For now, you will only be ready to stream select Hulu originals in HDR.
Hulu is finally supplying you with the choice to stream shows in the high-dynamic range, or HDR. While the feature is merely available surely shows and devices, it’ll undoubtedly make the streaming experience more immersive.
HDR Support Comes to Hulu
In a thread on the AVS forum, a user discovered that Hulu now supports HDR—albeit for a limited range of shows and devices. The user referenced Hulu’s support page, which confirms that you can now stream certain shows in HDR, HDR10, HDR10+, and Dolby Vision.
HDR makes videos appear more detailed on-screen and increases the range of colors you see. Confine in mind that if you do not have a TV that supports HDR, viewing something in HDR isn’t worthwhile.
Like we mentioned earlier, you cannot view every show on Hulu in HDR. The feature is limited to picking Hulu original shows, like Nine Perfect Strangers, The Handmaid’s Tale, Little Fires Everywhere, hi-fi, Catch-22, and Dollface.
It’s also available surely Hulu-made movies, including Run, Happiest Season, Bad Hair, WeWork, and therefore us vs. Billie Holiday. Unfortunately, there’s still no word on when Hulu will support HDR viewing for any shows or movies not made by Hulu.
Support for HDR is additionally limited by the sort of device you stream Hulu on. the subsequent devices support HDR on Hulu (for now):
- Roku (models compatible with HDR)
- Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, Fire TV Cube devices (HDR-compatible models with Fire OS 7 or later)
- Apple TV 4K (Gen 5 or later)
- Vizio (models compatible with HDR)
- Chromecast Ultra (models compatible with HDR)
Hulu will display a little HDR badge on any show or movie that supports it.
The platform first unrolled support for 4K streaming in 2016 and has since expanded the range of devices you’ll use to stream in 4K. However, at the time, Hulu was a touch late in hopping on the 4K bandwagon.
It looks like not much has changed since then, as Hulu remains lagging behind its competitors—Disney+, Netflix, Paramount+, and Amazon Prime Video already support HDR for a few contents.
Make Sure You Have the Right Hardware
Before you are trying viewing your favorite Hulu originals in HDR, confirm that your TV supports it. Otherwise, the image will look way worse than it might in the standard dynamic range (SDR).
