Vizio’s new P-Series and M-Series TVs launched earlier this year with HDR support, but only supported Dolby Vision out of the box, meaning UHD Blu-ray players from Samsung and Philips weren’t supported on the TVs. Fortunately, that is beginning to change with the rollout of a new firmware update, Vizio announced on Wednesday.
“When we launched the Vizio SmartCast P-Series and M-Series Ultra HD HDR display collections, it was always our intent to accommodate the HDR10 standard in addition to our support for Dolby Vision,” Vizio chief technology officer Matt McRae said in a statement. “While
While both Dolby Vision and HDR10 aim for the same goal of delivering content with higher contrast and more vivid colors, and both use the Rec2020 color space, there are differences between the two. HDR10 uses a 10-bit format, while
In order to update, you’ll first want to ensure that your TV is connected to the internet — after that, it should automatically update. If you already have a UHD Blu-ray player connected, head into the Settings menu, then Inputs, and finally HDMI Color Subsampling, where you’ll be able to enable the proper subsampling for the connected player.
If you don’t own either of these TVs but are curious, take a look at Digital Trends’ hands-on coverage of the P-Series and M-Series TVs for a closer look.