Watch Blue Planet II in 4K HDR right now, here’s how

BBC iPlayer just got supercharged for the its best visuals ever

The BBC has announced that it will now be streaming Blue Planet II in its entirety in 4K and HDR via the BBC iPlayer.

While the BBC already ran a demo of this UHD and HDR content on iPlayer, this is the first time we’ve had a full series. This uses the BBC HLG format and HEVC encoding to deliver the best possible quality at the lowest bitrate for easy streaming. It should also make way for this high quality streaming live in the near future. But for now what do you get?

This all means a wider colour gamut, better light and dark definition and higher resolution detail. But can you get it on your TV?

The BBC iPlayer app will be streaming the super high quality content which means it will only be available on certain TVs that support the format. It will also be available via Sky Q for those that subscribe to the platform.

You will also need a broadband line that supports speeds up to 22.7Mbps to get the full quality stream, although it will adapt to suit your limit and cut down resolution to suit. 

The complete list of compatible devices for UHD HDR streaming of Blue Planet II on BBC iPlayer are - get ready to scroll:

Panasonic

CX680 Series 2015

CX700 Series 2015

CR730 Series 2015

CX800 Series 2015

CR852 Series 2015

65DX902 2016

58DX902 2016

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LG

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Phillips

43PUS6262/12 2017

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Vestel

LINSAR 55HDR510 2017

LINSAR 49HDR510 2017

LINSAR 43HDR510 2017

Mitchell & Brown JB-551811FSM4K 2017

WALKER WP-4K5517(A) 2017

LAURUS PH-75SMARTUHD 2017

TOSHIBA 75U6763DB 2017

Mitchell & Brown JB-751811FSM4K 2017

WALKER WP4K7518 2017

FINLUX 43-FUB-7020 2017

FINLUX 65-FUB-8020 2017

HITACHI 43HK15T74U 2017

HITACHI 43HL15T74U 2017

HITACHI 50HK15T74U 2017

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HITACHI 55HK15T74U 2017

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HITACHI 65HL16T64U 2017

TECHWOOD 43AO4USB 2017

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TECHWOOD 49AO6USB 2017

TECHWOOD 55AO6USB 2017

TECHWOOD 65AO6USB 2017

HITACHI 75HL16T64U 2017

LOGIK L49UE17(B) 2017

TOSHIBA 43U5863DB 2017

TOSHIBA 43U6863DB 2017

TOSHIBA 43V6763DB 2017

TOSHIBA 49U5863DB 2017

TOSHIBA 49U6863DB 2017

Hisense

H70NU9700UK 2017

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Sony

KD-65XE7005 2017

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KD-43XE7096 2017

KD-43XE7077 2017

KD-43XE7004 2017

Roku

3810EU 2017

Luke Edwards

Luke is a former freelance writer for T3 with over two decades of experience covering tech, science and health. Among many others Luke wrote about health tech, software and apps, VPNs, TV, audio, smart home, antivirus, broadband, smartphones, cars and plenty more. In his free time, Luke used to climb mountains, swim outside and contort his body into silly positions while breathing as calmly as possible.