Vudu adds 4K remastered with Dolby Vision HDR


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Michelle Clancy

| 19 November 2015




Vudu has become the first video streaming service to offer 4K Ultra HD movies remastered in Dolby Vision high-dynamic range (HDR).



It is also adding movies with Dolby Atmos object-based surround sound.

The movies are viewable in HDR only on a pair of Vizio Reference-series Ultra HD TVs, the $129,000, 120-inch RS 120 and the $5,999 65-inch RS 65 Reference. Both incorporate Dolby Vision and the Vudu 4K app.

Dolby Vision delivers brighter highlights and a higher light-to-dark contrast ratio than standard 4K streams, and it widens the color gamut.

The titles with Dolby Vision and Atmos are: Mad Max: Fury Road, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Gallows, San Andreas, American Sniper, Man of Steel, Jupiter Ascending, Edge of Tomorrow and Into the Storm.

The titles with Dolby Vision but without Atmos are: Vacation, Focus, Get Hard, Run All Night, The Lego Movie, The Great Gatsby, Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, The Hangover trilogy and Magic Mike XXL.

Dolby is getting quite a few 4K hits: Earlier this week, Allwinner Technology said that it has integrated Dolby Audio technology into its 4K over-the-top (OTT) set-top box system on a chip (SoC).