HDR Format Wars: What's the Difference Between HDR10 and Dolby Vision?

Did You Know? Bob Stine, best known for the children’s horror books he penned under the name R.L. Stine, was the co-creator and head writer for the late 1980s to mid 1990s hit children’s show Eureeka’s Castle. Geek Trivia The Lowest Single-Hole Golf Score Ever Made Is Known As A? Condor → Albatross → Eagle → Birdie → Advertisement Download Exclusive Enterprise Security Kit ($48.99 Value) FREE for a limited time! This kit includes Security Intelligence: A Practitioner's Guide to Solving Enterprise Security Challenges, plus other valuable resources. Click here to download Want to Change Your Email Preferences? At some point in the past you subscribed to the How-To Geek newsletter, but if you'd like to change the frequency or unsubscribe, you can do so by clicking the button. Change my Subscription (or unsubscribe) Today's How-To Geek Articles By popular request, we're including a quick list of the daily articles at the top of the daily email as well as the regular format near the bottom. How to Make All Your Past Facebook Posts More Private How to See What’s Taking Up Space on Your Chromebook HDR Format Wars: What’s the Difference Between HDR10 and Dolby Vision? Is Static Electricity Damage Still a Huge Problem with Electronics? Nest vs. Ecobee3 vs. Honeywell Lyric: Which Smart Thermostat Should You Buy? How to Install the macOS Sierra Public Beta How to Disable Touch, Lock Screen, and Charging Sounds on Samsung Galaxy Phones How to Search Through Comments in Excel How to Show the Control Panel and Recycle Bin in the Windows File Explorer Navigation Pane How to Install Linux Software in Windows 10’s Ubuntu Bash Shell Geek Comic Today's Tech Term Physical Topology In the context of I.T., Physical Topology refers to the physical interconnected layout of devices and cables on a Local Area Network (LAN). What We're Reading This section contains what we're reading from around the web, along with commentary from our editors. Think of it like your daily digest of the most interesting things online. Is Pokemon Go Really Augmented Reality? The game app's pocket monsters may be taking over the world—but they're not quite part of it yet, a tech pioneer insists [Scientific American] The antibiotic apocalypse has been happening for years—we just didn't notice "New," "dreaded" superbug has been around for years, "not a huge cause for concern." [ArsTechnica] How Amazon Triggered a Robot Arms Race In 2012 Jeff Bezos scooped up warehouse automation firm Kiva. Everyone else is still trying to catch up. [Bloomberg] How to Make All Your Past Facebook Posts More Private When you post on Facebook, you can choose who will see that post, as well as all future posts. However, what if you want to limit who can see all the posts you’ve made in the past? Facebook has a setting to do just that. Read This Article → How to See What’s Taking Up Space on Your Chromebook I love Chromebooks (and Chrome OS in general), but it has always bothered me that there isn't an easy way to see how much of my device's internal storage is actually being used. I get the whole "live in the cloud" thing, but c'mon—sometimes that just isn't practical. And with the limited amount of storage found on most Chromebooks, you really need to be able to keep a close eye on what's happening. Read This Article → HDR Format Wars: What’s the Difference Between HDR10 and Dolby Vision? Get ready for another format war! The next big thing in TV is HDR. But “HDR” isn’t just one simple feature–there are two different, incompatible HDR standards. That means not all HDR videos and games will work with every TV. Read This Article → Is Static Electricity Damage Still a Huge Problem with Electronics? All of us have heard the warnings to make sure we are properly grounded when working on our electronic devices, but have advances in technology lessened the problem of static electricity damage or is it still as prevalent as before? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has a comprehensive answer to a curious reader’s question. Read This Article → Nest vs. Ecobee3 vs. Honeywell Lyric: Which Smart Thermostat Should You Buy? When it comes to smart thermostats, there’s a handful to choose from, but the big three that stand out are the Nest, Ecobee3, and Honeywell Lyric. We’ve tried out all three to see which one has the upper edge, and where their features differ. Read This Article → How to Install the macOS Sierra Public Beta Ready for a new version of the Apple Macintosh operating system? That’s good, because the newest version of macOS (formerly known as OS X) is out in beta, and it brings with it a whole slew of new features. Best of all, you can install it right now. Read This Article → How to Disable Touch, Lock Screen, and Charging Sounds on Samsung Galaxy Phones You crack open the box for your new Galaxy S7, S6, or Note 5 and start setting that bad boy up. About three taps in, you realize something: this thing is making noise every time you touch it. If that drives you as crazy as it does me, we have good news: it's easy to disable not only the touch sounds, but also the lock screen and charging sounds. Read This Article → How to Search Through Comments in Excel Comments in Excel are great for making notes about certain cells so you can keep track of your work. If you've added a lot of comments to your worksheets, it can get hard to remember where you put a specific note in a comment. Read This Article → How to Show the Control Panel and Recycle Bin in the Windows File Explorer Navigation Pane By default, the Windows File Explorer’s sidebar is divided into big categories like Quick Access, This PC, Network, and so on. But a quick setting change can make your navigation pane look a bit more like the traditional tree you’d see in an Open/Save As dialog box, with a few normally hidden folders–like the Control Panel and Recycle Bin–to the view as a bonus. Read This Article → How to Install Linux Software in Windows 10’s Ubuntu Bash Shell Install Windows 10’s Ubuntu-based Bash shell and you’ll have a complete Ubuntu environment that lets you install and run the same applications you could run on an Ubuntu-based Linux system. Just like on Ubuntu, though, you’ll need the apt-get command to install and update software. Read This Article → Advertisement Download Exclusive Enterprise Security Kit ($48.99 Value) FREE for a limited time! This kit includes Security Intelligence: A Practitioner's Guide to Solving Enterprise Security Challenges, plus other valuable resources. Click here to download