Samsung announces its first HDR10+ gaming displays

Samsung has announced the release of its first displays that support the HDR10+ Gaming standard, an enhanced version of HDR10 that can also calibrate itself. HDR10+ Gaming was first revealed in October, but Samsung has now confirmed that its new 2022 series of QLED TVs (Q70 and higher) and gaming monitors will be the first to support it. 

Samsung teamed up with Saber Interactive to add HDR10+ compatibility to Redout 2 and Pinball FX, which will both be shown at CES 2022 (if the game developer doesn't back out). Also on the floor will be Game Mechanic Studios' HDR10+ gaming title Happy Trails and the Kidnapped Princess.

Major games available on the competitor standard, Dolby Vision gaming, including Halo Infinite, Gears 5, and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, which Samsung is advertising. Dolby Vision is already supported by at least ten games on the Xbox Series X and S.

For better looking and performing gaming visuals, HDR10+ Gaming offers more visual metadata than conventional HDR10 (targets four times its peak brightness), supports variable refresh rate (VRR), and auto low latency mode (ALLM). Samsung also mentions that the standard will work 'over 120Hz'.