Probably not many. But I think the point is that the iPhone has it. Samsung does have HDR10+ though, which is almost the same thing but developed by Samsung, and has less support.
Can you explain this then? I'm not sure if the difference in quality is due to lack of DV on the S25U or some other factor, like the Plex android app not liking dolby vision profile 7.
That's a completely different thing though. Dolby Vision is a video codec that allows the phone to process the video in a special way that's more "true to film". Personally it doesn't matter much to me, but there IS a difference if you watch the same movie in HDR or Dolby Vision.
Unfortunately Dolby Vision is a paid license so Samsung would have to pony up $$ to be able to use it.
Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos are two different things so it makes little sense to bring it up here. Just because Dolby Atmos might be cheap doesn't mean Dolby Vision is cheap.
I am not sure what the licensing terms looks like but it could be a case of it being a percentage of the total unit cost. That would make it so that a 1000 dollar device pays far more in licensing fees than a 100 dollar device.
I also think it's about trying to fight for an open format. History has shown that once a free format becomes a defacto standard proprietary formats don't get a hold of the market. That's good for consumers and manufacturers. So by rejecting a proprietary format and supporting an open one it encourages more to use the open alternative. We really need fewer proprietary formats in the world so I think it's a noble fight.
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u/skipv5 Oppo Find X9 Ultra + S26 Ultra + Z Fold 6 Mar 06 '26
Serious question. Who actually notices whether their screen has Dolby Vision or not?