Windows 10: Calibrate Built-in Display for HDR Video in Windows 10

mobbe123 · Jul 28, 2015

How to: Calibrate Built-in Display for HDR Video in Windows 10

How to Calibrate Built-in Display for HDR Video in Windows 10

You will be able to play streaming high dynamic range (HDR) video when your Windows 10 version 1803 or later device has a built-in display able to play HDR video.

*note You can only calibrate built-in displays with this feature. You wont be able to use it to calibrate external displays.

You can calibrate your built-in video display for HDR content to get the video quality and look you want when youre watching streaming HDR video. By calibrating your display, you can set the balance between the details in the bright parts of a scene and the details in the dark parts of it. For example, the bright parts of a scene might include things like sunshine, fire, and light reflections. The dark parts of a scene could include shadows or dimly-lit rooms.

This tutorial will show you how to calibrate your built-in display for HDR video in Windows 10.

Here's How:

1. Open Settings, and click/tap on the System icon.

2. Click/tap on Display on the left side, and click/tap on the Windows HD Color settings link on the right side. (see screenshot below)

3. If you have more than one display connected, select the built-in display (ex: "Display 1") for your device. (see screenshot below step 5)

*Warning Make sure the Settings window is open on the built-in display you want to calibrate and not on any other display.

4. Turn on step 5)

5. Click/tap on the Change calibration settings link. (see screenshot below)

6. Hover the pointer over the sample video, and click/tap on the Full screen icon. (see screenshots below)

7. On the Calibrate your display screen, drag the slider at the bottom to the left or right. When youre happy with the results, click/tap on the Exit full screen icon in the bottom-right corner. (see screenshot below)

*note When calibrating your display, the goal is to get a good balance between details in darker parts of a scene (in this case, the windows in the buildings on the left) and brighter parts of it (here, the snow at the top of the mountain).

To add more details to the snow on the mountain, drag the slider to the right.

To add more details to the buildings, drag the slider to the left.

8. Watch streaming HDR video in a supported video app and look at the video quality.

9. If youre not happy with how the video looks, go back to step 6 and calibrate your display again.

If bright scenes in the video were washed out, drag the slider to the right.

If dark scenes in the video didn’t have a lot of detail, drag the slider to the left.

10. If you want to go back to the default HDR video calibration settings, click/tap on the Reset calibration button. (see screenshot below)

11. You can now close Settings if you like.

That's it,
Shawn

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Brink · Oct 26, 2019

Improvements to HDR video experience in Windows 10

Windows HD Color is all about bringing HDR and wide color gamut (WCG) content to your Windows devices. You might already be enjoying HDR video on your Xbox One S and Xbox One X. Now let’s talk about how we’re starting to bring HDR video to your PCs with our most recent updates to Windows 10. For more background on HDR, see our previous blog post.

What’s new with the latest Windows 10 Update?

We’ve made some improvements to your HDR video experience on current generation internal displays.

With Windows 10 April 2018 Update, we’ve focused on expanding access to more laptop devices as well as providing more out-of-the-box HDR video experiences:

1. Expanding access to more and more laptop devices:

Many newer laptop devices are capable of HDR video. However, up until now, they needed to be calibrated in the factory to show HDR. Now, we are expanding HDR video access to more people with new functionality in Settings > Apps > Video playback. If you can turn on “Stream HDR video,” you can calibrate your device for HDR video.

*Arrow How to Change Video Playback Settings in Windows 10

Video playback settings page

To approximate the calibration that device manufacturers would do in the factory, we’ve also created an experimental calibration tool. To try it out, click the link “Change calibration settings for HDR video on my built-in display.” This changes the way HDR video appears on your device, allowing you to find a preferred balance between details in dark scenes and bright scenes.

*Arrow How to Calibrate Display for HDR Video in Windows 10

New HDR video calibration tool

We’ll continue to refine this feature moving forward, so please provide any feedback in the Feedback Hub. For more detailed info, check out “Calibrate your built-in display for HDR content in Windows 10” on the Windows website.

2. Giving you more out-of-the-box HDR video experiences on your HDR-capable laptops:

On your HDR-capable Windows 10 laptops, you’ll now get more HDR video experiences right out of the box.

