Education
Forget 4K! HDR Is The New Buzzword
There was a time when TVs used to sell solely based on resolution. We started with 480px, then went on to HD Ready, Full HD, 4K and now we even have 8K TVs available in the market. So, does looking at resolution alone help you buy the best television with outstanding visuals? Not exactly. If resolution is all about the quantity of pixels, HDR is about the quality. And as with everything else, quality is more important than quantity!
What is HDR?
Dynamic Range essentially refers to the range of contrast and colour palette that the TV is capable of displaying. In HDR TV this dynamic range is more and hence each pixel can display a wider colour range of varying brightness, which in turns reflects a higher contrast ratio.
A 4K TV with HDR has vivid, bright and colourful visuals that are close to real life. As it has a better contrast ratio, blacks appear darker and whites appear lighter and the various gradients of colours are clearly visible. This ensures even minute details are clear and not lost. Combine this with the local dimming technology available in higher end TVs and you get outstanding clarity even in dark scenes.
In order to enjoy outstandingly vivid and colourful visuals, your TV should be HDR compatible and so should the content you see. Videos available on Netflix, Prime, YouTube, Hotstar and such VOD apps are HDR compatible. But the cable TV content is not.
HDR TV Formats
When you buy a 4K TV, don’t choose one just because it is HDR compatible. More importantly, look at the HDR formats it support. HDR 10 is the base standard, while Dolby Vision is the gold standard available predominantly in high-end TVs from LG, Sony, TCL, Hisense etc. Samsung supports HDR10+ content- a format it developed in collaboration with other companies. In their attempt to promote HDR10+, even high end 4K TVs from Samsung don’t support Dolby Vision.
Now, let us take a look at the different HDR formats in detail.
HDR 10- As mentioned, it is the base standard. A TV that is HDR 10 compatible will be able to display 1 billion colours and has a maximum brightness of 1000 nits and colour depth of 10 bits. It is an open format and hence it is not enforced by anyone. So, if a manufacturer says his TV is HDR 10 compatible, you have to take his word for it.
HDR 10 contents are static. This means, the color calibration is set for a movie or a show. But in Dolby Vision, this is set per frame.
Dolby Vision- As this format is licensed by Dolby, you can rest assured that if a TV’s specifications say Dolby Vision compatible, it will be so in actuality. As mentioned earlier, the calibration in terms of colour, contrast and brightness can be set frame by frame.
Dolby Vision content can be mastered to display 68 billion colours and peak brightness of 10,000 nits. But at present, the displays are not capable of showing such bright content.
As it can support such a wide palette of colours, what you see on TV will be exactly as what the director of the show or movie intended.
HDR 10+ content has a peak brightness of 4000 nits. It was developed by a consortium of Samsung, Panasonic and 20th Century Fox. It is definitely better than HDR10, but not quite there when compared with Dolby Vision.
HLG is HDR for cable TV. Unfortunately, in India, we don’t get HLG content from our broadcasters.
What To Buy?
If you are a videophile who enjoys crisp, clear and vivid visuals, and if your budget permits, buy a 4K TV that is Dolby Vision compatible. Or else, at least opt for a Samsung TV that is HDR10+ compatible.
But if you are someone who can’t really distinguish between HD ready, Full HD and 4K content visually, then, you needn’t give much focus on these aspects and would be better off buying a budget friendly Full HD or 4K TV of desired size.
Education
Delhi High Court orders Law Prep Tutorial to stop using CLAT topper’s identity
Google and Meta have 72 hours to pull content that a judge called a defamatory campaign against a rival coaching firm.
DELHI: India’s fiercely competitive law-entrance coaching industry has landed in court, and a Delhi judge has wasted little time in drawing battle lines.
The Delhi high court on April 13th passed an ad-interim order in favour of Toprankers EdTech Solutions Private Limited, which runs the coaching platform LegalEdge, and Geetali Gupta, the student who secured All India Rank 1 in the Common Law Admission Test 2026. The order, passed by Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, restrains LPT EdTech Private Limited, which operates under the name Law Prep Tutorial, from using Gupta’s name, images or identity in any form across digital platforms.
A topper, a turf war and a rejected sponsorship deal
The dispute has its roots in a familiar story: a prized student, two rival coaching firms, and a falling-out over who gets the credit. According to the plaintiffs’ submissions, Gupta was enrolled in LegalEdge’s Champions Batch I programme and had credited the platform publicly for her result. Her association with Law Prep Tutorial was, the court was told, limited to mock tests and a handful of classes.
Following the declaration of results, Law Prep Tutorial allegedly approached Gupta and her family with an offer to sponsor her five-year college fees in exchange for exclusive association. The family declined. What followed, the plaintiffs say, was a sustained digital campaign against LegalEdge and against Gupta herself.
Content published across YouTube, LinkedIn, blogs and other social media platforms included a video titled “CLAT 2026 AIR 1 Geetali Gupta Controversy Exposed” and a blog post styled as an exposé of the rivalry between the two firms. The plaintiffs alleged these contained defamatory statements accusing LegalEdge of fraud, unethical practices and making false claims about toppers. AI-generated and morphed images were also said to have been circulated, including material falsely associating Gupta with Law Prep Tutorial and depicting LegalEdge’s directors in a damaging light.
What the court found
At the prima facie stage, Justice Gedela found that the blogs, posts, reels and other material on record appeared disparaging and designed to damage LegalEdge’s reputation. The defendants, the court observed, had prima facie carried out a defamatory campaign using content that appeared to have been published wilfully. The use of Gupta’s name and likeness, including AI-generated material, was found unjustified, particularly given that she had publicly credited LegalEdge and had asked the defendants to stop using her name. The court noted pointedly that the student had been drawn into the dispute as a “pawn.”
The orders
The directions are sweeping. Law Prep Tutorial and associated persons are restrained from publishing, sharing or disseminating any defamatory or derogatory content against LegalEdge across any digital platform. They are further barred from using Gupta’s name, identity or images in any form, including AI-generated or manipulated content. They are also prohibited from deleting or tampering with any internal data or communications relating to the campaign.
Critically, Google and Meta, covering YouTube, Facebook and Instagram, have been directed to disable, block access to, remove or suspend all identified content within 72 hours of the order being uploaded. The case, numbered CS(COMM) 344/2026, is listed before the joint registrar on July 14th and before the court on August 24th. Toprankers was represented by senior advocate J. Sai Deepak, alongside Ankur Khandelwal, Ravi Vaswani and Anchit Oswal, briefed by Zentrum Law Partners.
The case is a sharp reminder that in India’s cutthroat test-preparation industry, the fight for a topper’s endorsement can end up costing far more than a college sponsorship ever would.
