Manual SDR Grade vs. Dolby Vision Derived SDR Version

Can industry professionals distinguish between the ‘hand graded’ SDR version of a Hollywood film and a Dolby Vision derived SDR version? That’s the question Dolby Vision set about to answer when they went on a worldwide tour of nine cities to do an ‘SDR Survey’. The cities they visited were Los Angeles, Tokyo, London, New York, Toronto, Seoul, Mumbai, Munich and San Sebastian (Spain). The 560 participants included colorists, engineers, post producers, studio executives, studio mastering teams, directors of photography, directors and creatives.