With HDR-capable TV becoming commonplace, why can’t we have a HDR format for pictures that takes advantage of this HDR capability?

Question

Please don’t confuse this with the single HDR image that is created post processing. Displaying that image on a ‘HDR’ image will not take advantage of the HDR capability of the TV

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Answer 1

Such a file format is possible, but not as desirable as you’d think. Using two TIFF files for HDR allows all the code that works on TIFF images to be reused. Since TIFF is a well established standard, the idea of making a new standard doesn’t draw a lot of volunteers.