Not really if you use your console for more than just games. You are going to be switching from HDR to SDR and SDR to HDR.
Doubt it.
Gotta think the xbox is a gaming box primarily when making those features.
Bottom line you arenât going to avoid the switching regardless if the dash in HDR or not
Just give the user the option at least though. That way we can decide what works best for us.
You have an OLED and want the bright dashboard burning away in HDR? Really?
If either of these things impacts memory needed for games then it will never happen. The primary use case for the box is playing games so that will be prioritized. You and the few others that actually care about this make up probably >1% of the userbase. Itâs not even worth putting in any effort on this because literally almost no one cares.
If the HDR handshake time on a CX is remotely similar to the G1 then to me itâs not even noticeable. I guess if that tiny delay and the lack of up to date UI display shit bothers you so much stick to PS5 with itâs lack of up to date gaming HW?
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And this is the issue - you either display the dash incorrectly OR have an HDR and SDR version (technically very very difficult without some major redesign for how the OS works).
And the bigger issue is IF the Dash sits in an HDR wrapper even in SDR everything you do in SDR will be wrong.
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Donât have the preview but just watched the Tom Warren video. Got to say itâs quite jarring having a part UHD/part HD UI.
I didnât feel anything looked soft when it was just 1080p, but now when you get a UHD thumbnail art with an HD âGame Passâ or âOptimised for Seriesâ icon laid over it, it just looks jank. 
I didnât mean the guide would force the screen back to SDR mode, but that they would render it (a sdr image) inside an HDR container and look really messed up color wise.
It used to look terrible once they implemented HDR, it either got better (dunno if they improved their tone mapping in the container or if they just made the guide hdr) or after a while I just stopped noticing XD
But it was so bad it made me switch from light theme to black because the white would became gray.
It was definitely the case before when they first introduced hdr. Honestly no idea how itâs handled now.
By correct I mean same you mentioned, white being white for example. Canât find any pictures now because unfortunately the terms (guide for example) is so common it thinks Iâm looking for general guidance for HDR XD
Maybe this changed when they introduced the HDR calibration in the settings? If the dashboard gets its HDR min and max values from over there this should improve the accuracy of the dashboards colors in HDR mode
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Hmm, that makes a lot of sense
Yes really. I donât like the change from playing a game with HDR and then going to the dashboard without it. It just bad to me. As for my TV, I have a 3 year warranty that covers everything and can be replaced with a brand new CX for free. Also, itâs not like I leave the console/TV on for hours on end at the dashboard. Itâs a few minutes here and a few minutes there.
I think the memory concerns are overrated. Look at PS4 Pro with 8GB of RAM which wasnât all usable and we still got a game like RDR 2 and others. 16GB of RAM is more than enough until next generation. Iâm willing to bet that itâs the majority that own a Series X that care about this because if it was only 1%, Microsoft wouldnât even be doing what theyâre currently doing now.
It doesnât bother me to where I would stop playing my games on Series X as that would just be stupid. I simply want the console dashboard to look and feel like itâs 2021. Not 2013. But thatâs just me. Of course, im not someone who complains to any company because just not worth my time so if it happens to go the way I want it, great but if not, it doesnât change anything for me. Iâm still playing every multi-platform game on my Series X.
To simplify, 4K/HDR dashboard is something I want but if I donât get it, itâs not like im jumping ship. Itâs more of a personal preference as opposed to it being mandatory or some shit.
Which I guess is a perfect illustration of the opposite as RDR2 looked noticeably worse on PS4 Pro than X1X. But I guess the dash looked good before you started it up.
No itâs just you, and maybe one other guy (other guy please stand up).
Yes, yes it would.
Maybe go buy a Tesla model X and game on that. Super RDNA2 gaming power on a futuristic interface ⌠in a car!
If no one cared about the dashboard update, we wouldnât have been hearing complaining about it being 1080p for years and it wouldnât be news spread all around the internet. Thereâs huge threads on the other Era, on Reddit, Twitter, etc⌠The update has some excitement/buzz around it.
People care. I donât think anyone thinks itâs a life-or-death feature, but people care.
I guess thatâs one interpretation of huge, not mine though and half of the posts are people saying they donât care or discussing TV makes.
Like I said a tiny minority care, same small minority donât want a HDR UI and the vast majority donât care either way, same as with many other issues. No one (apart from an idiot) is going to use lack of HDR UI to block a series x purchase but many people will rent or buy movies on other platforms because the xbox store doesnât display atmos tags for movies directly effecting revenue. Common sense dictates they benefit more from fixing the latter and get nothing from implementing the former.
P.S. no one really cares 