different looking to the film I watched with my 10yo from iTunes a couple of weeks ago on our regular telly. Not bad looking by any means, in fact it looks great compared to the laserdisc I bought way back when, but if this is the HDR version I was getting, its barely noticeable. WIll check back next week after the iOS 11 and ATV 4K general releases.
We’re still in the pre-IOS11/ATV 4K era today and the iTunes Store is still in the process of being updated. We should have a far better idea of what is available content wise and Apple should have confirmed via the tech spec pages exactly what our iPPs support,
In the Videos/TV app, pressing the Play button rather than the Download from cloud button will stream the film. (And Yay! for iOS 11’s screenshot & mark up function)
If you’ve already downloaded, delete the download then play to strexam. I’m on the UK store here BTW.
I think playing direct from itunes store maybe 4k as labelled.
Downloaded rental is certainly HD ....what’s dolby vision.
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Off topic why are all my ipp pro screenshots too large to upload to forums including mac rumours.
Downloaded rental is certainly HD ....what’s dolby vision.
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Off topic why are all my ipp pro screenshots too large to upload to forums including mac rumours.
Dolby Vision is another standard for carrying high dynamic range information. Tech Radar have a guide to the difference between the two. Until either one standard wins out completely (say BluRay over HD-DVD, VHS over Beta) or films are released in both formats, we're stuck with needing TVs, players and processors needing to support both standards. As afar as I'm aware, and I'm not hugely knowledgeable, most HDR capable TVs and nearly all UHD BluRays sold to date support HDR10 only (happy to be corrected). Apple supporting both and allowing studios/content providers to choose which standard to support with their releases seems to give Dolby Vision a 'leg up'.
All of my screenshots from my iPP I've posted have all been cropped. Not sure why the forums here are rejecting/not downscaling larger files.
Side by side comparison of the movie “Logan”. Left photo is from a 2017 12.9 iPad Pro running the HDR copy. Right photo is from a 2017 15” MacBook Pro.
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LG and Vizio have television models with Dolby Vision support. Streaming support titles are available from Amazon, Netflix, and Vudu.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=201648150
https://help.netflix.com/en/node/42384
https://www.dolby.com/us/en/brands/dolby-vision.html
Availability is only for some devices. Unclear what would happen streaming to an iPad Pro.
UHD Blu-Rays with Dolby Vision are just starting to appear:
http://www.nextgenhometheater.com/dolby-vision-uhd-blu-ray-movies/
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Happy to be corrected
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Watched approx 50 mins Ghost in the shell last night.
Quite enjoyable action movie.
Though I would certainly say looks to be HD via ipp pro -browsed for Apply tv today-haven’t yet purchased as 2-3 weeks delivery in u.k.
I’ll re consider near the time.
Quite enjoyable action movie.
Though I would certainly say looks to be HD via ipp pro -browsed for Apply tv today-haven’t yet purchased as 2-3 weeks delivery in u.k.
I’ll re consider near the time.
iPad Pro tech specs pages on Apple.com updated to include HDR10 & Dolby Vision support.
"TV and Video
AirPlay Mirroring, photos, audio, and video out to Apple TV (2nd generation or later)
Video mirroring and video out support: Up to 1080p through Lightning Digital AV Adapter and Lightning to VGA Adapter (adapters sold separately)
Supports Dolby Vision and HDR10 content"
https://www.apple.com/ipad-pro/specs/
"TV and Video
AirPlay Mirroring, photos, audio, and video out to Apple TV (2nd generation or later)
Video mirroring and video out support: Up to 1080p through Lightning Digital AV Adapter and Lightning to VGA Adapter (adapters sold separately)
Supports Dolby Vision and HDR10 content"
https://www.apple.com/ipad-pro/specs/
The enhancements you notice occur on OLED tablets without HDR being even activated.
Isn’t HDR and Dolby Vision more important then 4K? In terms of colors and what we can seep man iPad. I feel like 4K would not offer that much compared to us seeing HDR
Per this Apple support article, which is disappointing: Find and watch movies with 4K, HDR, or Dolby Vision
I don’t know if that’s true. I have a 10.5 iPad Pro and here’s what I have after downloading three 4K movies.
Wonder Woman and Spider-Man are larger than their advertised HD size, but Apocalypse is spot on. Apocalypse says 4K and HDR while the other two only say 4K but are larger. Hmmm.
By the way, I’ve watched Wonder Woman and several other movies on here after they were upgraded and can’t really tell a difference.
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4k ap tv arrived this evening.
Iphone SE setup.
Why do I not have any 4k video settings.
Though working excellent 1080p HD,
Iphone SE setup.
Why do I not have any 4k video settings.
Though working excellent 1080p HD,
All downloads are limited to 1080, regardless of HDR/DV or not.