High dynamic range subjective testing

Brahim Allan; Mike Nilsson

doi:10.1117/12.2235584

27 September 2016 High dynamic range subjective testing

Brahim Allan, Mike Nilsson

Proceedings Volume 9971, Applications of Digital Image Processing XXXIX; 997107 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2235584
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2016, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

This paper describes of a set of subjective tests that the authors have carried out to assess the end user perception of video encoded with High Dynamic Range technology when viewed in a typical home environment. Viewers scored individual single clips of content, presented in High Definition (HD) and Ultra High Definition (UHD), in Standard Dynamic Range (SDR), and in High Dynamic Range (HDR) using both the Perceptual Quantizer (PQ) and Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) transfer characteristics, and presented in SDR as the backwards compatible rendering of the HLG representation. The quality of SDR HD was improved by approximately equal amounts by either increasing the dynamic range or increasing the resolution to UHD. A further smaller increase in quality was observed in the Mean Opinion Scores of the viewers by increasing both the dynamic range and the resolution, but this was not quite statistically significant.

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Brahim Allan and Mike Nilsson "High dynamic range subjective testing", Proc. SPIE 9971, Applications of Digital Image Processing XXXIX, 997107 (27 September 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2235584

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