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Originally Posted by muppetman11
Sky's UHD currently doesn't include HDR but that said neither does BT's.
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There is no difference in UHD support situation, specifically no HDR difference, between the V6 and Sky Q. The difference quoted was due to a misunderstanding by the reviewer, who said the Sky Q box was only HDMI 1.4 compatible.
Sky Q launched before the UHD service, so the HDMI capability was listed as HDMI 1.4 at the time. When Sky launched their UHD service they upgraded to HDMI 2.0 by firmware, necessary to support 4K/50 8-bit and 10-bit they now output.
There are two versions of HDR the boxes will need to be able to support in the future - HDR10 for most On Demand content and another, that has yet to be standardised, for live broadcast, but likely to be Hybrid Log Gamma, or HLG.
Sky said in the spring that they will do all they can to upgrade the box to support these two standards, once they are agreed, believe it should be possible, but can't say 100% until a broadcast standard is finalised. Virgin have said they will support HDR in the near future, but haven't talked about the two types, don't have any visible plans for broadcast HDR and are in the same position as Sky, chasing a yet-to-be-finalised standard (although, as the article linked above shows, The BBC are launching today test HLG broadcasts via iPlayer).
If Virgin have an advantage, it's because they are talking 7 or 8 months after Sky's last interview on the matter and probably have a clearer picture on broadcast AVR. On the other hand, they were not specific and could just have been talking support for HDR in On Demand content, and specifically for Netflix.
So really, we are still in limbo over "full" HDR support by both boxes and need to "watch this space".
Edit: seems the standards for broadcast HDR, which include HLG, are now "finalised but not yet published":
http://www.insideci.co.uk/news/dvb-a...st-hdr-tv.aspx. So hopefully broadcasts using this will be incoming in the next year or so (iPlayer hopefully sooner).