And as of yesterday, Vudu now supports the HDR10 specification with select titles on Vudu-certified 4K UHD devices, although we’ve yet to find a title among their 4k UHD library that’s encoded with HDR10. They’ve also added a new icon that indicates HDR playback (seen above), which may represent either Dolby Vision or HDR10 in the specifications of the digital movie.
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Where exactly has Vudu expanded HDR playback? Two more Roku players support HDR now including the Roku Premiere+ and Ultra (when paired with a compatible 4K HDR TV), as well as the Nvidia Shield TV. And, the 2017 Samsung UBD-M9500 Ultra HD Blu-ray player can stream Vudu in HDR.
TVs that now support HDR from Vudu include Roku TV TCL P & C-Series models, LG UHD, Super UHD and OLED 4K TVs (2016 and 2017 models), and Samsung MU and Q-Series 4K HDR TVs.
Here’s a look at the newest devices since June, 2017 (highlighted in green) that now support HDR from Vudu.
4K Ultra HD playback only
- Roku 4
- Roku Premiere
- Roku 4K TVs (without HDR support)
- Samsung KS-Series 4K TVs
- VIZIO P-Series & M-Series 4K HDTVs (Non-SmartCast)
4K Ultra HD + Dolby Vision HDR playback
- Google Chromecast Ultra
- LG 2016 & 2017 UHD, Super UHD and OLED 4k HDR TVs (previously limited models)
- Nvidia Shield TV
- Roku Streaming Stick+, Premiere+, Ultra
- Samsung Q & MU-Series 4K HDR TVs
- Samsung UBD-M9500 Blu-ray Disc Player (2017 model)
- Roku 4K TVs with HDR support (including TCL P & C-Series)
- VIZIO 2016 & 2017 Smartcast P & M-Series 4K HDR TVs
- Xbox One S, One X
Please add the TCL series 6 to your growing list of devices P and C already listed 6 series does have Dolby vision and HDR
Thank you Arnold Edmondson