The discovery of the lost features was first noticed by German tech publication 4K Filme over the weekend and has since been confirmed by Amazon.
WTF?! Amazon has given people another reason to love the company. After introducing ads on January 29 to Prime Video subscribers who don’t pay more, it has now been revealed that those who won’t hand over the extra $2.99 per month also lose access to Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos surround sound support. Curiously, the loss of these features is something Amazon previously failed to reveal.
The discovery of the lost features was first noticed by German tech publication 4K Filme over the weekend and has since been confirmed by Amazon.
Forbes tested the Dolby Vision/Dolby Atmos-encoded ‘Jack Ryan’ TV series to find out if the features were missing. While the TV itself showed popups confirming that the content was playing in Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos on the ad-free tier, the standard tier with ads only supported HDR10+ and Dolby Digital 5.
