Xbox Series X: VRR and Dolby Vision issue

Hi I have a Xbox series x with a Dolby vision compatible tv also will the allow Dolby vision playback selected in settings on and it still only displays in HDR only when playing 4k blu rays ? I have set it 4k 60hz and the games display in Dolby vision plus streaming apps but not 4k disc playback! Is this correct that the xbox series can’t do this ?

I got a response from Customer Service: no support for Dolby Vision on Blu-ray app on Xbox One X at the moment (not even on Xbox Series X).

They said they are working on that, since a lot of people made complaints about this issue. I hope it's true, it's ridiculous to not support Dolby Vision nowadays on a device that has been promoted as a valid Blu-ray player.

I do know about the gaming part. I was asking the question if the Xbox Series X could have the Dolby Vision added into the BluRay app so, that 4K BluRay movies can enjoy Dolby Vision as well.

Hello, how are you? My name is Mateus. I'm an Independent Advisor and I'll be glad to help you today.

First, welcome to the Xbox community. Regarding your question, we first need to understand what these two technologies are so that we can define which one will be most worthwhile for you.



VRR: The main task of VRR is to eliminate screen distortion during games. Tearing is a type of visual failure, where the image on your TV flickers in the middle of the frame before continuing as before. But what is really going on here?

Screen breakage occurs when the TV picture refresh is out of sync with the rate at which the console or PC graphics card delivers frames. You end up with an image on the screen that you see, for example, the top half of the screen displaying one frame and the bottom half the next.

That's because TVs don't update the entire screen image instantly. A monitor driver quickly scans the screen, usually from top to bottom, updating the state of each pixel. It happens too fast for our eyes and brains to notice until it causes visual aberration.

The rip becomes noticeable when, for example, you use a 60Hz TV and the game's frame rate fluctuates between 45fps and 60fps. It's particularly obvious in fast-moving games like first-person shooters. Quickly turn the game around and the difference in the information on the screen can be very different from one frame to another.

VRR eliminates this by synchronizing the screen refresh rate with console output. You can't rip anymore without affecting performance because the console or PC sets the pace, not the screen.

Dolby Vision:

Dolby Vision is Dolby Laboratories' own standard for the HDR format — High Dynamic Range, or high dynamic range, responsible for improving the number of colors displayed. Debuting practically alongside the HDR10, Dolby Vision makes use of a 12-bit RGB color depth — 4,096 shades per color, for a total of 68 billion colors — bringing greater quality and fidelity to the image reproduced in this format.

Unlike the HDR10, which typically offers a brightness of 1,000 nits (“candela per square meter”, a luminance unit that indicates the luminous intensity produced by a surface), Dolby's technology guarantees up to 10,000 nits. In addition, for a device to be able to use the technology, it must go through a series of prerequisites and standards required by Dolby Labs, making devices that support the technology display similar images to each other — something that doesn't happen with only certified devices to HDR10 or even to HDR10+, which can count on several differences in the same image.

- In my case, I prefer Dolby vision because it will make my games more beautiful.

* Thank you in advance for contacting, I hope this can help you.

I have a series x connected to a Philips Amerlight 65pus8535 I get 5he silver metallic screen playing x/s dedicated games and it also appears while using Disney plus app from my tv apps! Is this a problem with my tv or is it a Dolby vision problem, I have turned off the dolby for gaming and this worked but in the detail list on my Xbox series x it says that the dolby vision may experience distortion?