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the__alchemistyesterday at 1:45 PM1 replyview on HN

Not in the more general sense! It can refer to what its acronym spells out directly: Bigger range between dimmest and brightest capabilities of a display, imaging technique etc.


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4adyesterday at 1:53 PM

No. HDR can encode high dynamic range because (typically) it uses floating point encoding.

From a technical point of view, HDR is just a set of standards and formats for encoding absolute-luminance scene-referred images and video, along with a set of standards for reproduction.

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