The High-Performance Monitor and Display Compliance Test Specification (DisplayHDR) from VESA defines the display industry’s first fully open standard specifying HDR quality, including luminance, color gamut, bit depth, and rise time (see
EE Times article
). With DisplayHDR, VESA is helping to alleviate consumer confusion surrounding HDR performance specifications in the PC space by:
- Creating an open specification for the PC industry shared publicly and transparently
- Developing an automated testing tool that end users can download to perform their own testing if desired.?
You can download?DisplayHDR Test Tool for HDR display performance verification aimed at professional users?
here
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- Delivering a robust set of test metrics for HDR that clearly articulates the performance level of the device being purchased
The first release of the DisplayHDR specification, DisplayHDR version 1.0, was introduced in December 2017 and is geared toward liquid crystal displays (LCDs). In January 2019, VESA followed this up with the release of the DisplayHDR True Black standard, a variant on DisplayHDR, which is optimized for emissive display technologies ? including organic light emitting diode (OLED) and future microLED displays. DisplayHDR True Black allows for significantly deeper black levels in addition to greater dynamic range and improved rise time ? enabling a visually stunning experience for home theater and gaming enthusiasts in subdued lighting environments.