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by m0lecules 1683 days ago
Chrome and Firefox play HDR videos just fine, it's one of the first things I did when I opened the package.

Here's a good one if you want to fall in love with the display: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MieluM0c6c&t=28s

And here's a good one if you want to feel a little disappointed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYtvehF9-Z8&t=20s

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> Chrome and Firefox play HDR videos just fine

Well, that's in part because Firefox doesn't play HDR Youtube at all:

https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/kvqec5/its_2021_an...

The slight blooming is certainly noticeable in a contrived test, but I think you'd struggle to be bothered by it in any actual usage unless you're extremely picky, or spending a lot of time with very bright text on pure black backgrounds.

But yeah those play on Safari for me without issue (MBP M1 Pro, full screen).

I'm not getting HDR output from the Firefox browser on macOS (but I am on Chrome and Safari). 'Color' field in stats for nerds shows bt709 in firefox (i.e. not HDR) and smpte2084 (PQ) / bt2020 in Chrome/Safari (i.e. HDR).

Also side by side the Firefox picture is flatter and less bright.