Most consumer displays and old encodes use 8bit color (16.7 million colors). 10bit encodes (1.07 billion colors) are not primarily for wide color gamut (HDR) on this release—though it helps. During dark scenes (of which War Dogs has many, particularly in the Iraqi night sequences), 8bit encodes often produce "color banding"—visible strips of color where a smooth gradient should be.
Before diving into bits and codecs, we briefly revisit the film itself. War.Dogs.2016.1080p.10bit.BluRay.6CH.x265.HEVC-PSA
This string follows the standard naming convention for pirated or archived high-definition video files. Most consumer displays and old encodes use 8bit color (16