This is only from DRM requirements. Once it gets cracked, widely, any PC able to decode and render HDR 4K video can play it.

typhon6657:

Who the f needs HDR Netflix? I have Netflix and can't find any new good content.

Punisher/Godless were both released recently and both very good. New season of Black Mirror coming on the 29th should be good as well. Pretty sure all three are mastered in HDR.

sammarbella:

OFC they do specific optimization for AMD on consoles; that's obvious because consoles use AMD GPUs.What i think is that specific optimization is not "transfered" (lost in translation if you prefer) as many suggest to Windows ports of these console games (we saw horrendous examples like GOWS UE). easy ports and DX 12 were not the promised mGPU savior or "Mantle 2.0" working in AMD favor. AMD GPUs owners playing these game ports on Windows are not getting better performance over Nvidia GPU owners despite the Nvidia absence on consoles.

Don't conflate having an advantage with the outcome of winning. Like I said, how do we know AMD's performance wouldn't be even worse without consoles? Like if AMD was sitting here with 27% marketshare on PC and 0% on console, I would almost guarantee that their performance overall would be worse. The fact that they are in consoles and developers are essentially forced to get experience on their hardware means to some degree they are getting better performance on PC. Whether that's through architecture specific optimizations, or just familiarity with overall strengths. I think the best example is Kepler honestly which was weak in compute, but AMD was extremely strong. AMD gets in consoles suddenly there is a massive shift in gaming where compute is being utilized for tons of things, which is why Kepler's performance has trailed off and older cards like 7970 are not outperforming their Nvidia counterparts significantly. I don't think that would have happened without AMD being in consoles.

Companies only become greedier, and the voice of people (without which the "democracy" is just a rhetorical word) means nothing nowadays. But, what REALLY hurts, is a LIE. Bitter, rude lies and propaganda thrown into the face of public, as if people were all but perfect fools. I BET WITH ANYONE that this hdr thingie could run on a software level (emulation or whatever they call it) and be available to the great majority of users. But, noooo, oh nooo! rather, let us extort yet another pile of money from people's pockets so that we can get richer and they will get poorer... And again, like always, micro$oft is the leader of a scam, empire of evil and greed...

Redemption80:

I doubt it has to do with anyone paying anything, as why would someone pay for a feature that will have minimal use on the PC. It's because studios consider PC owners to be thieves so get hit with strict DRM requirements.

Of course PC owners are thieves, i freely admit that i am one of the biggest. Between all the work i have to do ,some gaming and of course Guru3d i haven't watch TV in years and i don't even know what is "popular to watch anymore. I heard about some series or movie "thrones" or something like that, never watched it and i don't intend to do,then some "hunger strikes" or something like that ditto. I don't think i miss anything , but i know for sure that TV companies are starting to miss all the revenue from me and millions others like me 🙂

I don't know anyone who watches TV anymore. With that in mind, what are the actual numbers for Netflix vs cable? Is it something like population up to 50 vs population from 50 and up? Also, do people that supposedly watch cable also get internet trough the same cable? Maybe they aren't watching the cable TV at all, like me. TV is just unavoidable part of the package. So in reality, who the hell watches TV? I am sort of forced to pay for it, but that doesn't mean I watch it. On the other side, people that pay for Netflix pay to watch content, not to look at address bar...or adds ...jeez... PS. The bigger problem here is that you need to use Edge to watch Netflix in HDR. I guess it's a moron package deal right? Overpaying for HDR? Well, you probably use Edge anyway, and nVidia, because it's the best. We wish you the best. We also hope that Bezos doesn't pay enough to slow our internet traffic. Which he would totally do if he could. Oh wait, he can now. USA, the land of the free...rich people to do whatever they want.

BReal85:

Troll detected.

He really is. 95% of his post are anti AMD bashing. Though this is why I havent upgraded my HTPC. Still rocking a stock q6600, 5GB DDR2 800 and 8600 gts 256mb. I see zero point to this bullshite is completely sorted out. Im still happy with 1080p on my HTPC in bedroom for now. Yea 4k HDR would be lovely no doubt. But not paying for overpriced intel cpu, Nvidia GPU, and DDR4 just to have that outside of a TV app/console.

Agonist:

He really is. 95% of his post are anti AMD bashing. Though this is why I havent upgraded my HTPC. Still rocking a stock q6600, 5GB DDR2 800 and 8600 gts 256mb. I see zero point to this bullshite is completely sorted out. Im still happy with 1080p on my HTPC in bedroom for now. Yea 4k HDR would be lovely no doubt. But not paying for overpriced intel cpu, Nvidia GPU, and DDR4 just to have that outside of a TV app/console.

The cost of upgrading to a 4k hdr netflix "worthy" pc is pretty much outstripped by getting a 4k hdr smart tv that has all that DRM netflix needs built in.

scatman839:

The cost of upgrading to a 4k hdr netflix "worthy" pc is pretty much outstripped by getting a 4k hdr smart tv that has all that DRM netflix needs built in.

I just prefer having an HTPC in my bedroom. I dont use a massive TV for watching in bed. My gaming setup takes up half my room, then I have my sever/desk as well, then my small entertainment setup in front of my bed. If a 30 inch 4K smart TV is cheap enough then I would get it if it uses ethernet. Not trying to stream 4k on 2.4ghz wireless. The 5Gghz 2nd channel on the nighthawk X6 is garbage when using at a repeater bridge.

sammarbella:

There is still an Nvidia GPU in there but it's a complete 4K HDR solution for only 149 US$ (Remote only edition on discount this Christmas), the best media player: Shield TV Yes, 4K HDR on Netflix (among others).

I did always want one, but saw no point without a 4k TV. I thought about just getting the cheapest 4k PC monitor. Hell Im using a PC monitor with my HTPC anyways. I dont need HDR, it would be nice. But ive had 1080p on my HTPC for 10 years now.

Damn! No Rock and Morty in HDR for me 🙁...AMD cards both setups... well, that dumb m$store does not work for me anyway, or Netflix from it either, so why bother....tried everything just for that one damn app(have forza 3 but do not play any more, and since my store is broken, well...) Feck it

Rick and morty isn't HDR to begin with. I think the only HDR animated series on netflix is knight of sidonia, which is 3d animated.

GREGIX:

Damn! No Rock and Morty in HDR for me 🙁...AMD cards both setups... well, that dumb m$store does not work for me anyway, or Netflix from it either, so why bother....tried everything just for that one damn app(have forza 3 but do not play any more, and since my store is broken, well...) Feck it

Its only dumb cause it dont work for you, not logic. Sound like a pissed off whiney 12 year old on XBOX live. Its not hard to fix to it. I get frustration, but jeez mate.

Aha. Not hard. Earlier when I finally managed to make this crap work it worked.For like half a year. Then out of blue it stopped. Then I had some major OS crash after very bad OC attempt, and went through few FRESH windows 10 installs, RS2 mainly but tried RS3 too. I stayed on RS2 but noon of them was able just to log me in in my account, so store is not working. And tried all attempts/moves that fixed my store half year earlier. They just did not worked now. So yea, frustration... And funny thing is I tried literally to make this thing work just for Netflix, instead using Firefox for it, I just tried and failed 🙂