VESA releases DisplayHDR 1.2 specification

The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) has announced a significant update to the widely adopted High-Performance Monitor and Display Compliance Test Specification (DisplayHDR), with the launch of the DisplayHDR 1.2 specification. As the display industry’s first fully open standard, it specifies the quality of High Dynamic Range (HDR).

Since the initial launch of the DisplayHDR specification in 2017, VESA has revised its provisions multiple times, incorporating higher performance tiers, new display technologies, and more stringent specifications. The updated DisplayHDR 1.2 specification includes heightened performance requirements, encompassing brightness, color gamut, and color depth, along with new testing requirements for color accuracy, contrast, black levels, and subtitle flicker to address challenges posed by advancements in display technology.

The DisplayHDR 1.2 specification now includes requirements for the DCI-P3 color gamut across DisplayHDR 400/500/600/1000, aligning them with DisplayHDR 1400 standards. Additionally, it synchronizes the color depth requirements of DisplayHDR 400 with all performance levels, demanding a minimum of 10-bit color depth (8-bit + FRC). Moreover, the DisplayHDR 1.2 specification introduces new regulations for some testing methods and conditions, incorporating several entirely new performance tests.

Certification under the new DisplayHDR 1.2 specification is now available, and VESA will continue to allow certification of monitors under the DisplayHDR 1.1 specification until the end of May 2025 and laptops until May 2026, accommodating products that are already in the development phase to comply with previous standards. To date, over 3,000 monitor models have been certified under the DisplayHDR standards.