Samsung announced that its 2022 TVs and monitors will support its recently released HDR10+ gaming standard. This means they will provide gamers with features such as variable refresh rate (VRR) up to 120Hz and automatic HDR color correction for game-by-game.
The company said the standard will be used by Samsung's 2022 Neo QLED lineup with the Q70 TV series and above, as well as gaming monitors. It doesn't mention any model, but it shows off a widescreen gaming monitor (pictured below) and probably a 2022 Neo QLED TV with a very slim bezels.
The HDR10+ game was overlooked when it was first announced, but it appears to have been taken to combat the Dolby Vision HDR on xbox series X/S consoles. It provides a "consistent HDR gaming experience without the need for manual calibration across a variety of display technologies from a variety of input sources, including consoles, PCs, and more," Samsung said.
The idea of hdR10+ games is that you won't need to use any manual setup, as the game engine itself automatically optimizes color calibration in real time. It is designed to provide detail in shadows and highlights, while configuring the display as a "true reference mode" to display colors as intended by the developer. It also supports VRR up to 120Hz, as well as tone mapping that doesn't add any extra latency to the game signal.
However, as with HDR10+, Samsung's challenge is to get developers to adopt the standard in their games. Dolby Vision games are already available on the Xbox X/S series, or will soon be used in more than 100 games, so Samsung has some catch-up work to do. It does say that "several companies, including Saber Interactive, are expected to showcase their HDR10+ game creations at CES 2022" (if it happens).
However, Samsung can make some progress on PC gaming, as Dolby Vision is only available for a handful of PC games. To help pave the way for HDR10+ PC gaming, Samsung said NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series, RTX 20 Series and GTX 16 Series GPUs will support HDR10+, "with drivers scheduled for release in 2022."
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