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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 85103, member: 27"] Premium in Germany quietly lost its fancy HDR tricks, nobody got warned, and a patent fight is sitting in the background like an unpaid bar tab. What subscribers started noticing [LIST] [*]Lately, Disney+ Premium users in Germany opened titles, and the shiny options were just gone. [*]Dolby Vision and HDR10+ stopped showing up where they used to work fine. [*]Certified TVs and streamers did not matter; the toggles simply vanished. [/LIST] Why this stopped looking accidental [LIST] [*]At first, people shrugged it off as a glitch dragging on. [*]Then, support info for Germany changed, and 3D playback got labeled as unavailable. [*]That combo made it feel deliberate rather than broken. [/LIST] The legal cloud hanging over it [LIST] [*]The chatter keeps circling back to InterDigital. [*]InterDigital says the Munich Regional Court granted an injunction tied to HDR streaming tech. [*]Disney can still appeal, which is usually when companies pull features locally and buy time. [/LIST] Why HDR took the hit [LIST] [*]Dolby Vision and HDR10+ both rely on dynamic HDR tricks. [*]Scene-by-scene metadata tells how bright or dark things should look. [*]If a patent claim touches HDR delivery, flipping those formats off is the safest short-term move. [/LIST] The weird 3D collateral damage [LIST] [*]3D has nothing baked into HDR by default. [*]Streaming platforms bundle premium playback paths behind shared logic. [*]Under pressure, disabling several premium routes beats breaking playback with rushed fixes. [/LIST] What this means for Germany right now [LIST] [*]Premium in Germany is missing core selling points. [*]Other regions still see the full feature set. [*]Paying more currently buys less, whether intentional or not. [/LIST] What decides the comeback [LIST] [*]A settlement, an appeal win, or a workaround that dodges the patent issue. [*]Until then, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, and 3D stay dark in Germany. [*]The clock is legal, not technical. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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