First, many more devices will now have HDR video turned on by default. This means that when HDR video is available, you’ll get the full HDR video experience. If you don’t like the way your video looks, you can use our calibration tool to adjust it. Or you can always opt-out of HDR video by turning off “Stream HDR video” on the Settings page described above.

By default, HDR video uses the full brightness of your screen, so it uses a little more battery. But to protect your device’s battery life, we have disabled HDR video when you’re using your battery by default. You can change this with the check box “Don’t increase display brightness when watching HDR video on battery” under “Battery Options” in Settings > Apps > Video playback. With this, you can choose between getting the highest HDR video quality and maximizing your battery life when enjoying HDR video.

We are also partnering with content providers to ensure that the HDR video they provide works on Windows. We’re happy to announce that Netflix HDR content is available with the Windows 10 Creators Update, and YouTube support is enabled with the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.

For future releases, we are already working closely with our partners to ensure that once 10-bit, full HDR-capable laptops come to market, Windows can power HDR video on these displays as well. As displays get better and better, our goal is to leverage their new capabilities to give you the best possible image quality.

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Brink · Oct 26, 2019

Improvements to HDR video experience in Windows 10

Windows HD Color is all about bringing HDR and wide color gamut (WCG) content to your Windows devices. You might already be enjoying HDR video on your Xbox One S and Xbox One X. Now let’s talk about how we’re starting to bring HDR video to your PCs with our most recent updates to Windows 10. For more background on HDR, see our previous blog post.

What’s new with the latest Windows 10 Update?

We’ve made some improvements to your HDR video experience on current generation internal displays.

With Windows 10 April 2018 Update, we’ve focused on expanding access to more laptop devices as well as providing more out-of-the-box HDR video experiences:

1. Expanding access to more and more laptop devices:

Many newer laptop devices are capable of HDR video. However, up until now, they needed to be calibrated in the factory to show HDR. Now, we are expanding HDR video access to more people with new functionality in Settings > Apps > Video playback. If you can turn on “Stream HDR video,” you can calibrate your device for HDR video.

*Arrow How to Change Video Playback Settings in Windows 10

Video playback settings page

To approximate the calibration that device manufacturers would do in the factory, we’ve also created an experimental calibration tool. To try it out, click the link “Change calibration settings for HDR video on my built-in display.” This changes the way HDR video appears on your device, allowing you to find a preferred balance between details in dark scenes and bright scenes.

*Arrow How to Calibrate Display for HDR Video in Windows 10

New HDR video calibration tool

We’ll continue to refine this feature moving forward, so please provide any feedback in the Feedback Hub. For more detailed info, check out “Calibrate your built-in display for HDR content in Windows 10” on the Windows website.

2. Giving you more out-of-the-box HDR video experiences on your HDR-capable laptops:

On your HDR-capable Windows 10 laptops, you’ll now get more HDR video experiences right out of the box.

First, many more devices will now have HDR video turned on by default. This means that when HDR video is available, you’ll get the full HDR video experience. If you don’t like the way your video looks, you can use our calibration tool to adjust it. Or you can always opt-out of HDR video by turning off “Stream HDR video” on the Settings page described above.

By default, HDR video uses the full brightness of your screen, so it uses a little more battery. But to protect your device’s battery life, we have disabled HDR video when you’re using your battery by default. You can change this with the check box “Don’t increase display brightness when watching HDR video on battery” under “Battery Options” in Settings > Apps > Video playback. With this, you can choose between getting the highest HDR video quality and maximizing your battery life when enjoying HDR video.

We are also partnering with content providers to ensure that the HDR video they provide works on Windows. We’re happy to announce that Netflix HDR content is available with the Windows 10 Creators Update, and YouTube support is enabled with the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.

For future releases, we are already working closely with our partners to ensure that once 10-bit, full HDR-capable laptops come to market, Windows can power HDR video on these displays as well. As displays get better and better, our goal is to leverage their new capabilities to give you the best possible image quality.

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Guest3 · Nov 25, 2019

How to get HDR video on your Windows 10 PC

When you’re watching high dynamic range (HDR) video on your PC, colors are more vivid. You find more details in the darkest and brightest parts of a scene, such as dimly lit rooms or a blazing fire. You notice more contrast, with a pronounced difference between lights and shadows.

