Would it be useful to change the HDR field from a list into a multi-select checkbox option (like the Audio Languages field)? Some releases support multiple types of HDR, so it might be handy for us to be able to mark that a specific release has, for instance, Dolby Vision and HDR10?
Thank you for your suggestion. This has been suggested before and is on our ideas list as that is indeed how some releases have been coming out more and more. Would be a good one to add.
Not trying to hijack this Topic 
, but some insights from my point of view surrounding the HDR field.
In the past I also proposed to have HDR multi-selectable. If I am not mistaken for physical media HDR only applies to 4K Ultra HD discs. Then we only have 5 options:
- No HDR / SDR only
- HDR10 Only
- HDR10 and Dolby Vision
- HDR10 and HDR10+
- HDR10 and Dolby Vision and HDR10+.
I have not seen many movies with HDR10, Dolby Vision and HDR10+. I only have a couple of them, but I think HDR10+ is dead on 4K Ultra HD (please correct me if I am wrong). So you could say there is no real need anymore for multi select because if the disc contains Dolby Vision, by definition it also contains HDR10. I think the last release with both formats is from 2022. Only if it has both Dolby Vision and HDR10+ we run into a limitation. However it is still much nicer you can actually choose both or all 3 formats.
Secondly, the HDR field also has the option N/A (Not Available). In my opinion this suggest that HDR might be available on a format. Example: If N/A is selected on a Blu-ray disc, this suggests that Blu-ray can contain HDR. This is of course ridiculous. It is not “Not Available” on that particular Blu-ray or DVD, but it is “Not possible” on those formats. In the desktop app I created my own multi select HDR field:
(still need to rename SDR Only to SDR.)
In my opinion it makes more sense to use SDR instead of N/A for the HDR field. Maybe it sounds a little weird but if you rename the HDR field to: “Dynamic Range” with the following multi-select options:
SDR / Standard Dynamic Range
HDR10
HDR10+
Dolby Vision
it makes much more sense to me.
Not sure about streaming if they support both Dolby Vision and HDR10 at the same time.
Don’t know if you also viewed it from this perspective? Anyway, this is how I see it
We had a meeting on this today actually (it was on the ideas list for a long time, but as we’re preparing a round of new fields for all software, this came by today).
We are planning to make the HDR field “multi-checkbox” so you can checkbox as many as you need for your movie entry, and you can add your own (we will most likely allow you to add any that you want to have there)
Sorry, I am not a big fan of renaming it to “Dynamic Range”.
I think a field that is called HDR is much more recognizable for users, as “oh that is where I can indicate if the movie supports HDR”.
BTW: I think N/A stands for “Not Applicable”?
Good idea! I’ve been waiting for this for a long, long time, as more and more 4K-discs support both HDR-formats (HDR10 ánd Dolby Vision)