When buying a monitor or even a television, if we want to enjoy the best image quality, we must check if it includes VESA DisplayHDR certification, a certification that only monitors and televisions meet to a series of requirements regarding the representation of color, brightness, color depth, among others.
So that users can continue to enjoy the high quality and color accuracy displayed on monitors and televisions, VESA has updated the requirements necessary to receive DisplayHDR certification, reaching version 1.2.
DisplayHDR upgrades to version 1.2
The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) has just announced version 1.2 of the DisplayHDR certification, a certification that includes higher requirements than the current ones, requirements related to color accuracy, contrast, black levels and flicker, among other things.
In the following image we can see the changes introduced in the 1.2 certification in purple.
As we can see in the image above, the brightness level has not undergone any changes, the minimum being 400 nits, a requirement that most monitors and laptops on the market already meet. However, if changes have been made to the luminance (not to be confused with the brightness level) and the white point.
Where we are seeing changes that could exclude many instructors from this certification is in support of DCI-P3 color gamutincreasing the requirement to a minimum of 90% for panels compatible with DisplayHDR 400 and 95% for panels compatible with DisplayHDR 500 or higher.
There are also changes in depth of color, the minimum being 8 bits + 2 bits for all models. Until now, it was enough to offer a color depth of 8 bits.
How to know if our monitor is compatible
Panel manufacturers can now begin using DisplayHDR 1.2 certification on models that meet the requirements. In addition, manufacturers will be able to continue to use the previous certification, DisplayHDR 1.1 until May 2025 for monitors and televisions and until May 2026 for laptops, more than enough time to change production lines and exhaust available stock.
To date, more than 3,000 models have received the DisplayHDR Certification. This association will present the new products with VESA certified in a few days in San Francisco, during the celebration of Display Week.
As we mentioned above, some of the requirements such as DCI-P3 color gamut support are available on many monitors currently available in the market, especially the more modern models, just like the color depth.
If we want to know if our monitor is DisplayHDR version 1.2 certified, just check the species of our model via the manufacturer’s website, where all these values should be displayed. If it meets all but one of the criteria, it is not officially supported.
This does not mean that it is necessary to change the monitor unless the use you give it is related to video or photography editing, since these changes are barely perceptible to the human eye and are useful in video games and office tasks. .
