@Sam-Knp wrote:
"the US gets HDR10+ for 2016 and we don't. " - why is it so complicated to push the same firmware here in UK ?
all the models are the same they have KN and we have KS prefixes - inside chips / boards should all be the same - in my opinion..I am an IT consultant by profession and I can only map this scenario to my field - one windows update rolled across the globe...!
The issue is most likely that they don't need to push HDR10+ to the UK yet. Amazon US are the only (current) suppliers of HDR10+ content and therefore, the UK is not necessary to upgrade at this point in time. If the UK based Amazon App was to have HDR10+ content accessible, then they would need to update our, and 2017 TV's to get access to that content. I know that the Grand Tour is UK based content but it seems that Amazon US are bringing HDR10+ to their subscribers first. As far as I know, there isn't a time-line for Amazon UK to bring HDR10+ content to its subscribers - unless it already has but that's not what I have been led to believe from independent sources.
From tomorrow (Wednesday 13th), owners of Samsung QLED and 4K TVs (US models only) will be able to stream HDR10+ through their set's Amazon Prime Video app - from What HiFi for example.
although that does contradict this from Samsung https://news.samsung.com/uk/samsung-and-amazon-prime-video-first-to-launch-hdr10-content -
Prime Video is the first streaming service to implement HDR10+, now available in the UK on the entire Samsung 2017 UHD TV lineup
That statement does say 2017 models.
When HDR10+ was 'promised' to 2016 KS models, they did state it would come in the latter half of 2017 BUT also stated that the 2017 range would be getting HDR10+ first. If the delay was because of say Amazon and getting its HDR10 content and App up and running, assuming Samsung DO stick to their word and update the KS (or just 2016) range as PROMISED at a later date (after the 2017 models as they stated), we should expect an update in the next 3 months or so.
Apart from Samsungs own site stating specifically the 'UK', all other sites seem to think the US is the ONLY current source and the only territory to be updated in the 'first' wave. It would seem that we in the UK will be in a different wave - maybe if they get the US KS TV's updated before the 'wave; hits the UK, they could use that to do a simultaneous update with their UK 2017 models (if they haven't been updated already). Like I said, I see different, conflicting information regarding HDR10+ and UK Samsung TV's
