How to play your own HDR Films at home on a HDR TV?

Erik Krambeck · March 30, 2021

Hi,

I have already graded as a cameraman a TV show in HDR for ZDF (second German TV station). Today I ordered an HDR TV (Sony KD-55AG9) so that I can also experience HDR at home. The Sony AG9 does not yet have HDMI 2.1, but only 2.0.

My question:

How can I play HDR masters created in grading house on the HDR TV at home?
In which file format should it be played out by the post production house? I think H265? What container?
Can it be played from a fast USB stick? In the TV specifications it says that HEVC can be played from USB, which I think is H265?

As an alternative playback station I have an PC I9 9900K with a Geforce 2080 graphics card. The connection at the graphic card is an HDMI 2.0b. I read that Nvidia has lifted the 10Bit limitation (see link below.)Which player on the PC (Win10) could play an HDR file from the post production? How can I be sure that it will be transferred via HDMI in 10bit?

Thanks for help!

Greetings Erik

I https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Nvidia-Geforce-Grafikkarte-255598/News/Treiber-hebt-10-Bit-Limitierung-unter-OpenGL-auf-1295825/