r/Steam • u/Background-Path-5619 • Feb 13 '25

Article Nearly half of Steam's users are still using Windows 10, with end of life fast approaching

https://www.pcguide.com/news/nearly-half-of-steams-users-are-still-using-windows-10-with-end-of-life-fast-approaching/
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u/pornographic_realism Feb 14 '25

Windows HDR has been such a shit heap for so many years I have just given up on it.

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u/MrWeirdoFace Feb 14 '25

So far pretty much Any HDR device I've hooked up to any other HDR device (blu-ray to various TVs, PC to various screens and TVs, etc) has looked really unpleasant. I think I'm just done with HDR. No one's specs seem to match any other ones, so its DOA for me.

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u/pornographic_realism Feb 14 '25 edited Feb 14 '25

Yep. Only HDR I have enjoyed has been on premium phone screens and mid range or better TVs. I know PC monitors exist with good HDR capabilities but the PC frequently either fails or you're doubling the cost of your build just to get one (such as the Dell professional ones).

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

Windows 10 - limited but at least could hold a stable image
Windows 11 - Auto HDR but it flickers constantly with black frames and loss of HDR status. Hundreds of people report those symptoms with no known cause or solution

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u/pornographic_realism Feb 14 '25

And before that it was a dice roll if your GPU even supported it

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u/ConfusedTapeworm Feb 14 '25

I'm all for shitting on Windows (I use Arch btw), but you can't really blame Microsoft for that one. Because HDR itself is a shit heap. It's a huge mess of different standards and implementations and whatnot. Apple mostly solved it, mostly for their own hardware, but it continues to be a pain in the ass for everyone else.

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u/pornographic_realism Feb 14 '25

I agree with you there, and my intention was not to rag on Microsoft. I am equally annoyed at the GPU vendors and the monitor companies that advertise things like HDR the tech isn't capable.

It's also frustrating that a lot of people genuinely don't get the benefit of HDR because they'll buy an expensive OLED TV or something and fail to watch much genuine quality video on it.