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This questionThis question is about the "HDR" acronym now being applied to some televisions. "HDR" is this context does stand for High Dynamic Range, which is of course a well known concept in photographywell known concept in photography. However, HDR as used for televisions actually has very little to do with HDR in photography - for televisions, it basically just means "bigger total dynamic range", whereas in photography it's a clever technique for making there be more apparent dynamic range in an image while not modifying the total dynamic range at all.

Are questions like this which actually have nothing to do with the photography concept on topic?

This question is about the "HDR" acronym now being applied to some televisions. "HDR" is this context does stand for High Dynamic Range, which is of course a well known concept in photography. However, HDR as used for televisions actually has very little to do with HDR in photography - for televisions, it basically just means "bigger total dynamic range", whereas in photography it's a clever technique for making there be more apparent dynamic range in an image while not modifying the total dynamic range at all.

Are questions like this which actually have nothing to do with the photography concept on topic?

This question is about the "HDR" acronym now being applied to some televisions. "HDR" is this context does stand for High Dynamic Range, which is of course a well known concept in photography. However, HDR as used for televisions actually has very little to do with HDR in photography - for televisions, it basically just means "bigger total dynamic range", whereas in photography it's a clever technique for making there be more apparent dynamic range in an image while not modifying the total dynamic range at all.

Are questions like this which actually have nothing to do with the photography concept on topic?

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Are questions about concepts which are "similar" to those in photography on-topic?

This question is about the "HDR" acronym now being applied to some televisions. "HDR" is this context does stand for High Dynamic Range, which is of course a well known concept in photography. However, HDR as used for televisions actually has very little to do with HDR in photography - for televisions, it basically just means "bigger total dynamic range", whereas in photography it's a clever technique for making there be more apparent dynamic range in an image while not modifying the total dynamic range at all.

Are questions like this which actually have nothing to do with the photography concept on topic?