Sony has confirmed to me today that it’s finally started to roll out firmware updates in the US and Canada for its X900F (XF9005 in Europe) LCD and A8F (AF8 in Europe) OLED TVs that enable them to play the Dolby Vision HDR format.
The update - which unusually rolled out first in Europe first last week - enables Sony’s most recently released models for 2018 to play Dolby Vision titles via built-in video streaming apps, or over HDMI.
Please note, though, that as with the Dolby Vision support on Sony’s older models, Dolby Vision over HDMI only works if your source equipment has also received a necessary separate Sony compatibility firmware update.
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The Sony A8F OLED TVs are now receiving Dolby Vision updates in the US, Canada and Europe.
Dolby Vision, for those of you not familiar with it, adds an extra ‘layer’ of scene by scene information to high dynamic range streams that enables TVs to display them more effectively. You will generally see, for instance, more contrast and enhanced color precision.
Hopefully the Dolby Vision update now rolling out to Sony’s newest X900F LCD (reviewed here) and A8F OLED (reviewed here) TVs will enhance their functionality without causing unwanted side effects of the sort that have plagued the firmware’s roll out on older Sony models (as reported here). Hopefully, too, Dolby Vision support will be built in at launch to Sony’s recently leaked A9 OLED and ZF9 high-end LCD TVs. Especially if these up and comers support Sony’s teased-at-CES X1 Ultimate processing system.
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