Disney’s 4K Blu-rays are finally getting Dolby Vision HDR – including two of this year’s biggest movies

DA Gadgets September 30, 2024 Blu-ray, Home Theater, Televisions

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Dolby
Vision

HDR
support
is
finally
coming
to
Disney’s
future

4K
Blu-ray
releases,
as
reported
by

Forbes
–
and
the
first
two
releases
to
include
this
are
both
summer
blockbusters.

Disney
has
announced
that

Deadpool
&
Wolverine,
set
for
release
October
22,
and

Alien
Romulus,
set
for
release
on
December
3,
will
both
support
Dolby
Vision
HDR,
marking
the
first
Disney
releases
(other
than
some
James
Cameron
titles)
since

Star
Wars:
The
Last
Jedi,
which
was
released
in
2018,
to
support
Dolby
Vision.

Dolby
Vision
is
a
popular
HDR
format
that
is
seeing
increasing
support
in
the

best
TVs
available
–
even
budget
models
such
as
the

Amazon
Fire
TV
Omni
QLED
support
it.
Dolby
Vision
improves
picture
quality
on
Dolby
Vision
compatible
displays
by
improving
color,
contrast
and
brightness
to
give
a
wider
dynamic
image
and
better
handling
of
highlights
and
dark
tones
in
difficult
scenes
depending
on
what
your
TV’s
capable
of.

Disney
initially
only
used
the
standard
HDR10
format
on
its
Blu-rays,
and
it’s
not
entirely
clear
why
it
has
now
decided
to
support
Dolby
Vision
(considering
it
supports
it
on
the
Disney
Plus
streaming
platform
already)
–
although
it’s
possible
that

Sony’s
acquisition
of
Disney’s
physical
media
production
may
have
something
to
do
with
it,
as

Sony
itself
is
a
big
user
of
Dolby
Vision
in
its
TVs,
including
the
Sony
Bravia
9,
and
some
of
the

best
4K
Blu-ray
players.

Whatever
the
reason
why,
it’s
great
news
for
home
theater
fans.

More
4K
Blu-ray
good
news

(Image
credit:
Future)

It’s
no
secret
that
the
state
of
4K
Blu-ray
and
physical
media
has
been
looking
bleak
in
recent
years,
with
Disney
all-but-signaling
a
shift
away
from
it
when
it
announced
it
would

no
longer
sell
4K
Blu-ray
in
Australia
last
year.
It
came
down
to
the
efforts
of
publishing
houses
such
as
Arrow
Video,
Criterion
Collection
and
more
to
keep

4K
Blu-ray
from
dying.

However,
earlier
this
year,

2
big
stores
in
the
US
announced
they
would
stock
discs
and
in
the
UK,
HMV,
a
major
AV
retailer,
announced
that

its
physical
media
sales
were
on
the
rise.

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With
the
arrival
of
Dolby
Vision
on
Disney’s
4K
Blu-rays,
it
hopefully
signals
even
more
investment
into
the
field
that
seemed
to
be
in
its
‘dying
days’
not
too
long
ago.
Starting
with
a
major

Marvel
release
in

Deadpool
&
Wolverine
could
bring
more
exposure
into
the
benefits
of
Dolby
Vision
in
home
media,
and
in
turn
lead
to
a
further
resurgence
in
the
physical
media
sector
–
showing
streaming
sites
such
as
Netflix,
Prime
Video
or