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by brianpan 2028 days ago
HDR specifies a brightness. Apple is playing HDR videos at the proper brightness when the rest of the OS might be turned down.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/08/03/what-hdr-hdr10-an...

That plus P3 gamut means a video playing on a display is closer to what a filmmaker intended.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DCI-P3

What's cool is: 1) 4-year old Macs have become HDR laptops and 2) the implementation is subtle- you get full brightness in the HDR video without having the rest of the UI blast to full brightness.