The Witcher 3 got a PS4 pro patch today. People can finally play in 4K with High Dynamic Range (HDR) support without having to navigate seas of vegetation magically popping in as they travel.
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I only bought the PS4 Pro because Sony told me to. Sure, I knew what 4K was, and I could spell HDR, but that was about it. My TV at the time was still merely “full” HD (a descriptor I’d since learn to be a vicious lie) and I always figured 30fps was about the best a console scrub could hope for.
So what exactly was the PS4 Pro for then? It wasn’t clear. It’s what was next. So I bought it.
If you've been waiting to upgrade your TV and you don't need a 60" or 65" monster, there's two TVs on sale today that will get the job done for not a great deal of money.
If you followed the news out of CES closely you probably heard the word HDR tossed around a lot. This coming year we'll see TVs for under $700 with the feature, and fancy monitors for over $1300. But what does HDR even mean?
If you have a new (and probably quite expensive) 4K HDR TV, then 4K video is amazing -- it looks incredible. But to watch a 4K Blu-ray, you need a 4K Blu-ray player, which can set you back quite a few hundred dollars more than regular Blu-ray. If you do want to make that investment, though, the cheapest 4K Blu-ray player actually does a lot more than just play movies. You can buy a 4K-toting Xbox One S for as little as $349, a full $200 cheaper than the least expensive Blu-ray player on sale in Australia today.
With a couple of 4K consoles on the horizon, upgrading to a 4K-capable display is a question worth asking. And if you're in the market for a TV that can do 4K and HDR at the same time without looking like total garbage, then you're in luck.
Buying a monitor that supports 4K natively is already pretty pricey. So does anyone want to take a guess at how much this 8K 120Hz monitor from Sharp would cost?
Sony's announcement of HDR support for the original PS4 yesterday even surprised some developers. The team behind The Witness didn't know it was coming, as they explain in a post about PS4 Pro upgrades coming to the game.
During the PlayStation Meeting livestream, Sony's Andrew House announced something large: if you want the benefits of higher fidelity, better colours and a better dynamic range, you don't need to upgrade your console. The benefits of HDR will be available for all PS4 owners, and it'll be available from next week.