To see how HDR video compares to traditional content (SDR), look at the images below. The SDR version, in general, is more flat and washed out. With an actual video on an HDR-capable PC, the difference is like night and day – literally.

HDR video still

SDR video still

Simulation of HDR content vs. SDR content

Windows HD Color is a set of features bringing HDR content to Windows PCs. Our team works hard to improve the quality of every pixel on your display, including better colors and more vivid scenes. The goal is to help you get ultra-realistic movie, gaming and creative experiences in Windows 10.

To enjoy HDR video, you need the right content, hardware and software. As more HDR hardware and content come to market, we’re committed to giving you the best HDR experiences.

How to Change Video Playback Settings in Windows 10

How to Calibrate Display for HDR Video in Windows 10

How to Turn On or Off Auto Adjust Video Based on Lighting in Windows 10

In settings, you’ll be able to choose “Stream HDR Video” in the Video Playback if your display supports HDR video

HDR is a dramatic improvement over traditional SDR (standard dynamic range) content in two ways: light and color.

When it comes to light, HDR video takes advantage of new hardware that can show much higher contrast between the brightest whites and the darkest blacks on your screen. HDR video encodes additional information into your content (and allows for a much higher peak brightness) so you can see much more detail across the entire spectrum of display capabilities. For example, in a single frame of HDR video, the sun will appear distinctly brighter, details on the brightest surfaces will be sharper, and the darkest shadows will appear with terrific detail.

With respect to color, HDR video also improves over traditional content in two ways. First, it typically uses wider color gamut (WCG) when encoding information, meaning that it shows a wider range of colors compared to traditional SDR content. This results in, for example, increasingly saturated hues of color. Second, color is more precise with HDR. This is because it can represent many more unique shades even within the same range of color. On new HDR-capable hardware, these two color-related improvements result in much deeper and more vivid reds, greens, and blues, and allows for more gradations of color in-between.

How can I get HDR video?

With Windows HD Color, our goal is to make HDR video look as good as possible using the fullest extent of your PC’s capabilities. Since fully HDR-capable, built-in displays aren’t on laptops today, our efforts are focused on:

1. Playing HDR video on external HDR10 displays

In the Windows 10 Fall Creators update, Windows supports external HDR TVs and monitors. Among other features, this allows Windows to consume HDR video and show full HDR quality (i.e., HDR features described above like higher peak brightness, wider color gamut, and more accurate color). You will also need a modern graphics card and updated drivers.

To get HDR, go to Settings > System > Display, and turn on “HDR and WCG.”

Display settings for HDR-capable external monitor

For more info on HDR on external monitors, see Display requirements for HDR video in Windows 10.

2. Improving video on current generation built-in displays (i.e., laptops)

Currently, most laptop displays don’t truly support HDR content, particularly when it comes to color (they do not have wider color gamuts nor higher color precision). Nevertheless, medium- to high-end models tend to have bright screens. We can combine these bright screens with the expanded range of brightness information available in HDR video formats so that Windows plays HDR video at its best for that display.

Playback quality of HDR content on these devices is noticeably better than the SDR version of the same content. This is particularly apparent in scenes where movie creators have mastered their content to fully exploit new HDR technologies.

While this update for built-in displays focused on the better brightness of HDR content, in the future we are working on bringing you better color.

Only devices that meet certain hardware requirements will be capable of playing HDR video.
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Guest4 · Nov 25, 2019

How to get HDR video on your Windows 10 PC

When you’re watching high dynamic range (HDR) video on your PC, colors are more vivid. You find more details in the darkest and brightest parts of a scene, such as dimly lit rooms or a blazing fire. You notice more contrast, with a pronounced difference between lights and shadows.

To see how HDR video compares to traditional content (SDR), look at the images below. The SDR version, in general, is more flat and washed out. With an actual video on an HDR-capable PC, the difference is like night and day – literally.

HDR video still

SDR video still

Simulation of HDR content vs. SDR content

Windows HD Color is a set of features bringing HDR content to Windows PCs. Our team works hard to improve the quality of every pixel on your display, including better colors and more vivid scenes. The goal is to help you get ultra-realistic movie, gaming and creative experiences in Windows 10.

To enjoy HDR video, you need the right content, hardware and software. As more HDR hardware and content come to market, we’re committed to giving you the best HDR experiences.

