Windows 10 Users Can Now Stream Netflix in HDR

Good news, Windows 10 users: with the right hardware, you can now stream Netflix in HDR.

The video-streaming service on Wednesday appear it at present supports HDR on Windows 10 for both the Edge browser and the Netflix app that's bachelor from the Windows App Store.

"With HDR enabled, fans can immerse themselves in the delicious colors of Chef's Table, the terrifying depths of the Upside Down in Stranger Things 2, and savour the upcoming Netflix pic Bright starring Will Smith," Netflix wrote in a weblog post. The service currently offers more than 200 hours of HDR content.

In club to stream HDR content on your Windows PC, you'll need a Premium Netflix program and certain hardware, namely an Intel seventh-generation or higher processor and a supported graphics card that is capable of ten bits per channel color. For the full system requirements, head here.

"With this new hardware available in consumer PCs, Netflix and Microsoft partnered together to put the software pieces in place," Netflix wrote. "Microsoft added the necessary OS and browser changes in their Windows 10 Autumn Creators Update and our engineers integrated against those APIs to complete the video role player work."

Keep in listen that you'll also need an HDR-compatible monitor to display this content, and those are pretty difficult to come up by and costly at the moment. Samsung's huge CHG90 monitor supports HDR, but will prepare you back $ane,000.

"In the PC globe, it is still early days for premium video features like 4K and HDR," Netflix acknowledged. "As engineers, we look forward to bringing these features and more to additional browser platforms."

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