2018-10-31, 1:44 AM

I agree with Braxton, this is very deceptive marketing. Lenovo and Dolby should be ashamed of themselves for labeling this screen as Dolby Vision if it does not have HDR. I mean who's going to look at that spec sheet page before they buy the laptop? Even if they do, they're not going to compare it to another Lenovo laptop that does have an HDR screen; they would probably just assume that the lack of an "HDR" label on that page was merely an oversight. This is the only Dolby Vision screen I've ever heard of that does not have HDR (laptop, TV, or otherwise).

And consumers aren't the only people that have been fooled. Check out these professional reviews that mention the screen as being HDR:

https://www.pcmag.com/review/363302/lenovo-yoga-c930

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/10/lenovo-yoga-c930-2-in-1-review-hidden-features-in-all-the-right-places/

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-Yoga-C930-13IKB-i5-8250U-FHD-Convertible-Review.343566.0.html

PC Magazine, Ars Technica... These aren't exactly obscure no name web sites. Are they being provided the wrong marketing information by Lenovo when receiving these laptops for review?

Interestingly, in the Notebook Check review, they mention: "Lenovo confirmed that both panels are Dolby Vision compatible despite the fact that the FHD panel is not detected as an HDR display (unlike the HDR panels in Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1)."

That would've been the time for Lenovo to clarify, "Yeah, the screen is Dolby Vision, but it doesn't have HDR."

That begs another question: what exactly is Dolby Vision doing for this screen then, if not HDR? It's not very bright (300 nits) and has mediocre color accuracy, gamut, and contrast per the above reviews (at least for the 1080p version; Lenovo didn't supply any of the reviewers with the 4k screen for some reason).

Needless to say, this has been a very disappointing revelation.