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Victor Matsuda of the Blu-ray Disc Association believes there's no such thing as an HDR10+ vs Dolby Vision format war brewing (see p20), but it's hard not to look at the split between HDR 'camps' and be reminded of previous tech battles fought by rival manufacturers. In Matsuda's defence, he can point to the industry standard HDR10 format, an ingrained part of the Ultra HD Blu-ray specification that ensures a disc will play on whatever flavour TV or deck you use. But it might make sense for AV corps to stop denigrating HDR10 as a way of pushing more advanced variants. Never blow someone else's candle out to make yours glow brighter, as the saying goes – even it if is HDR. Speaking of HDR, this issue we take a…
