[brazen1]

Uhm, the Windows HDR option is not even available until drivers are updated so a driver update vs. a firmware update must not be an issue. I don't care about The Shield. You are missing the whole point. HDR playback is not an issue. Automating playback between HDR and non-hdr properly is. The 'GOAL' is no user interaction when clicking ANY title within Kodi. I want to sit on the couch, browse the Kodi library with my remote, and click enter on ANY title and play it back. Those titles are going to be EVERYTHING in the Kodi wiki test files and more. 3D MVC/SBS/TAB, h264 Blu-rays, x265's, mkv containers, iso containers, HDR file structure and iso, , Atmos, etc, etc, etc. Presently only HDR cannot be automated like everything else presently is. You can't simply press enter on an HDR title. Before or after you do, you will need to change various settings and you will need to change them back if you want to play a non-hdr title. Nobody wants to fool around with settings whether you know exactly what needs changing or not. We just want to click play and be done with it. You can avoid all this by using various methods already in use that are automated. All those methods are fouled and present underlying detriments of one sort or another though. They play good enough to get by but are far from ideal. Ideal playback involves user interaction. That's what needs to be automated. So, I say again, if Windows native HDR could be left enabled or a shortcut that could be added to a script to enable it only when needed were developed, we would not be having this discussion.

My question is......
Is this point moot and I just don't know it? I'm using an old video card. I won't be laying out $700 for a new one. I'm cheap like that. To those that have, is your windows desktop still perfect once you enable Windows HDR and advanced color switch? (as if you don't even know it's enabled) For starter feedback, maybe you could answer that @Soli?