VESA’s new HDR spec makes low-end monitors less miserable

VESA is trying to solve a big problem with its updated DisplayHDR 1.2 specification: Low-end HDR effects in PC monitors can be pretty lousy.

Roland Wooster, a principal engineer for Intel who also chairs the VESA Display Performance Metrics group, described the new update as a “tightening” of the spec, while expanding the scope and criteria of the tests. The goal is to improve the visual quality of the monitors you’ll buy, though one of the tests will also have an impact on how much power they’ll consume, too.