House of the Dragon: The Complete First Season [4K UHD]

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With so much anticipation for House of The Dragon, NOW has announced a special limited-time promotion. Thankfully it looks like those wanting to watch the latest Targaryen family feud won’t have any such problems this time out. The features also make a point of how the creatives wanted to showcase the visual style of sets like the Red Keep and the power of the Targaryen dynasty with the architecture being more complex than Game of Thrones. Giant Targaryen statues stand in the throne room while the Iron Throne literally stretches out with more melted down swords or dragon skulls are placed with a religious-like reverence, something much different to the original series.

House of the Dragon: Season 1 (4K Ultra HD) (2022) House of the Dragon: Season 1 (4K Ultra HD) (2022)

Fans were left up in arms thanks to the reduced detail of shadowy set-pieces with many viewers unable to work out what was going on thanks to artifacts plaguing action scenes. Based on George R.R. Martin’s fantasy novel “Fire & Blood,” House of the Dragon tells the story of House Targaryen and is set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones.One of the major benefits that HDR offers over standard dynamic range is a wider color gamut, which greatly reduces an issue known as banding, in which smooth gradations of color get broken up into distinct, well, bands. And indeed, I noticed much less banding (and much less pixelation) when I watched “The Long Night” in 4K Dolby Vision. I still felt like I needed to keep the room dark to give myself the best chance at seeing everything, but in this case, I could finally make out the action, unimpeded by video compression issues. But where the imagery is dark it makes up for it in sharpness and richness of detail. Closeups are immaculate and the dynamic range is impressive in most scenes. The dragon effects work has really come a long way since GOT S1, so much so that we may take for granted that dragons are pure fantasy. Now, Sky finally confirmed to us that House Of The Dragonwill indeed be available in 4K / HDR on Sky Q and Sky Glass, as long as you have the appropriate subscription.

House Of The Dragon’ Will Appear In 4K HDR On Sky - Forbes ‘House Of The Dragon’ Will Appear In 4K HDR On Sky - Forbes

House Of The Dragon, the highly anticipated Game of Thrones prequel series, is coming to Sky (and its streaming service NOW) in the UK – and will be available in Ultra HD (4K) / HDR, as Sky confirmed to us. The plans include the Entertainment Membershipfor TV shows, the Cinema Membershipfor movies, and the Sky Sports Membership. ( See our full NOW review here). That was the spring of 2019. Now, in the summer of 2022, that’s exactly what HBO will be doing with House of the Dragon. The long-awaited future is here.

House Of The Dragon NOW And Sky Offers

In the US (and several other countries), on HBO Max, House Of The Dragonwill be available in 4K and HDR. But HBO Max is not available in the UK (at least not without a VPN), therefore many of its shows air on Sky. Furthermore, it will not be available in 4K for NOW customers, as the service doesn’t support Ultra HD at all.