HDR & colour

HDR10

The baseline HDR format: 10-bit, PQ curve, BT.2020 with static metadata.

What is it?

HDR10 is the open, mandatory HDR format on UHD Blu-ray and streaming. It uses the PQ (SMPTE ST 2084) brightness curve, BT.2020 colour and static metadata — one set of numbers (MaxCLL, MaxFALL, mastering display luminance) for the whole film. The display uses those numbers once to decide how to tone-map bright highlights to its own capability.

Why it matters with the HDfury Vertex²

The HDfury Vertex² is an HDR10 toolbox: it decodes and displays the metadata, can inject HDR10 metadata into a signal that has none, replace or boost values (e.g. lower MaxCLL so a projector tone-maps less aggressively), translate HLG to HDR10, or strip HDR entirely so a projector with a custom gamma curve stays in SDR mode. It also reports whether the signal is HDR10, HDR10+, HLG or DV on the OLED.

How to use it on the Vertex²

Web server → HDR/DV → 'Captured HDR metadata' shows what the source sends. Use 'Custom HDR metadata generator' + 'Use custom HDR for TX0/TX1 (when input is HDR10 / HLG / LLDV)' to inject or replace, 'Disable output HDR' to strip. Click Create IF, then Send HDR.

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