How to Change Video Playback Settings in Windows 10

How to Calibrate Display for HDR Video in Windows 10

How to Turn On or Off Auto Adjust Video Based on Lighting in Windows 10

In settings, you’ll be able to choose “Stream HDR Video” in the Video Playback if your display supports HDR video

HDR is a dramatic improvement over traditional SDR (standard dynamic range) content in two ways: light and color.

When it comes to light, HDR video takes advantage of new hardware that can show much higher contrast between the brightest whites and the darkest blacks on your screen. HDR video encodes additional information into your content (and allows for a much higher peak brightness) so you can see much more detail across the entire spectrum of display capabilities. For example, in a single frame of HDR video, the sun will appear distinctly brighter, details on the brightest surfaces will be sharper, and the darkest shadows will appear with terrific detail.

With respect to color, HDR video also improves over traditional content in two ways. First, it typically uses wider color gamut (WCG) when encoding information, meaning that it shows a wider range of colors compared to traditional SDR content. This results in, for example, increasingly saturated hues of color. Second, color is more precise with HDR. This is because it can represent many more unique shades even within the same range of color. On new HDR-capable hardware, these two color-related improvements result in much deeper and more vivid reds, greens, and blues, and allows for more gradations of color in-between.

How can I get HDR video?

With Windows HD Color, our goal is to make HDR video look as good as possible using the fullest extent of your PC’s capabilities. Since fully HDR-capable, built-in displays aren’t on laptops today, our efforts are focused on:

1. Playing HDR video on external HDR10 displays

In the Windows 10 Fall Creators update, Windows supports external HDR TVs and monitors. Among other features, this allows Windows to consume HDR video and show full HDR quality (i.e., HDR features described above like higher peak brightness, wider color gamut, and more accurate color). You will also need a modern graphics card and updated drivers.

To get HDR, go to Settings > System > Display, and turn on “HDR and WCG.”

Display settings for HDR-capable external monitor

For more info on HDR on external monitors, see Display requirements for HDR video in Windows 10.

2. Improving video on current generation built-in displays (i.e., laptops)

Currently, most laptop displays don’t truly support HDR content, particularly when it comes to color (they do not have wider color gamuts nor higher color precision). Nevertheless, medium- to high-end models tend to have bright screens. We can combine these bright screens with the expanded range of brightness information available in HDR video formats so that Windows plays HDR video at its best for that display.

Playback quality of HDR content on these devices is noticeably better than the SDR version of the same content. This is particularly apparent in scenes where movie creators have mastered their content to fully exploit new HDR technologies.

While this update for built-in displays focused on the better brightness of HDR content, in the future we are working on bringing you better color.

Only devices that meet certain hardware requirements will be capable of playing HDR video.
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Read more: Windows 10 Tip: Find out how to get HDR video on your PC - Windows Experience Blog

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Eric Ber · Oct 26, 2019

can not turn on 10-bit video decoding for enabiling HDR mode

Hi tahmid alam fahim,

To play streaming high dynamic range (HDR) video in Windows 10 (version 1803), the built-in display for your laptop, tablet, or 2-in-1 PC needs to support HDR. To find the specifications for a specific laptop or tablet, visit the device manufacturer’s website.

Here are the requirements:

The built-in display needs to have a resolution of 1080p or more, and a recommended max brightness of 300 nits or more.

The Windows 10 device needs to have an integrated graphics card that supports PlayReady hardware digital rights management (for protected HDR content), and it must have the required codecs installed for 10-bit video decoding. (For example, devices that
have a 7th Generation Intel Core processor, code-named Kaby Lake, support this.)

To check if your Windows 10 PC has the required hardware to display HDR, and to find out if your display supports HDR10, yo ucan follow the steps below:

Press the Windows logo key + R, type
dxdiag, and then select OK.

Select Yes at the prompt.

In the DirectX Diagnostic Tool, on the System
tab, look in the System Information area.

To save the information to a file, select Save all
information, and then name and save the text file.

Open the text file, and look at the value for HDR Support. If it says
Supported, this indicates that your display supports HDR10.

Upon researching, I have checked that your device does not support HDR mode. You can check this

link for more information.

Should you have further queries, feel free to post it.

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