• Psythik@lemmy.world
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    Three words: High Dynamic Range.

    HDR is a tacked on feature in KDE that barely works. In Windows 11, it’s a set and forget thing. SDR gets mapped to HDR space, so you don’t have to constantly toggle it on and off when switching between content, like you have to do in other OSes. You can even upgrade SDR videos and games to true HDR, even if they don’t have native support. It legit makes content look more realistic.

    And if you have a newer GPU, there’s also AI upscaling, which is great for watching HD and SD content on a 4K display. Pretty sure you can’t do that* at all in Linux, at least not in real-time.

    But if you have an SDR monitor and/or an older GPU, none of this matters to you. Which in that case, there’s no reason for you to use Windows ever. But if your gear is newer, Linux is too outdated for you.

    I’ll check back in 5 years. Maybe 2029 will finally be the year I ditch Microsoft products for good.

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      These are nice, but on the other hand there’s the case where you have a limited time slot somewhere and windows randomly decides that it’s time to update, pop up a window to upload your data to “the cloud”, reboot, and bang, you’re f*cked.

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      It’s expected for HDR to mature on Linux later this year. I’ll send you an update in December.

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        It’s expected for HDR to mature on Linux later this year.

        HDR works on Steam Deck right now. It may take a while until it trickles down to distributions other than SteamOS and not every compositor may support it equally but in general support is there.

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          until it trickles down to distributions

          Ancap spotted. Most distros don’t use Gamescope. Although if HDR support is in KWin, then you can just go and install KDE on rolling release distro.

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            Most distros don’t use Gamescope.

            Well, that’s the problem of the person making a general statement about all of Linux and not going into specifics.

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      You can even upgrade SDR videos and games to true HDR, even if they don’t have native support. It legit makes content look more realistic.

      You are just applying filters. They look good, but they are incorrect.

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      HDR is just a scam. It’s essentially automated brightness and contrast controls that is terribly done. I’ve seen HDR on brand new displays running HDR-capable everything and it just looks like someone can’t figure out how to set their monitor up correctly. It’s a buzzword created for crap technology that makes people want to spend more on essentially the same trash.

      And as for scaling, look up FSR.

      Windows is 100% obsolete and anyone who disagrees is just looking for excuses.

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        It’s essentially automated brightness and contrast controls that is terribly done

        Brightness? True. Contrast controls? It seems you are confusing software HDR, which compresses HDR to SDR, and hardware HDR.

        Hardware HDR is fancy word to say burning you eyes harder.

        When you represent image as 3d vector field of brightnesses, it IS brightness control terribly done, but our eyes don’t care.

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          The point is it’s just poorly done automated adjustment of what should be done manually on your monitor, and it’s a laughable overpriced scam meant to take money out of the pockets of people who fall for tech buzzwords.

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      Three words: High Dynamic Range.

      Works fine on Steam Deck. (The comment you’re replied to is about Linux, not a specific DE, so your experience with a specific DE doesn’t really count as counter argument about Linux in general.)

      And if you have a newer GPU, there’s also AI upscaling, which is great for watching HD and SD content on a 4K display. Pretty sure you can’t do they at all in Linux, at least not in real-time.

      That is wrong.

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      I am utterly perplexed by the HDR talk, honestly. Why does it even matter? I’ve been consuming media on Linux for more than a decade and it looks perfect to me.

      When people talk about making it look even better, I literally can’t imagine what they’re talking about. I mean, when people had black n white TV, they could imagine color. When I had a CRT and 3D games, it was easy to imagine better quality, but going from 1080p to 4k already does nothing. HDR just seems like marketing bullshit that people wouldn’t be able to discern, unless flicking between normal and HDR or having them side by side.

      Anti Commercial-AI license