Sky Q Netflix App Supports HDR For Dazzling The Witcher Marathons

Sky Q Netflix App Supports HDR For Dazzling The Witcher Marathons

It's been a while since Netflix launched on Sky Q back in 2018, but as of today both companies are finally rolling out an update that will bring HDR support to the streaming service on the Sky Q box. With enhanced contrast, color gamut and dazzling brightness to Netflix streams, it's a staple of the premium Netflix experience for quite some time now, and has been sorely missed on the Sky set-top box. To activate the update, you'll need to make sure you have an HDR-compatible TV that can take the HLG HDR format, as well as a Sky Q box that supports the HDR source. To find out if your box is HDR-compatible (and what to do if it's not, read our article on how to upgrade your Sky Q box to HDR. You'll also need an Ultra HD subscription package) and HD, which includes Netflix's premium subscription , which unlocks the 4K HDR display. The deployment is expected to be complete in November.

More HDR content targeting Sky

As well as increasing the amount of HDR content with the Netflix update, Sky is also increasing HDR-ready content from its own studios and partners. HDR versions of Code 404 and Patrick Melrose will land in October, while November will be a festival of HDR nature, with two new HDR Sky Nature shows, America's Wild Border and A Bee's Diary, coming to the service. Finally, Sky Cinema's original 2020 remake of The Secret Garden, complete with HDR footage, is set to land on Sky Q boxes before the end of the year, with Sky promising a wider range of HDR movie content ahead of 2021.